need opinions please. really don't know what to do!

[blackmonday]

We moved up north from down south over ten years ago now. We have a lovely home but live in an area that we have never been happy in. There is little chance for my children to have a good future here as there are no jobs and it is a seasonal seaside town. Since here we have got into debt and are now on a dmp so if we sell our house we would not get another mortgage and would have no prospect of owning our own home again. We REALLY want to move back down south but would have to rent. My children lOVE their home and the eldest is 7 and really settled in school. She is a highly sensitive child who i know would HATE having to move schools. I know people say kids adjust but dd1 is very much like me and i had to move schools when i was her age and remember spending the first week at my new school with my head on the desk, not speaking to anyone. i really don't want to put her through that! Really don't know what to do and am very scared to give up my home to rent. (i have never missed a mortgage payment). Please help

thank you goldenpeach. I hope you get to go back and be happy! How have you found going into rented accommodation after owning your own home? I am relly worried how we will adjust to living in someone elses house and also worried about finding somewhere nice and then having to move on. Anyone who has any stories of going from owning to renting I would be very grateful for your opninions.

Well, it's two years into rental and two houses (two towns too). I am starting to be truly fed up as I haven't seen lots of my stuff (still boxed).

I haven't been doing any crafts as lots of stuff is boxed, plus garage full of furniture and stuff that cannot fit in house. I have a wall of boxes in my living room too, which I covered with a sheet. Kitchen is tiny so only a bit of crockery was unpacked. Dishwasher in garage as no space in house. Garden tiny and north facing. I hate not being able to fix things to my taste or replace the appliances.

We keep putting offers on houses but no luck. I suppose if we had less stuff it'd be easier but I love my bulky furniture, especially the old wardrobes...