We are supposed to be moving house, from our lovely flat to a two-bed house. Memorandums of sale will be done today, we have a mortgage offer, I have the massive solicitors forms next to me for the buy & sell...
But my heart is saying not to go.
I love our flat. It feels like home. It's a lovely period building, high ceilings, we've had the bathroom and the boiler done in the last year so it's heaven in there, it's so familiar. It's 10 minutes walk from town, 5 minutes from our favourite pub, it has it's own off-street parking. It sold within a day of being on the market.
The house is nice. It's got a lot more space, it's beautifully decorated. The kitchen is bright and sunny, there's an office/nursery that would be excellent for me working from home, it's got a little yard. We'd be able to have people over, which there is no room for here. We'd get a washing machine and a dishwasher. Our plan would be to start our family there. It's got a new bathroom that isn't really our style, but is inoffensive. It's the nicest house we've seen around here, and houses don't come up that often.
But the flat is the first place I've lived that ever felt like home. I love it here. I'm worried about the new house being too cold, which flares a disability I have - the new boiler made a massive difference to my quality of life! I'm worried about the mortgage payment being three times higher than our current one (but it was always going to be, we have a very small mortgage here now). There's no private parking and it's a half an hour walk to town, but again, that's the case for houses here and so it'll always be that way.
Fiancé is so excited. Yesterday it looked like it might no go ahead, it was a misunderstanding and it's all resolved now, but I was relieved. I walked around and thought, maybe we can make it work here... but my head knows that it's too small, the kitchen needs to be done, it'll need damp proofing and there will be communal expenses soon.
Did anyone feel like this and move anyway?