Help. We have recently had an offer accepted on a lovely house with a beautiful garden. We chose it because it’s in a brilliant school catchment area. I know I’m incredibly fortunate to be in this position however, I am getting serious worries about the house move. We upped our budget 3 times to get the house and are going to be spending £130k more than our current house to get the above. I am worried about the area, there’s very little in walking distance as it’s on the edge of a village. I’m used to living in a town with plenty in walking distance and I often take the toddler to local parks/shops etc by foot. There is plenty to do a short drive away but just not in walking distance.
DH likes the house and area and does not want to entertain the idea of viewing any more houses as we previously looked at about 20 houses and he’s exhausted by it.
So either we stay where we are, with lots on the doorstep but below average schools. Or we fork out to live in an area with excellent schools but a quieter life that’s reliant on car use. Obviously of course there are large implications for pulling out with fees and impacting our buyers / seller’s lives. Kicking myself for not going round the area lots before offering :(
What would you do?