Would you stay or sell?

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At the moment we live in a 2bed house with 2dds (aged 7 & 2). Dd2 doesn't sleep well, she often doesn't settle for an hour or 2 after bedtime, she empties all the draws (mainly dd1s things) and wakes in the middle of the night. Unfortunately this means dd1 is often kept awake or woken up by dd2.
I kept thinking she will grow out of it soon but now I'm not so sure.

We can't afford to buy a 3 bed to separate them.
We could sell ours and rent. We have about 20k in this house, so we could also clear all of our debt. Then try and buy again in 5-10 years.

Or we stay and wait it out.

What would you do? It worries me that if we sell we would struggle to buy again in the future, and there aren't many houses to rent where we want to live.
But I feel so guilty that dd1 isn't getting the sleep she needs and her stuff is getting trashed by dd2

Could you have her in your room for a couple of months, to try and break the habit? I really wouldn't bank on getting back on the ladder in 5-10 years time; it's a hell of a risk...

I think you should stay. Any chance of extension or loft conversion? If not, I'd seriously consider having a sofa bed in the living room and give the girls a room each for a while.

How about letting out yours and renting a 3 bed?
Or sleeping in a living room for a while? We did this for 8 months as we hired an aupair and only had 2 bedrooms; we have moved since.
Or extending the house or dividing the girls' bedroom temporarily?
I too would not bank on getting on a property ladder after 5 years of renting.

Yes, agree with not selling. You move into the lounge and give the girls a bedroom each until youngest grows up a bit.

How big are the bedrooms? Could you move children into biggest (if they're not already in it) and divide it? Or as a previous poster said, put the little one in a toddler bed in your room until she's older. I wouldn't move into the lounge and I'd be reluctant to come off the property ladder. If that doesn't work, I'd look at keeping your house but letting it, and renting something bigger but that seems quite drastic if there's a chance DD2 will grow out of it in a couple of years.

I agree, she's only 2. Lots of 2 year olds will still be in a cot.

I'd either give them the biggest bedroom and divide it *but that might not work if she's very noisy when she wakes or I'd sleep on a sofa bed in the living room for a while until she learns to sleep at which point they can go back in together.

Don't sell the house and rent

Can you split one if the bedrooms in two or move DD and her stuff into you're room?

Don't sell though. It will calm down.

I used to put DS2 in my bed and move him in with DS1 in the middle of the night. He wasn't too bad for waking back up though.