Moving back - ridiculous?

[TaupePanda]

We have struggled to find a new house after selling up. We moved because we got an offer we didn't believe we'd achieve again. Based on prices on the street we still believe this.

However, we've ended up in a rental and are a bit stuck. Now, a house on our old street has come onto the market. It's less than the one we sold and we'd have budget to do it up.

Is that ridiculous? We didn't move because we disliked where we lived (in fact we want to stay local). It was just at the time we didn't feel it was working for us. Now our kids are older and our needs have changed we see how the house would work for us.

Is a do over a good idea? I'm a bit tired of the process now and just want it over so we can feel settled and not spend every weekend at viewings, talking about plastering and kitchens!!

Not ridiculous at all. Sometimes we have to do certain things to move on rather than wondering the what ifs. You have moved and time has shown you that the previous road was good. You will enjoy doing up the new place. You will already know the quirks from the previous house and any lessons learnt applied.

No it’s not ridiculous. You know the road well so much less risky than choosing another road.

Will it feel hard to see your old house every day?

I don't think we'd see our old house much - they're at two ends of a long road and the end we'd be buying on is much more useful. We wouldn't have a lot of reason to go the other way - school, work etc are all at the end of the new house.
We've decided we're going to offer. It needs some fixing up but it is 10s of thousands less than our house but also extended already, which is useful. It will be a bit of a joke amongst friends but I think we can live with it in the end

Nope - not at all.

In fact, I know people who have done this.
I know someone who sold their first home in 1997 to move to a bigger property down the road as DC were growing up and they needed the additional space.... only for them to move back to their first home in 2022 when the DC had left home.... and ironically they brought it back from the same people they sold it too!

I'd go for it - you clearly were not settled where you were and the grass isn't always greener- you know the area. As long as it doesn't put you off seeing someone living in your old house.... it'd be fine - I think you would regret it otherwise.

We've moved into a rental following our sale. We'd move back onto the same road if a house came up on it (we had a flat). Our rental is less than a 5 min walk away!

Not ridiculous. One house we bought from people who moved 3 doors up the road (they went from semi- to detached).

Do it.

I can beat that - my parents moved two doors away. Moving was very easy and cheap! No moving company needed!

Again, from a semi to a detached, slightly larger house with a better garden. They loved the road so it made perfect sense.

Sounds eminently sensible to me. You know and like the road. It's cheaper, but more bang for your buck (extended already).

My parents have moved three times inside a 200m radius.

There was an advert here once “when you’re onto a good thing, stick to it”.