Can’t agree on buying house help

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We’ve seen a house we really like, but DH doesn’t like location, I do. It’s 5 min drive or 15 min cycle to his preferred location.
To be clear, he really likes the house.

Jm finding it really frustrating… I would be happy here, although I can see that and why he wants to live somewhere with more amenities , but to me, they’re only just down the road.

I want to spend my weekends enjoying the totally private garden, going for nice country walks. He wants to enjoy his free time being able to walk to the co-op, Drs and the library.

I don’t know what to do. I will be disappointed if we lose this house. And I don’t know (and the estate agents I’ve spoken to) don’t know if what we want is going to come up in budget in the preferred locations.

The place I like meets our needs for school, travel, proximity to our current friends and family. It’s just the other locations have slightly better transport (but we both wfh) and amenities.

Should I try and convince him? I don’t want to let my dreams go, but I also obviously don’t want to guilt trip him in to buying in an area he doesn’t like.

I’m not going to force him and im not going to trick him, it isn’t fair.
we had a frank discussion last night and we’re going to sit tight until after Christmas and more things come on the market in the spring. Maybe this one will still be around, but I can’t force him if he thinks he’ll be unhappy. He’ll be grumpy and stroppy and I can’t live like that.

Why should anyone move to somewhere they don’t want to?

They need a compromise.

OP likes the house and where it is. Dh doesn’t. End of story. He seems to be happy to move so long as it’s near amenities. What’s so wrong with that? That’s where the majority of people live.

You see this is the fundamental differerne between DH and me as well

I lIVe somewhere you need to walk 20-25 mins to get to a shop or high street and I absolutely hate it. Country walks are nearby and I regularly do that but I honestly miss being able to go to the shops on foot in my lunch break. I 100% prefer town and city walking to countryside walking . DH finds this hard to understand as well.

I don't want to walk around residential streets, I want to be able.to walk and get a coffee, borrow a book, get a haircut, buy a pint of milk etc within easy ( 10 mins max) distance of home and 15 mins on a bike absolutely does not count !!

I have compromised with DH about this now for 11 years but I am seriously getting fed up of it now and am inviting we look at moving.somewher more convenient