Moving house but not college

[Bowbells7]

We've found a house we want to buy - it's perfect but for one thing. At the moment we live a couple of miles away from our teens🙄 college, but the other house is eleven miles away.
There's no easy bus route (we live in a rural area) so I'll have to go from an easy commute to take them to college and back twice a day to an hour round trip twice a day.
How long is everyone elses school run? Is it doable? I've been spoilt so far.

Assuming it’ll take a few months to move at worst you’ve got 1 year of the college run so if the house is perfect I’d move. Can they learn to drive soon?

We had to do this and it is a pain! However ds passed his test quickly after turning 17 and it obviously made a huge difference. It actually is for a short time once you add in the holidays.

We took DD too and from college 4 days a week 1hr round trip each time for 2 years. It was tiring but between DH and myself it was doable.
This year she is taking the bus in so only needs collecting, much nicer.
Needs must.

i’d wait until they’d finished college
rural plus teens means lots of driving for you

They don't tend to do full days at college, I take my DD about half the time but her college is near my work, she spends a lot of her free periods in the library so is happy to wait for a lift home and she can use bus or train if I am not available. It is a big commitment and learning to drive for them isn't always a fast process with the current long waits for tests.

I'd be inclined to wait till they've finished college if you can. My friend had to do this for one year and it exhausted her, she was hoping her DC would pass her test but she failed twice.

I assume that was a while ago though. Don't bank on being able to get through test quickly. Timeline for ds, was theory as soon as he turned 17yo, then book test as soon as one was available. He still ended up with a test 8 months after his 17th birthday, and he's obviously got to pass it otherwise it could be another 6 months.
Dd2 did her test 2 years before him (but still after Covid) and it was much quicker.

out of interest op, what does your son feel about the move out to rural area? did you or do you plan to consult him?

@MargaretThursday 2024, 4 months after his birthday

If they’re Y13, they’ll be finished before you move.
If Y12 it would likely only be a month or two this year, and then sept-May next year, less six weeks of holiday.
Either of those would be manageable for a perfect house.
If Y11 and you’re looking ahead, it needs more consideration I think.

You're obviously in a area with far more tests available than here. About 6 tests released a week for 6 months time with all snapped up generally by 6:01am.