Hello all
I am after some advice!!!
Since our DD was born last year, we have been struggling for space. We live in a 2 bed house which was plenty big for just a couple (it’s a large 2 bed) but now with a baby we have limited space with all the toys and we have no spare room for family to stay. My husband has a 2 hour commute to work (so 4 hours in total) so we were looking to move to somewhere bigger near our local train station.
We found a perfect property, a new build, right near the station. The location would save my husband an hour a day commuting. The house is beautiful, so much space and all shined and new. The estate is perfect as well, not too large so it met all our criteria. We had a meeting with a mortgage broker and he calculated we could afford it!!!!!! The I checked the local schools....... the ofsted rating for both the local primary and secondary is inadequate. There are other schools in the catchment abit further away but the local ones have terrible ofsted reports.
So now I don’t know what to do.
I feel I cannot nice to that location knowing the schools are so bad.
I know it’s 10 years away before secondary school so things might change but no one can guarantee that or even that she would get a place at another catchment school. We are also not looking to move in the near future so no chance of moving again unless something drastic happens.
Has anyone else had this before or any advice?
It’s such a pity because the village we live in now has excellent schools. I feel we should look to stay local but would mean my husband still had a longer commute. However, I feel we should put our DD needs first. Any advice welcome!!! Xx