So, we have been trying to move now for about 2-3 years. Struggling to find the right house and then when we did the chain fell apart. We are a growing family and have really outgrown the current house so that one child doesn't have a room or even space for a chest of drawers. We are tripping over everything and each other and it's making us miserable.
We managed to get into the position of being able to buy without selling our current house as we thought this would make things quicker and simpler.
We found a house we love. It's beautiful but came with compromises. Surveyor says we are paying top price for the property. It's also in a location that's not great. Not awful but not where we were looking and means changing children's schools, a longer commute, plus the road is just not that pretty. Loads of mis matched houses from different eras and the one we are buying stands out as being very different to the rest. There's no wow driving down the road but the house is very pretty and unique - developed by an architect so we wouldn't find anything similar.
We were also keen as there is no chain so we thought it would be quick to move in and we had mentally planned my sons birthday party there in the summer etc. And unfortunately allowed everyone to get very excited.
Now we've found out that on the fields directly behind the house they plan to build 200-350 houses. And we don't know what to do. We feel desperate to move so I feel like ignoring it and worrying about it later. The searches suggested it could be 11 years before this happens but we are pretty sure it will happen as it has council backing and is council owned now. It would mean living with a building site behind us, with no idea what we will back onto and may impact saleability in the future and we are paying top whack at the moment.
We aren't sure what to do. Would you proceed or are we just acting as desperately as we feel?
I just can't work out why we can never buy a house even when we feel we have put ourselves in a really good position. I feel a bit jinxed tbh. Maybe all houses have compromises like this?