As I age and watch content creators, I realize that contentment is so important in life. The amount of moves and must haves, I ask, when is it ever enough? Best wishes on whatever you decide. 💖

Kids grow up WAY too fast! We regret many weekends we spent working on our house rather than savoring every moment of family time. Your home is fantastic, you’ve put so much of yourselves in it & this next phase of parenting is a BUSY, crazy, fun one that passes too quickly. Encouraging you to enjoy a season of stillness in your home with those sweet girls. Ours just turned 21 & graduates from college next week - I swear she was just in preschool! 🥰

Moving for the sake of moving every two or so years? I agree with another poster's comment about 'contentment'. Without contentment, you will always be looking over your shoulder because someone else will always have a better house, boat or better-looking spouse. Always worth thinking about your kids and what this programmes in them.

As a daughter of a designer who flipped houses, it was not easy growing up and moving so many times. It seems your children are so happy in your beautiful home that fits your family perfectly. Also, in regards to having Hashimotos myself- I don't do well living next to water as I do now. Winters are colder. I think your health will benefit more living in your current digs. Just a hunch.

Yeahh..... no! Your existing house is way prettier. You may not have a lake view but your back yard is stunning

STAY WHERE YOU ARE! Your home is stunning. It offers the stability that your children require. . A home on the water is not the way to go - mosquitoes, flooding, etc. And the two of you need to appreciate what you have and stop grasping for MORE.. Focus on your family and an attitude of gratitude would serve you well. A family that is calm, caring and free of chaos is priceless.

I kinda miss the old Chris Loves Julia😢(following since Polly was a baby), Closer to the rest of us mortals: full of DIY, easy ways to get a beautiful designed house with a considerable budget. Today is great that you guys had grown so much, but I feel is more “detached” from probably the majority of the IG followers. Just my opinion. I just miss the old CLJ no to much all the workers and contractors around. ✌🏼

It was great to go on a field trip with you and hear your thought process. I just adore your current home, to me the backyard you have curated in your current home is THE ultimate view. A beautiful yard filled family and friends, now that's a view!

I love your current house way more

I think that the house is practically perfect as it is, and if you feel you have to make major change than it’s not your house.

Well comparing the two. It has a lake but the curb appeal is much better with your current house. The back yard is better minus the road behind it. The grounds of your current house is more polished and beautiful. Exterior they are very similar except the 3rd floor I really like the ceiling height in your current house and your kitchen is so beautiful. Ceilings seem taller in your current house and I like your living room better. Your house layout flows better and the rooms seem bigger

This was so neat, to feel like we’re all experiencing this along with you!! But as I was watching, I felt so heavy, my heart ached. And then, when Chris said he felt heavy as you walked through, I was just mind blown. It’s a gorgeous house, and a dream location, but the Modern Colonial feels like your home. I hope that makes sense. I’m sure you could make The House on the Lake feel like your home as well, but there was just something that felt, stressful or, maybe overwhelming is a better word, about that house. And when I watched your 2024 House Tour, I felt at peace watching you walk through it. As in, I could feel YOUR peace. That’s maybe a weird thing, and I may be in the minority here, but I love that you called it “the house that didn’t get away,” and are thinking you’ll stay in the MC. I know you don’t need any validation or need my two cents, but I just thought it was cool that I had the same exact feeling Chris and you both mentioned. Thanks for taking us along for the ride! Oh, and I am really enjoying your vlogs on KZfaq! It’s such cool bonus content, like your own tv show. Super impactful and fun, feels very “insider scoop,” the way stories do on Instagram, but somehow more as well! 💗

House kinda reminds me of a Nancy myers house. It’s a dream house and location for sure

If you guys change your mind, we'll certainly be here for the ride.

Oh man, that’s definitely a dream house with a dream view 😍 But your current home is a dream home too 😊

That's a Nancy Myers dream home, 90's with all of the charm. I love that you took us on this journey with you. I'm glad this trip gave you peace in the what-ifs. Perhaps the universe will allow you to provide design services to the new owners. ❤️

I enjoyed watching the gears turn in Julia’s head. She could see what it could be and even what it is right now. But it’s not your right now. And that’s ok.

Nahh too close with the neighbors and not much backyard space, no curb appeal also. Love love your current house

I think you’re making the right decision! I would never give up your beautiful home and manicured exterior and backyard for this home. You’ve already invested so much time and effort into making it yours. Get a small lakehouse if you need that at some point, or maybe one day when the kids leave you’ll outgrow your current space and get something small on the water.

