The Home Buying Decision - When You Can't Agree on a Home As a Couple

When you're looking around at homes as a couple the fur can definitely start flying if you can't agree on a home. The husband sees a home with a nicely laid out garage and workspace that has him sold on the house immediately. The wife does not like the home because the kitchen is too small and so are 2 of the bedrooms. She sees another house that she falls in love with but the husband is disappointed because it doesn't have the workspace he'd like to have to work on odd jobs.

Is it fair to compromise on a home?

The answer to this is quite simply, not really. When both the husband and wife have to compromise they'll usually never really be happy with the decision they made to do so. Every month they will be paying money on a mortgage for a house that they simply aren't really happy with. While compromise works great in a lot of different areas for a couple, that doesn't mean that it will work out well in this case. Hundreds of thousands of dollars can easily be invested into a property so you'll want to make sure that you both absolutely love the home that you're going to buy.

How to find the right home that you both love

If you've been looking around at different listings on the market and have yet to find the perfect dream home for the both of you, it's time to start over again. Get right back to the basics and make a fresh start with your home shopping. You have probably become frustrated up until now and it's time to step back from the situation and look at it with a brand-new set of eyes.

This means that you'll both be going back to the table and listing out the exact features that you want to see in a home that would make it perfect for you. The husband in this case would write down that he absolutely wants to have a workspace while the wife would demand a large kitchen and big bedrooms in the home.

Once both lists are compiled they would be put together as one big list that would define the dream home for the both of you. Then you would give this list to the real estate agent that you are working with. The agent will be able to take a look at all of the new homes that are entering the marketplace and let you know when something comes up that fits your criteria.

This is the best way to go about handling difficulties when it comes to agreeing on a home. Both you and your partner should be completely satisfied and happy with your next home purchase and with so many new listings being added to the market, there really isn't any reason why you would have to compromise on your property purchase.

Joel Mayer is a professional freelancer who writes about real estate and the latest housing trends in the real estate world.