Me and my other half are struggling to decide what to do so I thought I’d get some other peoples opinions and perspectives on it.
Me and my OH are both mid/late 20s. I’m currently a SAHM but will be going back to work next year. Before kids I didn’t earn a massive amount and would probably have to go back part time for childcare, however it has been my plan to go back to uni to continue my education and get into a career where I could potentially earn around 40/50k a year.
My OH currently earns around 42k a year and we live in a modest terrace in an ex council home.
our area isn’t the best but I know there’s good and bad in all areas and sometimes the grass isn’t always greener. Our area is mostly made up of council houses and ex council houses so a mix of social housing and privately owned.
in the next year or 2 me and OH have spoken about putting out house on the market and moving to a bigger place, but this would mean probably doubling our current mortgage which is a very comfortable £600/month.
Our bills are low and mortgage is comfortable meaning we have money left over to save and money to spend on ourselves albeit not a huge amount.
would you still move in a year or 2 to a ‘nicer’ area with a bigger place? Or stay put and just put up with the worse area/smaller house?