Hi everyone, I'd really appreciate some advice on this.
My partner and I live in one of the London boroughs at the moment. Our rent is ridiculously high and I doubt we'll be able to afford to buy anything bigger than a one-bed flat for a very long time. I love London but we rarely visit the city (we don't work there) and just stay in our own little corner most of the time, so it doesn't seem worth the expense.
Our lease is up in a year and we've both decided to move. Obviously this is dependent on finding work, but... where should we move to??
We're both Scottish and our families are in Glasgow. We'd like to go back to Scotland eventually, but probably not Glasgow, and probably not for another few years. As such, we could move pretty much anywhere as there's nothing tying us down.
We're hoping to start a family in the next few years so we'd like somewhere with decent schools, a bit of countryside if possible, somewhere we can have a social life and get shopping easily. He likes the south of England, for the weather; I'd like the north of England, because their accents are cool.
The alternative is to move abroad, possibly to Germany. Again, we could go anywhere really.
Thanks :)