Hi
We're in a real quandary about where to move to- we currently live in London in a 2 bedroom house (well, 3 bed if you count the boxroom) with a teeny tiny kitchen and a handkerchief sized garden. It was perfect for a couple with one child, but 5 years down the line we have two more children and we are itching for more space. We have, at the very very most, £700k.
We'd love to live in a 4/5 bedroom house (the extra room is for our office/guests) in a more rural location, a detached house with a nice garden and a field (ideally), walking distance of a shop, pub etc, but within 8 or so miles of a market town or similar that has a good connection to London and a station car park so that we can commute to work in London- we both work flexible hours with some WFH so it wouldn't be every day. We grew up in the countryside so well aware of the downsides and not expecting a rural idyll! I love getting involved in local stuff and am very community minded and sociable so I don't want to be in the middle of nowhere, but we also want room to just breathe a bit.
Where is this mythical location? Does it exist? Should we just look for jobs elsewhere in the UK if we want more space? Thank you for any suggestions at all!