I need to decide whether to move today.
Current flat - One bed, in an excellent location, 5 minutes walk from town. We have a parking space, which is unusual! Period building, with lovely tall ceilings, and we've decorated it well (if I do say so myself!). We've been here for five years. We fit, just about - we've both got things in storage which costs about £100 a month, and there's not enough room to have people over, or to have kids... it's tight, but lovely. It's the first place that I've ever lived that has felt like home.
We've had an offer accepted on a house, and the mortgage offer has just come through. Two beds, a lovely living room/diner. A bit of a conservatory, a little square yard. Big enough to have a dining room table, to have a few people over, for me to have a few places to work (I work from home so spend 90% of my time in the living room right now). 30 minutes walk from town but a nice walk, no allocated parking but it seems nobody has any problems usually. It doesn't need much work doing to it.
It doubles the mortgage, but it's manageable and still a lot less than I used to pay in rent. It would be the home we settle in for now, have our first child in, set up my business...
I loved it when we saw it (three times), but I love the flat so much. I also hate change! Would you go for it?