Recently my husband and I found the perfect house- a cottage surrounded by fields in a idillic little village only 10/15 mins from my mum. At the moment we live in a busy town right next to a very loud busy road and retail park and 35 minutes away from my mums house.
I’ve got a 6 month old daughter and we are looking at moving to a nicer rural area for her - better schools way of life etc!
Before my daughter was born I agreed that my mum could look after her on a Monday when I’m back at work but living 35 minutes away from her means that on a Monday morning it is a hour around trip for my mum to pick her up or I’d have to travel away from my work and then back again to meet her half way. She has suggested having her on a Sunday overnight and picking her up Sunday evening but my husband wasn’t keen as he wants to make sure he can spend the most time with her at the weekends.
The house closer to my mums we found would have been ideal! A 10 min journey for her and access to a main motorway which meant it was 20 mins to work for both of us. But the offer fell through as we hadn’t sold our house yet and weren’t proceedable.
The rural cute village we found the house in rarely has houses up for sale or ones that we can afford, or in the nearby areas, and now we are stuck.
Yesterday we found a perfect house exactly what we like with period features large garden etc etc which is 12 mins from both our work, and 7 mins from the nursery I’ve signed my daughter up to start in. It’s not in the rural location we wanted but near good schools and a quieter road. However it is still 25 mins from my mum and makes the Monday drama difficult again.
What do I do! Hold out for a house in our dream location near my mum (this could take months and I’d have to settle my daughter into nursery near where we live now and then move her again) or buy this other house in the not so amazing area but ideal location to works and her nursery?