Buyer's Regrets

No harm in listing it see if you can get your money back. You will still likely lose money because you paid stamp duty, solicitors fees twice... now probably EA commission too. But you could technically get away losing 5-10k. Only problem would be people will see the house was bought recently, may be wary of there being issues with it so bad someone wanted out after 3 months. Some will hold back from bidding. And of course it's an out there enough area you saw yourself there weren't many bidders. But you could try!

You wouldn't see an awful lot of rental potential there and you could well find yourself unable to buy a new house if prices go down, market cools off even just a little. I'm not saying this will or won't happen, but you are taking on the risk of being stuck owning this house. I'd consider getting out.

On a more personal perspective, you were in it very shortly, you haven't exactly built memories there together. It took me sometimes over a year to really settle into a place and feel home - that taint could go away especially if you bring in some friends, family, girlfriends, or even bring in items for yourself and build some positive memories around the place.

You could consider the Rent a Room scheme.

You can earn up to 14k tax free by renting rooms in your house.

Having different people in the house might improve the vibe and help to erase the bad memories.

^^ This if you really want to sell.

Recently talking to someone who is renting to a HAP tenant. They gave the tenant notice as they want to sell and the tenant contacted the council HAP department. A few weeks later the council contacted the owner and made an offer to buy the house so the tenant doesn't need to move out. That's in Dublin though. Maybe Wexford CC are buying houses - you could ring and check.

Yes call the council directly and see...keep us posted 🙂

Get rid of it as fast as humanly possible. Found myself in a similar emotionally scarring scenario. Bought in a relatively okay but known dodgy estate in Galway. Ended up beside some real reptiles. Chinese drip torture. Tipping point was the Husband 'playing' fetch incessantly with his dog using a plastic bottle, throwing it into 'MY' garden. One day he hit my window with the bottle. Tried to confront him, long story short, emailed the council and they were buying, nightmare over in a matter of weeks.

Do the work required. Have it in "move in" condition. Garden looking well even if it just has grass - some grass weedkiller and lawn feed will have it looking good quite quickly.

Kitchens and bathroom are the rooms to focus on. If they are looking well, it will sell easily

Relist it at 295k

So sorry to hear that OP. Sounds like a really tough situation, esp if you're not from the area.

Unless you're willing to be down some money (i.e. solicitors fees and estste agent fees again, and maybe even a loss since people are not likely to pay more for a house that just sold a few motnhs ago, particularly if you were the only bidder, shows the demand is not too high.) But you could chance putting it on the market and weigh it allvup when you find out what the interest is, what offers you get.

i would probably consider renting a room or two out for now, see if that helps change the feel of it. It would be tax free, and probably pay the guts of your mortgage. And they would be licensees in your home, so not subject to the long notice periods that tenants have.

Then see how you feel after a while. You could keep on saving and ultimately buy again somewhere you want. You could either sell it later on when some time has passed and improvements done, or you could end up keeping it as a rental, a sort of long term pension plan or something.

Whatever you do, I wish you the best.

Is it worth giving it a year, and seeing if you can make a go at a new life where you are - find a club to join in the area, make some new friends, so that there's more to the place than just 'where you moved to be with her'? A year will fly by, and you might feel different by then (and be glad you stayed on the property ladder.)