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Private renting wwyd?

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Furrybutts · 03/10/2019 12:59

I'm not usually this indecisive but am struggling with this situation and really cannot decide what to do.

I am currently renting a large house. When I first came here 11 years ago it was me and my 5 children. Now it's just me and dd4 (18) who will leave for uni next year.
The house is obviously too big, but more importantly, too expensive for me now.
My daughter is at school a mile up the road so can walk there easily.

I would love to move around 10 miles away to be between dd1 and dd2 to make it easier to offer childcare to them both, and also because I see them and their partners virtually every day anyway.

Dd4 doesn't want to move from the city we live in as all her friends are here and she is close to school.
She is taking her driving test at the end of the month and her dad will be buying and insuring a car for her.

So, wwyd?
My choices are 1.stay put and pay another year of ridiculous rent. 2, move to somewhere cheaper in current city, then move again to the area I want to live in in a year's time, or 3. Move where I want to now and expect dd4 to accept this.

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gingerninja99 · 03/10/2019 17:47

If it was me option 3. If DD4 is going to uni next year anyway why go through the stress of another move and if she passes her test she will be mobile to go where she wants when she wants

CodenameVillanelle · 03/10/2019 17:49

Sublet your spare room/s?
I'd either stay where I was then move in a year, or move to the new place now. Moving twice is a headache you don't need.

wowfudge · 03/10/2019 18:20

Option 3. She'll get over it and likely be off to uni.

VincentVanGoughandhisear · 03/10/2019 18:32

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mencken · 03/10/2019 18:42
  1. Buttercup needs to suck it up, as do all who don't pay their own housing costs. She'll be driving in a month so the tiny distance and parking are negligible compared to the rent you'll save.
Furrybutts · 03/10/2019 19:47

Thanks all. Everyone has said I'm being too soft, but always seem to feel the need to put myself last.

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Dreamscomingtrue · 03/10/2019 19:49

Option 3, put yourself first for a change

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