It was really cool to hear your process as y’all talked through it. I really liked Chris’ thoughts on the excitement that should be there. I imagine when your girls are all grown the two of you might have a beautiful lake house together. I know I’m looking at the years I have left with my kids and I’ve dialed back a lot of projects and change because I really want to be present in this time with them. Life has its seasons.

The way you guys talk to each other with so much respect and calmness… what a wonderful couple. It’s so nice to watch that… it’s my first video I watched of you guys and I’m subbing 😊

Your current house is so well done, practical & beautiful. This feels too open and the third floor is a no for me.

This was cool to watch. Thanks for sharing

Im all for grabbing an opportunity when it arrises! A lake??!! Oh man that is a tough decision. I do love your current home so much....but that lake. But there is no wrong answer here. So fun to come along!

Sooo here for this ride! I hope we get to watch this new adventure!

I love moving, I love houses, I totally get you 😂 we moved a year ago and I think about my next house already. Thanks for sharing!

Your current house is perfect for your family!

It was so sweet watching you guys walk back to your vehicle hand-in-hand💕

The lake view is nice, but it would take an enormous amount of money and work to bring this house up to the standards of your current home.

It is a beautiful home. Stairs…too many for me. Thank you for taking us on this tour.

I don't know how to explain it...but this video was therapeutic and relaxing to watch. To watch you guys come to a conclusion on such a huge decision in the way that you did- it was nice. Your home is the most beautiful home I've ever seen!

Everything you guys said makes so much sense-too many mosquitoes by the lake anyways. 😊

It always amazes me how taken people are by the decor and furniture in a house they are looking at to buy. The furniture and stuff doesn't go with the house when sold but it makes a difference.

I'm a new sub and have only watched your last video and now this one. Your house is so much more beautiful than this one. Needs alot of work to get it anywhere as beautiful as your current home. This is such a beautiful home though😊

I totally understand your curiosity in checking out the house that you’ve seen from the outside riding around. Love the conclusion you came to…thanks for taking us along the ride!

I started following you at the same time as I started pursuing my doctorate. At that time, I bought a house that I thought would be easy to renovate. unfortunately, we got scammed and we were deceived and I was unable to focus on my home and my doctorate, so I decided to stop the renovation project in order to finish the thesis. by the end of this month, in three weeks from now, I will defend my dissertation. I spent 4 years waiting for the time I can resume my dream home reno. I lived with your videos and photos on KZfaq and Instagram for long nights, reading about phenomenology and philosophy and peeking at your videos and photos. I was in love with the Black House very much and was sad when you left it, but I also enjoyed all the details you shared in this house, especially the pool and backyard. I learned a lot from you and gained useful ideas. I will implement a number of them later when I resume work on renovating my home. Although I am sad that it will be sold, but I feel that this coincidence between your decision and the completion of my doctoral thesis is iconic, as if I was on a journey with your family. Thank you for sharing beautiful details and moments. I can't wait to see your future project. Good luck

He opens the door to his wife, how beautiful! I had a boyfriend that was like that. When the waiter came to serve us he always reminded them, the lady first. I love that. This behavior it’s almost gone in our society.

Maybe you can get that same satisfaction and view from a vacation home. I kept thinking of the girls and what they would think of the move. They seem so happy and settled now. That’s a big job to tackle.

It actually feels very similar in some ways to your current house, especially the front exterior, but a a little smaller and less interesting. The lake is nice, but not worth giving up your current house for in my opinion.

Hearing everyone say how much work this house needs is crazy to me! It’s beautiful & cozy as is! This is a dream Nancy Meyers house

I love your current house. I could really see the playroom being converted into bigger bedrooms for the girls with bathrooms ❤

This just popped up on my recommended watch. So I went back and looked at the tours of your current house and I’m not sure why you would buy this house. Does the neighbors dog bark all night? Is there a foul odor from an industrial site? Your home is great. I wouldn’t leave unless I was a senior citizen or something out of my control was making my quality of life worse.

