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Stars220811 · 23/02/2020 10:32

I need some advice please.
We are having to move closer to a secondary school to ensure our son gets in and stays with his friends from primary school. They have recently changed the admissions as where we currently live wasn't a problem initially and lots of children got a place but it's now a risk staying where we are.

We can't afford the catchment area but can afford just outside of it.
We have seen two new build houses and as we know it's not our forever home I'm also thinking of the reselling when the time comes.
We have 3 children and I work from home so need an office.
Would you go with a small 5 bed which would mean we could have a playroom/spare room upstairs, it has a room for an office downstairs, utility room, with a small garden (the width of the house by about a meter longer than a single garage) which is over looked by houses elevated behind. Or a 4 bed which has no utility and would need us to convert some of the garage to make an office room/utility, with a larger garden still overlooked but the houses behind aren't elevated.
The 4 bed is nearly 30k more expensive though.
My husband prefers the 5 bed as it's cheaper, in a quiet village and the development only has 2 years left. Whereas the 4bed is more expensive in a more built up area and has about another 7 years left of build.
Sorry for rambling...
Any advice is greatly appreciated!

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fedupandlookingforchange · 23/02/2020 10:36

Is your chance any greater just outside the catchment?
I would go for the cheaper 5 bed.

Stars220811 · 23/02/2020 10:41

It is yes as long as we are top of the non catchment area as the primary school he's at now is part of the trust (it's an academy) so it's a feeder school however they have just built a new secondary building which is smaller than the original so have 45 places less now than previous (can't understand this at all) its all a bit complicated but the closer we can get to the school even outside of the catchment area he will get a place. We are just slightly too far where we are now.
Thank you for you're advice! 🙂

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fedupandlookingforchange · 23/02/2020 10:43

Definitely Go for the 5 bed especially as its only for a few years and building work is always a hassle. You can move it and just get on with life.

Stars220811 · 23/02/2020 12:44

Thank you it's nice to have an outside opinion x

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