We are Scottish but based in England for 20 years. I have new job in Glasgow and we are looking to move back to central belt. I grew up in the hillfoots villages and our current favourite places are either dollar, Stirling or dunblane. Have A four year old due to start English reception year next week (!)who will need to transfer to P1 I suppose. We are about 4 months behind because of lockdown and hoped we’d be up before the new school year but clearly that was not to be.
Have offer on our house and all progressing but not yet exchanged. Buyers say they are patient for completion to allow us to find somewhere but we’ve not done much but stalk Rightmove.
I guess the question is on the logistics of moving up. Our mortgage is portable but to avoid crazy fees we need to find a new property within 6 months of the English completion date. How easy will it be to find a property quickly ? The market seems really fast and our budget is maybe 375k tops. Conscious we are also moving into autumn\winter so not sure if things will slow down a bit ?.
One option would be to rent but then I worry about school as neither dollar nor dunblane seems to have much of a rental market and getting a temporary In catchment Rental address seems crucial to making sure we only need to change school once.
Also how is the commute to Glasgow from Alloa and Dunblane to Glasgow? I’ll be working near Queen Street so hope it won’t be too bad but concerned about reliability, car parking etc.
Both seem okay for family life.
Any advice welcome !