Downsizing due to divorce- where?

[lizardqueenie]

Could really do with some advice& ideas. Currently going through divorce & it's likely due to my salary i won't be able to remain with dd (4) in the family home. At the moment I am very much reliant on my family for support & help with dd & this will continue when she starts school in sept. I live I line in a london borough at the moment.

J will need to seriously downsize to remain in same area & we find out about primary school place in the next fortnight so am thinking maybe a garden (if possible) flat- any tips of what took for/ avoid?

Or could try to afford a small house slightly further out big then parents will have to commute to me to help with school run etc.

Again could move much further out & get much meow but this would mean relocating for school as soon as dd has started & having no real support around.

Grateful for some objective views on this- my head is thinking too emotionally!

Stay near family. In area you know.
get a garden flat or at least some outside space.
Being near family so they can easily help is worth more than a bigger house dependent on someone getting to you etc.

Unless you thinking to get bigger house and accommodate an au pair to do the school runs. I would stay near family in smaller place.

... But remember in a flat to budget to service charges. Don't buy somewhere with a lift, electric gates or pumping system for your water. They all push up costs dramatically.

can you let a room in family house to help with payments? stay near family, maybe buy a flat and rent it out for a bit whilst living with parents for short term to ensure still on property ladder.

Thanks for the replies ad apologies for the typos in my post I spotted not sure how meow got in there.
I really hope to stay around here all of our friends are here too & I feel there is enough change going on for my dd.

I hoping for somewhere ground floor as there might be more chance of a garden. The ones I've see that are a first floor maisonette but with garden would mean I wouldn't be able to leave dd to play whilst I was in the kitchen for example. I should hopefully come out with a good deposit around 100k but in london/ se that doesn't get you far!
Thanks for tips about water/ lifts etc.

Any tips on buying a maisonette then? I've seen a few recently in budget closer to DD's hopeful school than we are now & in area with other families. Thank you