Be gentle with me. I'm not in the best place. We have been looking to move for over a year. We have lost out on a number of houses to unsuccessful best and final offers, cash buyers and we were also gazumped.
We have buyers now for our house for the third time. They gave offered pretty close to asking price which is amazing in the current climate and they have no chain. We feel very pressured to find something. Our whole lives feel like they are on hold and we are also conscious that we need to move our children's primary school and want to do it sooner rather than later to make it less stressful for them.
We put an offer in on a house two weeks ago. It was officially ssc on Sat. But an estate agent who has been keeping us up to date with things coming up has told us he valued a house that sounds promising. It isn't on yet but he said possibly soon.
Is it morally wrong to keep looking but keep this house going as a very solid back up? It's a lovely house. A probate house. Lovely location but the garden is so far away from what I wanted. After several weeks of thinking and keeping an eye to see if anything else came on, we agreed to put an offer in and it was accepted. It is a probate house...not sure if that makes any difference. There is nothing else at the moment. And the market is drying up. Although I know vaguely of two from this estate agent that sound like they might be better houses.
If we back out and nothing comes of this other house or we lose out, we will kick ourselves I think. But, equally, we so hoped to find a forever home. The house could be but I'm worried the garden will always feel like a compromise. I don't feel very excited about it but I don't know if that is more because I am so stressed by the whole process of trying to move.