It's hard to predict what 6-12 months will bring but we've been under offer on our house on two occasions in the past 14 months and have failed to secure an offer on somewhere we feel we can proceed with. Absolutely loads of houses viewed in a reasonably big search area, a good number of offers made all above asking price and three accepted. We decided not to pursue two of those based on area, as it was really pushing to the edge of our desired place to live with both. The latest one just doesn't feel right. A very good location but a 'done' house at a 'done house' price but two of the key rooms - kitchen diner extension and loft suite conversion were done about 15 years ago and neither are to our taste. It definitely has advantages over our current house (bigger garden, 4 bedrooms not 3) but lacks some things we have now that we could add there but at not insignificant cost, on top of a steep purchase price (garage, utility space) and gives us no extra living space on feel ground floor compared with now, just a different layout which is equally better and worse deonding how you look at it.
So I think we've decided to step back for a while, withdraw our (v recently made) offer and take our place off the market and revisit in 6 months from now at the earliest.
The whole thing is mentally draining and time consuming. I feel I've lost sight of what we're looking for and have become immune to ridiculous asking prices.
Anyone else in the same boat?