Hi everyone, wanting some points of view on my situation and what you would do if you were me.
Currently live in small ish 2 bed semi, relatively new build with dh and DC age 1. Very good school round the corner, one of the best in our region. Takes about 30 minutes commute to work. No family support nearby, nearest is 45m away. Nice estate in decent ish area, however lots of rough areas nearby.
The house is too small for if we want to have more children, which we know we do in a couple of years. Also the lack of nearby family support is difficult, not impossible as it isn't too far, but not as good as it could be.
We are considering moving nearer to family for the additional support. My family is too far away so it would be my husband's family. I get on well with them, and they are desperate for us to be nearer.
However. The area they live in is hit and miss. Some decent bits, but not the bits near to them. Husband would happily live on same street as his parents, but he's accepted that is too close for me, and we've agreed minimum 10 minute walk.
Houses in that area are bigger so we would get a lot more for our money, including number of rooms, room sizes and a large garden. Transport links are very good so wouldn't affect work commute, and would also put us nearer to my family.
All his nieces and nephews go to the same school, where his mother works. I don't want dc going to that school. Its in a rough area, poor Ofsted results, Ofsted report says children leave way below average for maths and English and teaching support isn't great. The school has recently changed headteachers, and according to mil is improving already.
Wwyd? Move or stay? Or move house but in the area we already live in?