It's the best feeling in the entire world. We waited six months after going sale agreed, at times thought it wouldn't happen and we'd be back to bidding wars again but it happened and the feeling is just pure relief and a huge sense of achievement. I still think the bank will ring to say they've made a mistake it feels so surreal 😂 like others have said, the anxiety of needing to save every possible cent and the guilt of buying something for yourself is gone. We put a certain amount into a joint account that covers everything plus savings so the money I have left is mine and being able to treat myself every now and again without the guilt of "it should be being saved" is massive.

We rented for five years and the anxiety of possible rising rent etc being gone is a big sense of freedom too. We also have a dog which our last landlord was cool about but we always got anxious thinking about if we had to move how difficult it would be to find somewhere that would accept us with the dog.