What a shame you couldn’t even rent the place out just so you can keep it. We lost a family home when my fathers business didn’t do well when we were older children and it was one of those things where it as inevitable so I do know how you feel . It will always be in your heart and the good times .

selling up nd moving on

A first home is always memorable and special as so many firsts occur there.

We lived in our last house for 18 years and I couldn’t wait to move.

Our first home saw all 3 boys through from birth until they all had started school & it did feel sad leaving there but moving into a bigger home with more space gave us the room to spread out & enjoy it.

Change is often hard – we always hold a special place for our first home. Hope everything goes smoothly for you.

It always helps, doesn’t it, to tell someone what’s in your heart and on your mind, even if it’s just writing it all down. Just acknowledging your sense of loss is the first step in maintaining your well-being while you work out your new “normal” in a different home. You have made the right decision for very good reasons. All the very best!
Reading your story made me remember those who have lost their homes through circumstances out of their control like bush fires. My brother in law and wife lost their home that way. It took a lot of mental and emotional adjustment moving into their replacement home but they focused on helping each other stay well and counting their blessings.

Home will always be where your family is. So the new place will fill like home in no time.

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  Very true! Family does make a home and love fills it!

I am sure it will all work out wishing you good luck for the future

Im sure it will be such a sad day the day you have to leave your lovely home but at least you know you can now move to a bigger family home and start new memories there with your children.
Good luck

I was they same as you we had our first house for 10 years and it was full of gardens and my kids were born there, and to this day won’t go past it as there are just many memories but we have been here for 19 years now and would never leave but that is because we swapped the city for the country.

Oh, it is SO hard to leave your first home. So many memories. I totally understand.

Still I can appreciate the sentimental value it has for you and all your hardwork. Wishing you luck in the selling and buying process

Wow congrats!
I wish I had the opportunity to buy my own house that young
unfortunately i didnt
but best of luck for your bright future

it is hard to let go, but you’ll still have your memories

It is hard to let go, but I have known a lot of people who have done this and once they move everything just falls into place and they have been very happy.

I totally get were you’re coming from, every mark on every wall has a memory attached to it. It was were your family of two grew into more. Throw your little house a farewell party and make should you take a little something special from it.( piece of carpet, tile) Good luck for you and your new memories.

I feel your pain. I moved into my husband’s house about 3 months after we started dating and a couple of years later, bought it off his parents. For a number of reasons we decided to sell and move states and even though I didn’t live in it for as long as my husband, it was ours, it was the first major thing we both bought, it was where we had and raised our daughter for the first year of her life and I still miss it sometimes. But even though we’re not in a house we particularly like at the moment, and even though it doesn’t feel like “home”, we know that we’re on a life changing journey and that the end result will be amazing and we will one day have another place that is “home”.

As hard as it is, enjoy the journey you and your family are embarking on

I know how you feel, you have spent so many happy years in this house, but the one thing you have to remember that is a house, not a home .. A home is where ever you are all happy ..