DH and I have had to drink lots of wine over last few nights to come to a decison and just can't. All help really appreciated!
I need some help trying to make the decision whether we should move to Oxfordshire. We have 2 sons, age 2 and 4 and currently live in SW London in a great place but house that is 'cosy' with a fairly small garden - not really big enough for boys to play football or cycle their bikes.
Last Autumn after a Summer of visiting lots of people in the country etc we decided that we should make the move out of London to get more space and hopefully slightly increase the amount of time DH gets with the boys. He can relocate to the Oxford office of his company so job wouldn't change, but staying late ethos etc should improve.In terms of his career it should be neutral to slightly negative (he will probably still go into london a day or so a week).
I have a great job 2 days a week I will probably have to give up.
We are thinking a market town rather than rural location -don't think we are ready to go cold turkey on the urban life.
We've had our house on the market since then (MONTHS of keeping the place tidy) and now have some first time buyers lined up, but suddenly we have cold feet. Grrrr
I think the problem is we don't HAVE to move, where we are is great but we will outgrow it in the next few years (esp if we have another baby).
We can afford to increase our mortgage but it won't buy us anything different around here and I think we both feel (stupidly?) that we should do so instead of piling up cash in our current account.
We could stay where we are and 'do' something with the cash and start this whole process again in a few years time (Oxford office will still be there!)
So all you MN-ers out there who've made the move:
is it worth it?
should we wait or jump at FTB with open arms?
should we do it now before boys start school, and before we have no.3?
am I just put off by the thoughts of hassle in coming weeks of finding house / selling this one? Or just afraid of having to be the 'newies'
Did anyone do this and rent there first?
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abusybee · 16/02/2005 09:43
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