I agree it is a bit long, but I had to make that kind of drive for many years. I didn't like it, but a lot depends on what kind of a drive it is. When I lived in one U.S state, much of the drive was pretty most of the year. But in a different U.S. state, much of my drive was ugly and involved heavy traffic and aggressive city drivers. One of the difficulties with owning a house in the U.S. (and probably elsewhere, sometimes) is that jobs change and you can't just keep selling and buying another house - hence, the long commutes.
The water view house is definitely a dream place to live, but it would be more appropriate for someone who could work from home or in the nearby village or who is retired. Nearly everything that is really great has strings attached.
That's true hence why I wrote in my comment about the reason for their move from a good life they had in England where they had a home, the husband can easily get to work and back, and an established life for their children. Simply wishing to move back to one's roots at this stage in their life isn't enough reason for me.
Buying houses in Ireland is pure hell. And agents are gods :P We succeeded after 2.5 yrs searching and putting offers. I think Phil and Kirstie got cultural shock:D
I liked the first house even if the bedrooms were small, in part because of the easier commute. When you have small children, a long, exhausting commute takes away from family time, and that's not fair to them.
Much of a muchness time wise to Dublin City centre from Valleymount or Greystones. Slow drive home to Valleymount though, roads not updated. Either one fabulous.
Wish them the best of luck am old girl so I know what I'm talking aboth I'm in my house since 1964 after we got married it cost 2ooo pounds price now 4ooooe could get more so that's what is happening now am so sad for young people trying to bye house a lot of young people living with with man and dad would not live anywhere else young people hang in there
How on earth do you base the house choice on the commute to a job you don't even have? And, without a job, how do you qualify for a mortgage - or do they have the full amount in cash? Going back after 20 years is never going to be the same, no matter how romantic the memories.
and now 7 months after your comment prices are insane world wide it's heat or eat imagine if they had got it and pandemic struck etc no job and they never said if she worked
Children are resilient. As an army wife we moved all the time. My children made friends easily at every move and I think it’s made them confident and sociable.
My father worked in Peru and I went to a very good school there but every two years, my mother would take me out and sail back to England ( 30 days at sea for the journey alone) then once in England, put me in a school.... never the same school twice. After six months or so, we’d sail back to Peru where I’d rejoin my school with absolutely no clue where they were as far as the curriculum was concerned. One year, I even had to repeat, that did irreparable damage to my self esteem. I do not recommend chopping and changing schools for any child. Thinking they are resilient and that they adapt because they make friends easily is fine but their school work has to enter into the equation too. They’re not pets!
@@perduealexandra5736 Exactly. I had a friend who so detested the "children are resilient" thing that he wouldn't even say it, said "children are Brazilian". The thing is, some children are resilient. But others aren't especially, and you won't know which is which till after the damage is done.
At the 19:00 minute mark it was said that it took an hour and 20 minutes to get to the outskirts of Dublin. The ring road (M50) is all of 20 km from Blessington. What were they doing? Pushing the car?
People don’t realise this was at the time of the “Celtic Tiger” where Ireland was going through a major boom and the banks were giving 100% mortgages + a bit extra to furnish. Inflated house prices and estate agents charging what they liked. Hell sure a girl in my class in college with 1.5yrs to go on her BA degree, full-time day student, was given a mortgage back in ‘05🙄 We all know what happened a couple years later to the world economy and housing market… Credit Crunch anyone?
Yea in the U.S. we had what was called "Liar Loans", mortgages went to people who lied about their income and assets etc while the mortgage brokers deliberately looked the other way.
The house by the lake was beautiful and i would always compromise on commute if i find the perfect house. Unfortunately, they didn't get it. Additionally, their reason for living England doesn't make sense to me, selling a good home they had, having the husband commute longer and going through the stress of looking for another home and changing schools and environment for their kids. If they were retiring, or someone got a job somewhere, or wanted to move closer to family due to illness or extra help with the kids, that would be a better reason, than just wanting to move back to one's roots. Finally, that fourth house they saw was beautiful and an alternative compromise to the house with the views.
hahaha, I am laughing because Wicklow is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo expensive now, and all areas of Dublin are. There are couples so poor these days because of two major housing crashes and covid that people are practically penniless. Ok, most are. Credit card living and credit unions are booming with handing out loans. Also, at the time this was made reality would have hit from her school hood memories to how little you got then, and today it buys you nothing. A bedsit if lucky. Millionaires do not live in Wicklow only bank executives, and managers, live on the interest they made during and after these crashes.
What were they thinking?? You DO NOT sell up and move without getting a job first. I did it. I moved from New Jersey to California BUT I had a job to go to first. Then you can do all the house hunting in the area of your job. He didn’t know WHERE he might find a job. Sheer stupidity. Sorry to be so blunt.
