Hasn’t happened to us, but then I tend to research major purchases to the nth degree to avoid “buyers remorse.” WADR I can’t imagine how anyone would be surprised at the commute distance on a new home, that should have been easy enough to evaluate pre purchase? And new wall paint and sprucing up landscaping are givens on most resale homes, and cheap easy “fixes.”
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OptionallyRetired, I am so sorry that your are going through "buyer's remorse"! Frank said that always happens when someone buys a house, but thank goodness it didn't happen to me. In fact, I have had the opposite of "buyer's remorse" on my Dream Home that I bought 3 years ago.
Since everyone knows that real estate is all about location, location, location, I had determined the best location for it before I even started looking. It is on the best block of the best street in town, for me, very walkable, very quiet and private, and very convenient to everything, not to mention next door to Frank (which wasn't a requirement, but was nice lagniappe). So, no trouble with the location. It is just super.
To me, the house looked MUCH more appealing without the prior owner's furniture in it. Her furniture was great, but it made me feel like a visitor and the house smelled like her perfume a bit. After her stuff was gone, the house didn't smell like that any more and had my own favorite stuff in it, and it seemed more like home to me.
I knew that I'd have to have those trees taken out, but I didn't realize what a big deal the re-landscaping project would turn out to be. Still, once it was over I felt like my new-to-me home was even better.
I haven't had to paint or do fix-up on the interior, except for one small touch-up of the paint in the living room.
You know, you've already bought the house so you are fairly committed at this point. At this point fussing about it is not a very constructive or helpful thing to do to yourself (IMO). I think it might help to focus on the nice surprises instead of the not-so-nice ones. I am sure there are aspects of your new home that you have discovered since buying, that please you. I'd suggest focusing on those and looking for more nice surprises, while you do whatever needs to be done to renovate or fix it up. If it needs paint, paint ASAP! It will be easier before you move in.
Some of my nice surprises were that the shower actually IS big enough to suit me (I wanted a huge shower and was thinking 6'x8' minimum, and it is only 43"x43" but it turns out that is plenty big enough). Another nice surprise is the sturdy, metal table-like surface outside the side door, for putting down purse and packages while opening the door. What a great idea, and so simple and easy to implement that I am surprised all homes do not have one. Picture below - - SO convenient to never have to juggle packages again while opening the door, and I never noticed it until I moved in. Plus, it never would have occurred to me to add such a thing. There were more nice surprises but I'm sure you get the idea.
