Thinking About Moving Home? 3 Reasons Why You Might Not Need To...

There are many guides out there that promise you the perfect metrics to decide if your home move is necessary, but ultimately, this is a decision you have to make on your own. Of course, moving is not an isolated choice, you also have to move to a new place, which means you need to identify suitability in that case as well. Moving is also often an expensive, intensive, life-changing event, in that it changes your entire orbit and set of lifestyle opportunities afforded to you. For some, it’s not necessarily about the home they move into, but where they move, and the convenience that allows for.

So, if you’re looking for any reason to think again, we think it could be fun to decide on a few reasons why avoiding a home move is a good idea, at least for now. If you sympathise with any of these issues during your planning process, then perhaps staying put is best for you after all:

You Can Convert Current Spaces

You may be surprised to the extent you can convert your current rooms in the house. A spare room can easily be changed into a functional home office, while garage conversions can help you replenish this oft-underused space, or perhaps restore it to how it should be, helping you secure your car and pay less for your vehicle insurance each year. Conversions can sometimes help a home renew itself and feel like a new place to live, especially if you make use of a story, such as totally renovating the attic into a living space.

A Small Renovation Makes A Big Difference

Re-orienting the furniture, making two rooms into an open plan space, ripping out a bloated kitchen and putting in a new, useful, minimal alternative with room for a breakfast bar (or even indulgences like a bar area) can be a lovely change to make. Even re-orienting your furniture or swapping rooms around can help the space feel totally new, and may help you see value that you failed to understand beforehand. In other words, ask if you’ve really considered if you want the new space, or if you’re just looking for a change. That in itself can help you prosper going forward.

Split A Large Room Into Two

If you wish to add more rooms, you may find more utility than you imagine. Just as you can knock through a wall to make a space open-plan, you can build walls in the midst of a very large room, like a master bedroom, to create two children’s rooms while you and your partner move your bed into a new space. This way, perhaps a new child might not require living in a new space, and remember, some young children can work well with bunk beds in a singular room.

With this advice, you’ll be sure to do exactly what feels right, only this time with a little more justification on the “stay put and save money!” side.