Help! Apologies for the long post but I’m hoping for some advice! We have recently accepted an offer on a house and made an offer on another property. I was a bit unsure when we viewed it. The location is perfect and the house looks really pretty from the street with lots of kerb appeal. It’s an old cottage though so we paid for a survey which showed a problem with the roof and that it needed to be replastered with lime plaster to help with a significant damp problem. The windows will also need replacing. The vendor accepted an offer 20k below the asking price and said he would not go any lower no matter what any survey said. The layout is awkward upstairs too (have to go through one of the bedrooms to reach another). We haven’t yet paid for searches, and I’m seriously thinking of backing out. I took my 19 year old son for a second viewing (it is 4 hours away!) but Im still not sure. The added complication is that my husband deployed for 6 months at the beginning if Dec and isnt back until June although he will have R and R in March. I’m seriously thinking of backing out, but if we do that will mean I’ll need to keep looking to sort out a new place without hubbie seeing it, or wait until he comes back. He’s worried about being out of the housing market, and that we won’t find another place that we like. We are in a married quarter just now so won’t be homeless if we sell one without having another. I’m so worried and anxious about it all - Im not sleeping and I’ve spent most of Christmas in tears over it. The house we are selling was a bit of a mistake, and I don’t want to rush into the wrong thing. I feel very alone and havent got anyone to talk to about this. Any advice would be really gratefully received, please.