I’ve posted before about leaving London to go back to NW.
We’ve just been up there for 5 days in an air bnb to see what it’s like just day to day…. It is where I grew up and they’re not on half term yet so saw my family briefly otherwise just cracked on with a visit to Chester, country park etc.
The whole time I was there I was thinking yep, all good let’s move back, test passed.
But back home this evening and I think about swimming lessons tomorrow, play date on Friday, kids clubs on Saturday and have started decluttering the house so it’s looking nice and then I think ‘no, I don’t want to leave.’
Eldest child is 5 and I really want to decide soon. The main reason for leaving is feeling lonely and not really seeing too many other people day in day out.
The main reasons for staying are we’ve been here 8 years, DD in a lovely school, it’s a nice area and I still need to be in London for work. I can commute down a couple of times a month if we moved though that will be a couple of hundred pounds.
I’m thinking about listing our house, seeing if we get an offer and then if we can find anything in the North West we love? That’s a big IF though on our budget as I want a particular area and we need the house to be at least the same size as our current one.
Basically to just take it step by step. Though I’d feel bad on our buyer if we end up staying and pull out of the sale.
WWYD? Can’t believe I spent all that money on an Airbnb and am still not sure!!