We currently live in a nice village and have been here for 7.5 years. Our son is due to start Yr 4 in September and our daughter will be starting reception in the same school. We really need to move as our house is too small and no options for extending. We've finally made some lovely friends and it feels like home but there are SO few housing options here. We accepted an offer on sale of our house in Oct '24 but sadly the house we were purchasing fell through. We looked at 16 other houses in the village and neighbouring areas and realised that nothing was available in the same village we live, and ended up offering on a new build in another (very lovely) village a 5-minute drive away. It's been a long conveyance but now it's crunch time and we're due to exchange contacts in 2 weeks and I'm getting cold feet! The new village has loads of pros, including better train links (our village does have a train but the new village has more options, including a very quick train to our favourite city where my parents also live), a lovely pub, nice walks etc. I also signed my son up for the local Cubs and so he's starting to meet new kids but I'm just so worried about moving out the village where they go to school and where we've made friends. The reality of not walking to school and the kids not being able tjust go have play dates without driving is panicking me so much. Changing the kids schools not an option for us. Has anyone else been in a similar position and have positive stories. My experience as a kid was that everyone lives where they went to school but I know that's not the case for a lot of families.