I feel stuck! Any thoughts or experiences that might help are welcome!
I’m wobbling on whether to move.
We have a 19 month old son and are hoping to have one more child if we’re so fortunate. Currently, we live in a 3 bed terrace with a long narrow north facing garden that doesn’t get much late afternoon /evening sun but does get some in the day time. We’ve done quite a bit of work on it over the years - a loft conversion, moved the bathroom upstairs, new kitchen etc but we haven’t done a side return extension. If we did this, it would give a less narrow kitchen but wouldn’t give any extra rooms. We love our house (mostly! - it can also be a bit cold, the neighbours are nice but a little noisy and the parking is getting worse on the street). We LOVE it’s location - riverside walks at the end of the road with a beautiful park 10 mins walk away and town is 10 mins walk in the other direction. We decided to move originally for two reasons: one is that my husband is now working full time at home in one of the bedrooms and this is likely to be permanent. If we have another child, we’d like them to have a bedroom each and so need a study space. The second reason is that at the top of our road, just over the main road, they’ve just approved almost 400 student flats and I worry that our road is going to become a cut through from the walk from town by the river to the flats. I was worried, (maybe unduly but just being honest!) that we might get more shouting at night etc.
We have sold our current house subject to contract and had an offer accepted on a 3 bed detached house in a nice village that is about 10-15 mins drive out of town. The new house is a few doors up from my sister and her two boys which would be amazing. It needs a little work but would give us 3 beds, a study, a small garage and a large westerly facing garden. My sister would be nearby and our son could go round to play sometimes giving us a little extra help! The village is nice, has a nursery and when he’s older, a school that we could walk to - so lots of positives.
I’m wobbling because of location. I will miss enormously just being able to walk out my door and have a beautiful walk on my doorstep, the possibility of ambling into town when he’s bigger etc. The village doesn’t really have many green walk options. But to find a bigger house near where we are is £££££!
Will life change as our son gets older - is a bigger, sunnier garden worth more than a great walk? Has anyone else done a similar move and found that it is actually fine? Or perhaps regretted it?! I know we have to make the right decision for us but I’m just curious to hear if anyone else found a way of working out what tips the decision when you’re really stuck!!