EvelyneNaylorC

By EvelyneNC

A huge amount of ‘buyers remorse”

A day that kept me very busy. First thing in the morning I took my freshly received house keys and went to the new house. A very cold strong wind blew from the river and thus from the ocean. I had not felt that at the previous visits. I could have known, this is not Florida but the Oregon Coast. But I just did not think of it. I was so eager to get this purchase done.
Then I went inside the house and noticed all kind of things I hadn’t noticed before. The front door was very hard to open and close , The walls were patchy because someone had just superficially painted some spots over. All faucets are either very old or plastic. Why did I not see that before?
The ceiling in the big additional room was low and what I thought were skylights , were lamps. But worst of all, in the little patio behind the house , there was not a single beam of sunlight. It was 10 am, and the light should have come from the east, but there were three very big old pine trees blocking the sunlight. Had I been sitting on my eyes when I was here before? I believe that I only saw what I wanted to see. I wanted to get it done.
To top it all off, yesterday a photographer had taken beautiful pictures of our momentary house, in midst of its lush gardens and in full sun all day, when there is sun. Sure there is wind too often but no comparison to the winds that come from the ocean.
All of a sudden I had the feeling that this move was such a big step down, that I am willing to reverse everything and forget about the other (!) reasons for the move: The community center in the subdivision, the closeness to town, the possibility for Don to just drive around on his bicycle, the pools and the overall nice people….
No sun in the Patio until two pm….And by 4 pm the shadow of the house was blocking the sun standing in the west….

The shabbiness of some inside features can be corrected with some money but the lack of sunlight and warmth cannot.
What to do? Even if I probably very badly sleep over this decision, I doubt it that I will be much wiser tomorrow.

Uploaded the pics of our momentary house and two of the shading trees over the patio of the new house

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