Don't get me wrong, i was a northerner myself for 18 years and I have nothing against it.
It's just london is my home now but dh says we will never be able to afford a house here and he doesn't want to do shared ownership flats (which I don't mind) when we can afford a nice house in Manchester.
We have two children and he says maybe it's time we leave, as we are currently renting and there is no security as landlord could want the house back any time to increase rents/sell etc and we would have to find another rental as he is completely against shared ownership and doesn't want to live in a flat which again I don't mind! (We currently rent a two bed house with garden) which again will outgrow as children get bigger.
My husband wants the security that buying a house would bring but I don't particularly get on with my family that live there, we have his brother who lives there with my children's only cousins but my in-laws/friends live nearby us in London and I don't want to leave this life I've created! But I understand that a stable home is very important.
What would you do?