We're trying to decide between living rurally and moving between a few small towns which have a choice of things to do. We currently live very rurally and I adore the countryside around here but I'm sick of tractors thundering past and I'm sick of being an hour away from anything interesting!
My dilemma is that an area we have found which is great for things to do (in a triangle of things all about 15 mins away) where we could still get a house with a large garden (my ideal) is generally priced at about £150k- £200k more than the houses we could get rurally. It's known as a naice place! So rather than buying for £450k we'd be looking at £600k ish, which is a stretch.
We can afford it but we'd have to get a mortgage of about £250k which is more than hoped. We are in our mid 40s with secure (as far as we know) jobs. Half of me thinks the bigger mortgage is worth it for the new area and my other half (And my dh) isn't sure we should stretch. But I'm not sure I can do another decade of fields, and think that this expensive area would at least stay expensive so we'd not make a loss (but improvements, which this house needs, may not add much value - and it does feel very overpriced coming from where we currently live). We've got no kids to consider so just ourselves to please. Would welcome opinions. Blow the budget or be sensible?
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tinselvestsparklepants · 18/10/2020 12:29
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