We bought our house knowing we were going to do an extension over the garage, it was just a matter of finances. 8 years later & we had an inheritance to enable us to do it. We now have 2 DCs & are running out of space so it's now become a priority to get it sorted.
We've engaged with an architect to draw up some plans, decided to create additional living space by getting rid of the garage altogether & have a rough idea of a new layout. DP threw the cat amongst the pigeons & suggested moving, in my attempts to dissuade him we found a house which we fell in love with & put our house on the market so we could buy it. Our house has now been on the market 6 months. Lots of viewings, one offer which we accepted only to be withdrawn 10 days later. We've dropped the price twice & paid for new photos to show the house & garden to its full potential. We have 3 people who all want to put an offer in but can't sell their houses.
The house we want to buy has come off the market today but they will still sell to us once we sell our house at the price we agreed when we accepted our offer. We will struggle to afford that price as we are going to have to take less for ours.
I'm fed up with it all & feel like we have put our lives on hold, we could have been half way through an extension by now. I want to re-engage with the architect, get the plans drawn up & apply for planning permission. We could leave the house on the market during this time & if it doesn't sell we could then press ahead with the extension. DP still wants to go for the new house & just keep waiting. Even after the extension the new house will be bigger with a bigger plot but there are lots of advantages to staying where we are now too. We've estimated the cost of moving will be similar to the cost of the extension.
What would you do? In the words of Kirsty & Phil would you love it or list it? (well keep it listed in this case)