We just bought a house and I screamed with joy when the woman (finally) accepted our offer. It's a roomy 3 bed terraced with a big garden. We always said we needed 4 beds but we've compromised and will build a pod in the garden right away. We have a baby and it's so safe and lovely for her, primary school is amazing and the train and beach are a 10 min walk. There's new shops opening, new bar etc as there's lots of newbuilds and just seems like a really exciting thing to be part of.
Childcare is very limited and we've got dd in to a nursery in a town 10 mins drive away. But driving through it yesterday I've now suddenly felt silly for not considering buying there. I could get a 4 bed detached for the same money. It's not as well connected, it's more in land, a bigger town and everything that comes with that but I know a few people that live there and they love it. I just feel silly for not even looking in to it. We put our house on the market yesterday! Is it too late to check it out? Is it just moving nerves or maybe even just the thought that dd will be going to nursery in a different place although it's really not far from the house it'd be a normal distance in a city.
Major point is we both work in the city so the train was very convenient for that. But I don't know if we've undone the convenience of that since we have to drive dd to a nursery anyway.