choice of houses

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annaj42 wrote: »

Hi A Frayed Knot
Yes we could extend which would gain us one extra bedroom and shower room but it wouldn't gain us a garden which I desperately want all the more so now we have a baby. My hubby also insists that if we do that the main bedroom should be knocked through to the spare so we would be spending a lot of money turning a 2 bed house into a 2 bed house thus only gaining a shower room. We need a 3 bed house so we can have guests come to visit and daughter can have friends to stay.
Thanks anyway.

I wonder if you are confusing what you need with what you would like.

There must be a compromise here somewhere. Location for me is always the key so I would dismiss the house with the abattoir as well as the house with the hauliers.

So, maybe you could find a two bedroom that is big enough for now and has the potential for extension. It would be cheaper for your guests to sleep at a B&B or on a sofa bed in the living room than buying a house specifically to house guests if your finances don't allow it.

Keep searching, you sound way to impatient with house hunting and your hubby!

annaj42

Thanks for everyone's replies. I really appreciate the time everyone has taken. Our house, even with the possible extension wouldn't be suitable so we have to move. Having recently tripped over something that there was no room for and jarred my back and my daughter nearly cracking her head open on the hearth yesterday and also have my husbands relatives (who all live in enormous houses) generally being rude to us means the time has come to make a move. I just wanted to know if people would choose house size over location or vise versa really and I think I have that answer. We don't have much time as each year that goes by is a year less hubby can borrow on the mortgage but last night I have seen some nice houses in a better area that we can easily afford so things are looking up already.
Thanks again for everyone's help.

Mojisola

annaj42 wrote: »

Having recently tripped over something that there was no room for and jarred my back and my daughter nearly cracking her head open on the hearth yesterday and also have my husbands relatives (who all live in enormous houses) generally being rude to us means the time has come to make a move.

Two good reasons for a move and one to ignore!

Buy the house that suits you three - if his relatives are that rude, their opinions aren't worth listening to.

chambta

What's your budget and what's the area you're looking at?

flora48

Location is paramount!

I think you are looking too far into the future as to what your daughter may inherit, we never know what is around the corner, live for the present and yourselves now.

As for your current choices the abbatoir would be a definite no for me. Our local paper is always reporting problems with one in this area, mainly spillages on the road which foul the area for days. Yuk, no thanks!

Pixie5740

Forget inheritance for now. We have no idea what the government policies surrounding inheritance will be when you pop your clogs or if you'll end up having to use the house to fund residential care in the future or if you and your husband will get divorced. There are just too many unknowns.

Location is the one thing you cannot change about a property so focus on getting that right. I personally wouldn't like to live near an abattoir. The smell of animals who are quite literally scared s h i t l e s s is horrific. It makes me gag and want to vomit.

That said there's nothing wrong with where you live just now. If you find it too cluttered then have a clear out and get rid of what you don't need. Besides it sounds as though your OH doesn't want to move which could make all of this moot anyway.

Drachenfach

Check the sale prices for other houses on the same sites, to see what they went for and when.

I would discount the abattoir location myself, because of smells and road noise from the lorries.

The car park one should be easily checkable. Head up at different times of day to see what's happening. Is it dead as a doornail at night or are there boy racers doing laps. Can you park nearby during the day or will there be shoppers nicking your space? Can people see into the garden and into the rooms? Those are the things that I would want to check out.

Also the market is pretty flat at this time of year, so there should be more options after Xmas.

KRB2725

I would focus more on the schools that your daughter will likely be attending by moving house rather than what she is going to inherit.

moneyistooshorttomention

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Forget inheritance for now. We have no idea what the government policies surrounding inheritance will be when you pop your clogs or if you'll end up having to use the house to fund residential care in the future or if you and your husband will get divorced. There are just too many unknowns.

Location is the one thing you cannot change about a property so focus on getting that right. I personally wouldn't like to live near an abattoir. The smell of animals who are quite literally scared s h i t l e s s is horrific. It makes me gag and want to vomit.

That said there's nothing wrong with where you live just now. If you find it too cluttered then have a clear out and get rid of what you don't need. Besides it sounds as though your OH doesn't want to move which could make all of this moot anyway.

I'll agree with the 2nd paragraph of this - but not the others.

People have to plan their lives as best as they can - even whilst we all know very well that Other People/the Government/etc might interfere with those plans. It is still necessary to make them imo.

Re 3rd paragraph - there IS a certain amount of stuff that is basically needed for "Our" lifestyle (whatever that happens to be). OP's lifestyle is having a child and children do have quite a few things one way and another that there has to be space for. Add that people generally have hobbies/interests/work from home/etc. I know personally, for instance, that some single people could manage to live in a minute place - but I need space for the fact that cooking and gardening are hobbies of mine and there has to be space for the stuff involved in that and any property that didn't have that space simply wouldn't be big enough and I would be "tripping over things there wasn't any space for" too.

lincroft1710

The OP could live well into her 80s, by which time daughter could be married and have children of her own. OP's home could be unsuitable for daughter for many reasons.