Great Video! I would do it! I absolutely love the house and I love that it’s a little smaller. I feel like your current house (beautiful!) is just a little to big. The other one seems so cozy ❤️

Love, a Lakehouse! My question, is that lake usable? Can you boat fish swim or is it just for looking at because once those trees all leaf out you’re not gonna see much of it from the house

I’m getting nostalgic OG house from Home Alone Vibes!!! ❤😂 Sooo pretty! What a view. It’s very 90s but very well done for sure. Beautiful. But…..YOUR HOME IS JUST AMAZING. 🤩

Beautiful! I am a sucker for renovations! I grew up with parents that liked to invest in realty and flip houses while we lived in them. I absolutely loved it! As long as my family was together, I did not care to move the few times that we did and see my parents transform houses! it also taught me how to design and invest in realty and, most importantly, that I just needed family and i was happy :)

We have done this very thing! No we aren’t in the same business but find beauty in the change of seasons! Home is where you lay your head at night with the people you love. If the heart strings pull you to move you will, anybody would given the opportunity to live out their dream. Thank you for sharing your life! Well done ❤

We're in the same boat. Do we trade out big renovated home for a a home k. 80 acres that needs work? Or be happy where we are with our 3% interest rate and pool etc. it's a hard call

Well sometimes the view does it! It’s a gorgeous home, and your current home is gorgeous! If you love this house so much and with that view I wouldn’t pass it up! You can make it spectacular over time! Listen to the soul

I’d absolutely buy this house! The view & the porch. In 10 years kids will be doing their own thing. Go for it!

I’ve had this same experience. When you walk back into your home and you fall back in love. Then the once dream becomes just that! ❤

Absolutely STUNNING. If you can afford this....it would be a no-brainer for me. I think you should go with what your heart is telling you. I have always dreamed about living on water- you just can't "add" that to an existing landscape.

That house is gorgeous!!! Only you can decide what is right for your family, and I don’t think you could go wrong either way. This would be a beautiful home to restore.

So fun!! Thanks for taking us with you!!!

I’ve always loved window shopping houses too but, nope, nope…the house with the front office?! I mean firstly super cool. Leaving that sweeping staircase entry?! I mean the lake isn’t that cool. What mostly was great was the view but I’d prefer a much, much smaller lake house…in my opinion.

It’s a gorgeous home but I like your current home better. Even with whatever you could do to this home! I can see why you wanted to see it though ☺️ the deck off the primary and a fireplace though….whewwww love that

You definitely should paint your windows THIS colour. It is the perfect colour. And, btw, I like your current house way more ❤

Me just thinking Julia got a million ideas from touring. Can't wait to see what y'all do to your home with this as inspiration.

Thank you for sharing the tour. I LOVED so much of the old furniture ❤

This may be a crazy idea, but if you love your current home and it feels like home, but what your heart seems to need is the tranquility of water… maybe you find a small property on an unknown lake. You can rehab it without disrupting your life and then rent it when not in use? You surely can easily market it w the following you have and others could really enjoy it too, while having a respite space. We do this, but sadly our lake house (hunting shack) is over 1,000 miles away for where we live now so really hard to rehab, especially w five young kids. Maybe pick one just far enough away ❤

Thanks for sharing this video, glad you posted it- obviously there’s a lot of flack in the comments but that’s because your family is so loved and inspiring to the rest of us!!

I feel sorry for this couple. There is no perfection in something beautiful. You can keep looking for perfection but nothing is ever going to be perfect. There will always be a dream home somewhere and u can keep looking for it because a dream is a dream, distant and something un-reachable. You can make a house a home full of memories and dreams, and that is where all the joy lies. Not searching and keeping on searching for something that can never exist.

I could see the two of you looking at each other and the “cogs we’re turning”😂😂😂😂😂Who cares what others think….this place is absolutely amazing. Just imagine the grandkids playing in that home in years to come.

Current house is a gem. I don’t understand why there’s such a lack in contempt in social media, it’s so sad people can’t see the incredible blessings at their fingertips.

The backyard is a hill, there might be erosion. Your backyard is stunning. Do you need another big project taking away from family life?

I think you should buy it! Jump in and enjoy! I watch from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 and I love all you do. Thank you for sharing it all! ❤

I’m still waiting ! You need to go for this house 🙌😁👍

Yes! Do it! The house is gorgeous and that lake view!!! It’s amazing. Plus you are running out of projects at your current house. Life is short! Do it! I think many of the commenters need to remember that renovating is their job!

