We have been looking for 2 years now, seriously for last 8 months. We have had 2 full-price offers rejected 
, and 1 at 4% below asking price rejected (house been on market for 9mo). I just cannot see the wood for the trees any longer, and am at my wits end.
We have £298k in total (mortgage and savings), no chain, mortgage agreed already.
These are our criteria:
Need to be able to get to school- DCs schools are in Edgbaston area, obviously our budget does not reach that, so we'd want to be within 3 mile radius, but close if possible.
We need 3 bedrooms (DCs of different genders) plus a room for a home office, in most homes this means a 4 bedroomed house, but if there's 3 reception rooms (ha ha on our budget!) or space for a garden office/convertible garage then that's fine.
We like period homes, Victorian mainly, though DH likes Georgian (obviously these are fairly thin on the ground in Birmingham). We have looked at Edwardian too. DH and DCs are tall, so high ceilings in any case.
I want a kitchen big enough to take a dining table, so we can have 2 receptions.
I'd like a hall. Off-road parking seems to be a bit of a dream really with our budget and period houses.
We are considering- B5, B13, B14, B15, B17, B29 (Selly Park, rather than Selly Oak), B30.
There must be something that meets our requirements, surely?