27/02/2019
Selling your childhood home is often an incredibly emotional experience. But, there comes a point in time when a property simply no longer serves to be kept in the family – most often owing to financial reasons. Apart from reminding yourself of the very practical reasons why you’re selling the home in the first place, you also need to allow yourself time to deal with your emotions.
In the words of Dr. Arthur Kovacs, "You're dismantling something that was once precious, and you have to go through grief and mourning when this happens". Even if your parents are still alive, your childhood home acted as a repository for your memories (both good and bad) and you need to allow yourself time to grieve the loss of the thing that once kept those memories safe. The key is to remember that we take our memories with us. When selling a home, the only thing that gets left behind is the bricks and mortar that once housed those memories, not the memories themselves...
