We are in the process of selling our house as now our children are older we need more room. Originally when we thought about moving we just wanted an extra bedroom, a downstairs loo and an entrance hall. We viewed a house a couple of weeks ago which was such a nice size and had the added bonus of a downstairs study and an en-suite. However it was in the town next to us which doesn’t have a good reputation and has some issues with anti-social behaviour. Not loads but definitely more than the market town we live in. I also goggled and found out they were building 25 affordable homes right in front of the house, one of the reasons I liked it so much was because it was so secluded.
We have now found a house we like in our town which is very sought after, because of this, houses are expensive. The house ticks all of our original boxes and is in such a nice location on a corner plot. It is the same price as the house above but doesn’t have a separate study and en-suite. It does however have a double detached garage with pitched roof which we have spoken about converting into somewhere for the kids to hang out and potentially a study although the 4th bedroom could also be used as a study.
For context our 3 bed semi, no downstairs toilet and only an entrance square is being sold for 415k. The above two houses are 525k.
I really do like the house we’ve found in our town and ideally I want to stay here however I keep thinking about the bigger house in the town next down. I don’t think we’ll get the perfect house for our budget in our town so we’re going to have to compromise somewhere.
So location or house?