Have you visited your former home and the new residents let you look around?

I did just that a few years ago. The first house I ever owned is a few streets away, and the one that my kids grew up in, was about to go up for sale so I dropped in when I saw the owner outside. The guy was completely cool with us coming in and doing a walk through, but I’m sure him being on the way out was a factor. I had done a big addition when we lived there with a material cost of around 17k in 2004 and I bet those prices have more than doubled now. But yeah, the guy was nice to talk to and it really brought back lots of great memories.

I would love to have the same experience with the house I grew up in, which is about 5 miles away, but I don’t think I’ll ever get that lucky.

No but I drive by my old Yonkers houses a few times a year just to be nosy😄

Everything on the outside seems the same…gardens, flowering trees, even the patio furniture, all is where I put them.

A couple years ago my childhood home was listed on Trulia (a very excellent real estate site) and there were a ton of interior pics. The place looked very different. I have not lived in that house for over 40 years but I gotta admit it made me sad, can’t explain why.

I would be too shy and afraid to do that if I could. The only places I lived in growing up are gone now.

However, I had the reverse experience in my college dorm room. One day I heard a light knock on the door, and then I saw an elderly woman peek inside. She asked if she could come in and said she lived in my room in the 1940s. She wanted to see her old room during her visit to the campus for a 50th class reunion. I was more than happy to oblige! It was a very cool experience.

Firstly, I'm really not that nostalgic for places I used to live at.

And secondly, I honestly don't think I can just go to people's houses & be like, "Hey, show me the inside of your house cause I used to live here years ago."

I'm pretty a shy guy not gonna lie but still, the whole idea of doing that has always sounded super weird to me tbh.

If someone came to my current place & said THAT to me, I'd be like. "Nah, man. Fuck off. I don't know you." 😆 😅

Sounds mean but I don't know you, man! 😆

In 1977 my parents sold the house they bought in 1960. Several years ago I was in the area and it was being renovated by flippers, so I stopped and told them who I was and asked if I could go through the house. They had torn out some walls and opened it up - it was fun to see.

My old house no longer exists. It was almost rundown but I miss so much it and its yard with the pine and mulberry tree. It was demolished to erect an apartment building.
Perhaps the new tenants in your former house have posted pictures on Facebook or on another social network.

Nope.

It ain't mine no more and whatever made it mine, is gone.

No, but I've been able to view a couple of them online when the buyers ended up reselling. Naturally, I expected changes would have been made. But I have to say that I was disappointed to see what the buyers of my last house did. They slapped gray paint on just about everything. I didn't mind that they did it to the kitchen cabinets - I kind of expected it.

But I was very sad to see that they also painted the solid oak railings that were custom made to replace the contractor-grade ones. This happened just a couple of years before I sold. They were in excellent condition - like new. They also painted all of the oak baseboards and window frames. Really left me shaking my head. It was the railings that were the biggest disappointment.

This "everything gray" trend has to die.