Is now a good or bad time to buy a first home?

getmore4less

That gives you growing room and a shut off work from home.
Plan to move or lose the office when the kids grow up a bit. 
You also want garden off road parking 2 cars not tandem access to the back for things like bikes and the kids friends... 

freelancesam

getmore4less said:

That gives you growing room and a shut off work from home.
Plan to move or lose the office when the kids grow up a bit. 
You also want garden off road parking 2 cars not tandem access to the back for things like bikes and the kids friends... 

Yes, there's scope for a loft conversion and/or a good sized conservatory in the future so we shouldn't be short of space, there's also room for 2-3 cars and a separate detached garage so plenty of storage

bell

With regards to timing the market.

I bought my last house at the exact moment the credit crunch began to emerge and fixed at 6.25% 🙈 and I'm about to buy again during a pandemic.

Probably never a good time, but at least the BOE rate is low now so you can, if you wish, fix at an historically low rate for quite some time.

Quite what the future actually brings though is anyone's guess.