Yes, I moved from Canada to England 26 years ago but had a job waiting ... a six month contract post as an existing firm opened a new office in the same town ... my property in Canada was being lived in by someone else in my absence ... I got a permanent post here & eventually sold the Canadian house ...
Definitely. They moved from England. Wouldn't the husband rent a studio or share house in Dublin, find a job and then they sell the house in England. She could have come to Dublin with the kids in the school holidays to house hunt. I shake my head.
You need to have your eyes checked, lol. He looks like he’s in his 30s and she definitely does not look old enough to give birth to a 30 something year old, lol.
So sad. I imagine they were just heartbroken. Almost like losing a dear pet, you just can't imagine getting another different one, because it just couldn't compare.
Honestly, I think they made the right decision, especially for when they were looking. It was a bad time to buy a house, and they would've been SOL if they had bought a house in Ireland for top dollar with no jobs.
Bet with all the foot dragging the realtors lost the house they wanted. The cohost's screech is horrible. Would prefer to hear the buyer's commentary 17:23...
Boom time's have gone. Now unlimited unvetted migrants, have left Ireland a very bad choice of where to live. Horrific for us Natives. Think Huddersfield. 😮
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One hour 20 mins commute is insane.
Its mad. Especially in Ireland where nowhere is far. Mad
I agree it is a bit long, but I had to make that kind of drive for many years. I didn't like it, but a lot depends on what kind of a drive it is. When I lived in one U.S state, much of the drive was pretty most of the year. But in a different U.S. state, much of my drive was ugly and involved heavy traffic and aggressive city drivers. One of the difficulties with owning a house in the U.S. (and probably elsewhere, sometimes) is that jobs change and you can't just keep selling and buying another house - hence, the long commutes.
It’s an hour commute for me to get to work/college despite the fact I already live in Dublin 😭
@@mrh247 How? Do you walk or something? 😆
I’m glad they didn’t get the house. That drive would have been a nightmare. I know I’ve had the experience.
The water view house is definitely a dream place to live, but it would be more appropriate for someone who could work from home or in the nearby village or who is retired. Nearly everything that is really great has strings attached.
That's true hence why I wrote in my comment about the reason for their move from a good life they had in England where they had a home, the husband can easily get to work and back, and an established life for their children. Simply wishing to move back to one's roots at this stage in their life isn't enough reason for me.
Buying houses in Ireland is pure hell. And agents are gods :P We succeeded after 2.5 yrs searching and putting offers. I think Phil and Kirstie got cultural shock:D
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I liked the first house even if the bedrooms were small, in part because of the easier commute. When you have small children, a long, exhausting commute takes away from family time, and that's not fair to them.
Sounds more like your like looking at it from dad's view, rather than the kids...
Much of a muchness time wise to Dublin City centre from Valleymount or Greystones. Slow drive home to Valleymount though, roads not updated. Either one fabulous.
Bedrooms are only for sleeping in - what is wrong with the rest of you putting so much importance on size?
He had a very lucky escape.
Wish them the best of luck am old girl so I know what I'm talking aboth I'm in my house since 1964 after we got married it cost 2ooo pounds price now 4ooooe could get more so that's what is happening now am so sad for young people trying to bye house a lot of young people living with with man and dad would not live anywhere else young people hang in there
Going back home is fine when you 're children have grown up but don't mess with the family for dreams that probably don't live up to reality
My husband had a similar, long commute and it got old really quickly. It was quite a burden on him.
You lose a lot of daylight hours when you add all of the commutes from each day together!
How on earth do you base the house choice on the commute to a job you don't even have? And, without a job, how do you qualify for a mortgage - or do they have the full amount in cash?
Going back after 20 years is never going to be the same, no matter how romantic the memories.
Well, this as before the recession. People were a lot more optimistic back then, lol.
and now 7 months after your comment prices are insane world wide it's heat or eat imagine if they had got it and pandemic struck etc no job and they never said if she worked
Children are resilient. As an army wife we moved all the time. My children made friends easily at every move and I think it’s made them confident and sociable.
My father worked in Peru and I went to a very good school there but every two years, my mother would take me out and sail back to England ( 30 days at sea for the journey alone) then once in England, put me in a school.... never the same school twice. After six months or so, we’d sail back to Peru where I’d rejoin my school with absolutely no clue where they were as far as the curriculum was concerned. One year, I even had to repeat, that did irreparable damage to my self esteem. I do not recommend chopping and changing schools for any child. Thinking they are resilient and that they adapt because they make friends easily is fine but their school work has to enter into the equation too. They’re not pets!
@@perduealexandra5736 Exactly. I had a friend who so detested the "children are resilient" thing that he wouldn't even say it, said "children are Brazilian". The thing is, some children are resilient. But others aren't especially, and you won't know which is which till after the damage is done.
