moving from nw to herts is this a good idea?

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we are based in the ne but have always had a desire to live closet to london we never managed it in our 20's) as professionals though i myself lived in oxfordshire for a while and have had otheer connections to london

we are bored of the nw nw though obviously we 100% acknowledge its a great part of the world with great cities etc the area we live in is posh but rural and children wld be v unlikely to stay here as adults and we just dont fancy any of the closer cities again just because we have both lived or worked in these cities over the years and have an inkling for a change

we have looked at various commuter belt towns and have decided its hertfordshire for us

we have 3 primary aged kids all well settled where we are

DH work is not nw based but he does WFH for 3 days per wk he could likely find more work in SE my job is not location dependant

we dont have v close family ties in nw though some family are here

i am torn between thinking just go for it and between thinking why are we even considering making the opposite move than everyone normally does (eg most seem to move north from se not the other way around)

we can afford to. buy upto £900k

are we mad to even consider it?

sluj - we cant afford Waitrose anyway🤣 more of an ALDI girl ha

I knew I’d get in trouble - I did apologise in advance. It’s just that someone from outside the area might be a bit baffled at the vast difference in house prices between say, Queens Road area and Sele Farm, even though they are five minutes apart. The reason is largely Simon Balle/Richard Hale. My intention was only to provide information for the OP.