Should i give up our large 3 bed victorian house for a small modern one nearer the school?

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The house we live in at the moment is a large 3 bed victorian semi,v close to town but with tiny garden/yard and no parking at all (there is a yellow line outside our house-its a total pain).
Am thinking of moving nearer dd's school (at mo we live too far away so have to drive)but have practically no money to pay for move so will have to borrow from my parents.
The only houses i can afford nr dd's school are tiny 2 bed modern ones, but there is the chance of converting the garage to a downstair bedroom, i guess.
am a newly single parent and the lack of parking at our house (and theft from front garden) is doing my head in.
Should i move??

Yes. You don't need the extra space you have ATM and moving closer to the school sounds like less hassle. A modern house may also be in better condition, saving you money on maintenance & repairs.

I wouldn't.

Moving in itself a huge hassle and expense.

No. Don't think there won't be theft from your front garden in anoher area. A lot of expence and hassle.

Good, i was hoping you would all say no!! so i can get the silly idea out of my head!

god no.

Erm, no.

but we have to park the bloody car so far away and its a busy road so loads of traffic etc. tiny garden too!

NO

iS THE new house in a nicer area and is there less crime?
Does it have a bigger garden?

Thinking more of it....

I very much understand what you mean by lack of parking space. We spend some time in Spain regularly in a lovely period apartment in a lovely pedestrianised area... the trip to get the car from the parking 8 blocks away makes me want to avoid the holidays! and it's a mess trying to unload a sleeping child, the luggage, the shopping, everything!

If it's that bad... move, or keep everything you need in walking distance. I'm not so bothered about big gardens though, they are normally a lot of extra work or extra expense, and not being a gardener myself, I'm happier with the little one we have.

No, parking is not the end of the world, our house is only 6 years old and has problems galore, particularly the plumbing which has leaked only in the last few weeks, and prior to that the heating system needed £400 worth of work last year, all due to the idiots who put it together being crap
Stay in your lovely victorian property.

Why would you want to move? You haven't mentioned anything positive about the move!

You dd will not be at that school forever!

the new area is lovely,no crime AT ALL, and i do like the modern houses. we could also walk to school and ds starts there next yr so many years of that school!!

That's more like it!

Also a bigger garden and driveway and close to all their friends..its just the cost and hassle of moving, especially as we only moved here last year (and also moving as a single mum wont be fun!!)

pluses
bigger garden
nearer school
drive and garage
better area
easy and cheap maintenance

cons
costs more money
less space indoors

I think it sounds good

We have just moved to be within close walking distance of DS's school, and it has made a huge improvement - in ways that I would think were even more important if I was a single parent. DS's has so many schoolfriends within very easy reach, we all pick each others kids up from school, are happy to have them round to play, take turns having several for the day during school hols. It sounds as if the house would be small and less grand, but of equal value? is that because of area? In that case you won't lose financially in the long run. Converting a garage is a good idea - bedroom or big play area or something.

yes its exactly the same value, maybe even 5k more than our victorian house,(so cant really afford it!) its because of the posh area its in..there will be a fight for the house anyway, always lots of offers above the asking price in that area!!

nobody will buy ours...