An hour and a half commute?!? Are they insane? I kind of feel relieved they did not buy anything.
Half an hour would be enough to annoy me! 😆
At the 19:00 minute mark it was said that it took an hour and 20 minutes to get to the outskirts of Dublin. The ring road (M50) is all of 20 km from Blessington. What were they doing? Pushing the car?
I was thinking the same. How could the one near Blessington be 1hr20… exaggerated times for the telly I think or they hit a massive accident en route.
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People don’t realise this was at the time of the “Celtic Tiger” where Ireland was going through a major boom and the banks were giving 100% mortgages + a bit extra to furnish. Inflated house prices and estate agents charging what they liked. Hell sure a girl in my class in college with 1.5yrs to go on her BA degree, full-time day student, was given a mortgage back in ‘05🙄 We all know what happened a couple years later to the world economy and housing market… Credit Crunch anyone?
Yea in the U.S. we had what was called "Liar Loans", mortgages went to people who lied about their income and assets etc while the mortgage brokers deliberately looked the other way.
Three hours a day on the road? Is the guy nuts?
I commuted for three hours a day at one point in my life to accommodate my spouse's situation. It was the most horrible experience of my life.
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So true!
The house by the lake was beautiful and i would always compromise on commute if i find the perfect house. Unfortunately, they didn't get it. Additionally, their reason for living England doesn't make sense to me, selling a good home they had, having the husband commute longer and going through the stress of looking for another home and changing schools and environment for their kids. If they were retiring, or someone got a job somewhere, or wanted to move closer to family due to illness or extra help with the kids, that would be a better reason, than just wanting to move back to one's roots. Finally, that fourth house they saw was beautiful and an alternative compromise to the house with the views.
Could he possibly get a job closer to the house? Or is that just impossible?
How does someone in Ireland get a mortgage without a job?
A lot of money, lol. But this was filmed during a time where banks were giving risky loans left to right. Not that case anymore.
I want more that I haven’t seen yet!
I'm happy for the kids that they stayed in the UK.
hahaha, I am laughing because Wicklow is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo expensive now, and all areas of Dublin are. There are couples so poor these days because of two major housing crashes and covid that people are practically penniless. Ok, most are. Credit card living and credit unions are booming with handing out loans. Also, at the time this was made reality would have hit from her school hood memories to how little you got then, and today it buys you nothing. A bedsit if lucky. Millionaires do not live in Wicklow only bank executives, and managers, live on the interest they made during and after these crashes.
What were they thinking?? You DO NOT sell up and move without getting a job first. I did it. I moved from New Jersey to California BUT I had a job to go to first. Then you can do all the house hunting in the area of your job. He didn’t know WHERE he might find a job. Sheer stupidity. Sorry to be so blunt.
Yes, I moved from Canada to England 26 years ago but had a job waiting ... a six month contract post as an existing firm opened a new office in the same town ... my property in Canada was being lived in by someone else in my absence ... I got a permanent post here & eventually sold the Canadian house ...
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This couple have really screwy priorities. I'd find a job before I'd buy a house.
Definitely. They moved from England. Wouldn't the husband rent a studio or share house in Dublin, find a job and then they sell the house in England. She could have come to Dublin with the kids in the school holidays to house hunt. I shake my head.
I'm sort of wondering why they use the same music as Homes Under the Hammer. Just curious is all.
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Thought the husband was her son
Her hairstyle makes her look older than she really is.
You need to have your eyes checked, lol. He looks like he’s in his 30s and she definitely does not look old enough to give birth to a 30 something year old, lol.
@@thesnoopydance645that and her dress sense!
Whatever for?
I think she might be a bit older than he is. Nothing wrong with that.
So sad. I imagine they were just heartbroken.
Almost like losing a dear pet, you just can't imagine getting another different one, because it just couldn't compare.
Not for him, he had a lucky escape.
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Whaaat! They've given up!!???
FML 😆
Honestly, I think they made the right decision, especially for when they were looking. It was a bad time to buy a house, and they would've been SOL if they had bought a house in Ireland for top dollar with no jobs.
i want the lake house.!!!
Devastating plot twist.
1 hour 20 in good weather. And no job. Thankfully she didn't push him into it.
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Oh please
The husband looks like he’s cold, does he not own a jacket? They love house 3 put in an offer.
After the Brexit debacle, I bet they wish there were in Ireland now!
Bet with all the foot dragging the realtors lost the house they wanted.
The cohost's screech is horrible. Would prefer to hear the buyer's commentary 17:23...
Boom time's have gone. Now unlimited unvetted migrants, have left Ireland a very bad choice of where to live. Horrific for us Natives. Think Huddersfield. 😮
They must have cash to buy since neither has a job which banks tend to like when lending money.
Too old.