Moving for more space for our 4 kids

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Has anyone here moved to get more space? We've 4 kids close in age. Have just made the call to estate agent to put our 3 bed semi house on the market. Feel absolutely sick doing it.... I think we are going to need more space if everyone wants their own room as teenagers, but right now everyone is happy sharing...

The house we want to move to is just 5 mins drive away but isn't anywhere near as nice as ours but is much bigger and bigger garden, better orientation and better location., bus routes etc which we can't get by extending here. Basically ticks all the boxes on paper. But I can't stop thinking of all our happy memories in our current house and it's paralysing me and I keep having panic attacks over the whole thing and worrying we are all going to be miserable and I'll be blamed for the move...

I had 4 in a 3 bed. First of all 3 girls had the biggest room. Son smallest room. When eldest DD was 13 and 2 girls were 10 DS was 8 we split the biggest room in to 2 with a partition. So eldest DD and DS had the partitioned rooms 2 DDs moved into sons room. When eldest moved out turned bigger room back so DDs moved back in there and DS moved back to his original room. You might think 6 adults living in a 3 bed is mad but we managed fine.

There will always be an attachment to any home you have, there will always be memories, good or bad.
The key question is can you function without moving with clever use of space and can you truly afford a house move/ new house? It’s thinking completely with your head here.

I'd personally be fine with teenagers of same sex sharing a room.

As previous post alluded to, our houses are only with us for a season.

The only thing about it, is that there's 6 years between my youngest and eldest, and they are all quite likely to want to live at home til their late 20s due to the high cost of housing and rentals here. Few move out for university as it is just so expensive.

I know it's hard we have managed to muddIe through. Moving wasn't an option for us. I have 5 years between my 4. 3 of mine didn't go to uni. Eldest did but didn't move out until 27 to rent with a partner. I still have 2 27 year olds and a 25 year old still at home and can't see them moving out for quite a while yet.

That's exactly the way I see our future going.. How is it living in a 3 bed with adults? Does it cause a lot of hassle/arguments? Do you wish you could have moved for more space or is it ok?
We only have 1 shower in the house and 2 toilets. I'm dreading when the girls want to wash their hair every day or 2.

Can't say it has caused any problems as they have grown up with it. They have always got on with eachother which probably helps. We have one bathroom and downstairs toilet and manage fine.