The minute you took the photo of the stair case views my thoughts went to the heating cost, but that's basrd on my budget. 😮 No matter what you decide there will be naysayers and encouragers. You do what is right for you. As a couple it's no one else's business. We as viewers don't live your day to day life or pay your bills, the choice you make will be the right one. Blessings to you both. ❤

If your current house was on that property with that view would be perfection!! I really think a place with a lake view is out there for you guys but glad you saw it do you could make an informed decision!! ❤

Here I was thinking your existing house is the, best I have ever seen

If you can, find a tiny cabin on a lake to buy….not sure where you are…. or if you have the budget.

I wanted you to purchase it only for the thrill of seeing what you would do with the interior. However, being how rare these types of lots are, I kind of wanted you to do a tear down and have your contractor build something amazing. Btw, I love the beautiful dynamic between you two.

Hey Julia (& Chris of course)...you are assuredly spoiled for choice, though the main issue seems to be Julia's compulsive creativity 😂 If I may, I would suggest that you stay in and enjoy your current home, and perhaps look at other places as 'spec' investments. Midlife crises is no joke, but it passes, ask me how I know ....enjoy your family and your charmed life together🌹

Maybe the happy medium is a Lakehouse …

If you have the desire of a new project for a new home than go for it. I think you should modernise this house, modern furniture, bold art and bright colours. It could be gorgeous, but I think it needs a lot of work. It would love to see the process 😊

I definitely see what others are saying here but this house IS so charming and lovely

Thank you for sharing! It was so interesting to watch. My husband and I have been in that position a few times.

Put some red and green wallpaper in the place and you have the house from Home Alone. What a beautiful place even as is. That view. Wow.

Does the house comes with furnitures too? It’s so antique, I love it! ❤️

No! Just no! Only thing is it has the lake…we have a huge house and a huge garden with forest and incredible views in the heart of rural Scotland that folk say is to die for. It was so hard with all the impractical space with the kids growing up, I would have given anything to have the back yard you have now, whereas what I have is like the lake house and the not being able to see my kids and where they are, especially with water! I’d be constantly worried…or I would have to spend a fortune on landscaping to make a flatter more enclosed space for my younger kids. What you have is perfect 😍

Wow this is a stunning home. Thanks for the tour!

😮😭 que sonho de casa Julia, até chorei... ❤❤

Go for it if this is what your hearts have wanted!!

The river house....if you can afford it. Go for it.

BEAUTIFUL 🤩!!!!!

When we were Young we were shopping in thrift shops . Now we thrift shop houses… Toys became more voluminous … Contentement … is free however ❤

It's like your old house pre the one you live in now, but instead of a pasture you have a lake. Uncanny!

not a giant fan of the backyard..

Get the house, it’s your dream home and a lot of people can’t afford to live in their dream home. Go for it

Notice how there’s a big draw to traditional homes nowadays…

The actual house is very similar to yours, I think it's the location that is the pull. If the house was yours, I can imagine how stunning it would be. X

Congratulations! In 1998 I we shared this exact experience in buying my dream home. Totally was just looking at real estate to gather ideas for building a new construction. We walked into the main foyer and when I first saw the original floors of dark green and white marble tiles I knew I was home. Our dreams can be attainable. We even drove the exact same Jeep Wagoneer, same color. We only live this life once on this earth. The years pass by quickly. Dreams do come true just believe in your feeling. Our home was a Southern Plantation Home with lake and cattle. I slept with pictures under my pillow until we closed sixty days later. Enjoy 🫶

I’m waiting, you have to go for it!,

For one thing, this house doesn't seem as nice or big as the current, but maybe it's the draw of the water. That side, it must be nice to be a combination of rich, entitled and content creators who must keep amassing things. Maybe consider minimalism or environmentalism.

That home is 🔥, but so is yours. Is there a place in your home where you can put bookshelves above a doorway like there was here? I really loved that, too. The sitting area off the kitchen, is that called a keeping room? I’ve always wanted a home with that. It’s the perfect place for a family to hang out together, or even a couple of people, really.

You are going to remodel your bathroom and sell again. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m here for it but it hurts my heart every time. 🥰

To bring this house to the beauty of where you live, I mean... Think about it. It is not just the money that will consume you, but the many months or years involved in remodeling the house and depriving yourselves of quality time with your children. Just a thought... You will not be able to recover the lost time.

This house isn't a patch on your current home. It may have nice views, but it's very dated & would need a lot of work done. Your own home is impeccable in comparison.

I love that house! Very beautiful