My friend has asked for my advise on a possible house move and I'm really torn.
Her and DH moved to Spain a number of years ago. Both have great jobs, she wfh most of the week.
They have brought a lovely house, 3 beds with pool. It is however a bit far out from the small town where her 2 children go to school.
Children are 11 and 10 and last year she had another baby.
Where they live is very quiet, more like a holiday place and mostly expats. As the oldest is now in secondary school he gets frustrated as most of his friends "play out" after school.
It really is a lovely little town with huge communal pool, football pitches and very safe. It's a bit like how childhood was years ago with children out playing and lots of community stuff going on.
So to her dilemma, she wanted to move back to the town (they lived there when they first moved). But they can't afford to buy a house.
A very large 4 bed flat has come on the market. Close to the secondary school and would mean that they would have no mortgage if they moved there.
So all children would have their own room and close to their friends.
She is torn on what to do, going from a house with pool back to a flat, she says the novelty of the pool does wear off but I'm not sure if she will regret it?
Will save £500 per month if they make the move. I can see the positives and negatives in both and just wondered on others opinions please?