I am a single parent and have no support childcare wise. I feel this is relevant as I feel very alone in making big decisions like this. I feel totally responsible for DD’s future and obviously where she lives is important.
I moved into this house 3 years ago when dd was 1 and when ex left us. I bought it for 500k and it’s now worth around 520k based on recent valuation. It is a four bed detached with all new fittings (not a new property). Has some character and large driveway and decent sized garden and bedrooms.
I like the house but it does have its issues, the garden needs landscaping and the bathroom upstairs is small with a larger one downstairs. No utility room. Just little things like that. The major thing is this…roof probably needs doing probably reasonably soon and it has asbestos cement sheets under the tiles which would need to be removed. Had quotes for a new roof and it’s around 20k with cement sheets removed too.
The entire thing is making me anxious. I would love a newer house that’s a similar price with maybe a little less garden and trading smaller rooms for a utility and already done roof. There’s only a few of these in the village that are newer so unlikely to come up at the same time I sell, then I would be stuck having to move further out to a larger estate for a similar house.
I just feel really confused and conflicted and part of me is worried that perhaps the house won’t even sell. It’s a little unusual, it is on a cul de sac of four houses and set back off the road but central to the village. It’s large downstairs but more of a dormer style upstairs though the bedrooms are big.
Anyway, just don’t know what to do. Feel so stressed doing it all alone.