House A or house B kind of situation.
House A:
Next town along from ours so we're very familiar with it.
Commuter area - DH commutes into London a day per week at the moment and next year this will increase to three days per week.
House is a shiny kind of house. Beautifully presented and nothing immediate we'd feel the need to do, other than maybe replace carpets before wardrobes went in.
Has a utility, space for a play room, en suite, small garage and four bedrooms. House was reduced earlier this month. This would mean we had a mortgage of around £160k (if bought for full asking price) in mid 30s.
Near good schools, which is an essential for us due to having 2 young dc.
House B:
Around 25 miles from us. We have viewed a few houses in the area and like it, though we're not hugely familiar with it.
Trains are 1 per hour into London, takes 1.5 hours instead of 1 hour.
Much larger house than House A.
Still presented really nicely but needs carpets/ decorating.
Also had utility, space for a play room, en suite, garage and four bedrooms.
House has been on the market for a month at significantly less than House A. Mortgage (if purchased for full asking price) would be £40k.
Also near good schools.
On the front, it looks a no brainier that House B wins but it's the being unfamiliar with the area that is the difficulty for us. We moved to our county 9 years ago completely unfamiliar with it but we've established lives in our local area now of course. We don't have family locally to consider.
What house sounds better to you?