Housing advice please

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Due to divorce we are selling the family home and have today accepted an offer. I now need to rehome myself and 2 dc and would appreciate any thoughts on our options, which are -

Move to village 1. Closer to work, good amenities, good local school, really nice location and atmosphere, but don't currently know anyone in the village. would have to change schools (dd in year 3 currently) but could commute until the summer and change in September. Would need to move childcare for younger dc. Solar panels on house, no gas to village so electric heating.

Village 2 - slightly further from work than currently but not excessively so, has pub and post office, but no other amenities. I know a few people in the village so fitting in may be easier? primary school looks less good and may lack the support we need but would be possible to keep in current (excellent) primary with a 10 minute drive. Could keep younger dc with current childminder. No gas so electric heating.

Option 3- rent privately for 6 months or so, then hope to get ideal house in ideal location close to school/childminder/work which are being built now and will be available in late autumn. More disruption initially, 2 moves, using equity to pay rent. No guarantee we will get one of these properties when they do become available, although a good chance.

So wwyd? Thank you for any thoughts.

I'd look longer term as to secondary school catchments too.
Which FIT tariff is the solar on, and will you get the benefit of the FIT payment? This could be worth £1K+/year.

I'm thinking option 1 if the village school feeds to a nice, good secondary you're definitely in catchment for

Thank you. All three would have the option to go to our preferred secondary, with half hour - 45 minutes on the school bus for village 1 (or a similar time to the next secondary over), 10 minutes on the school bus for village 2 or half mile walk from option 3.

No idea about the tarrifs, I will look into it. gossip from neighbours suggests they are not particularly efficient so I would count anything as a bonus rather than a given I think.

Are the option 3 houses right for you and your budget? If so I'd hold out for them! Talk to the developer- you might be able to negotiate something like them paying your rent between...
Conveyancing can take ages, so there might not be that much of a gap.

I’d probably go for number 3 too. Could you rent the smallest/cheapest place you can cope with for the 4-6months to save as much equity? I agree with pp, approach the developer but I’d try and reserve a house ASAP, even if not released developers will often sell off plan.