In a quandary. Found a lovely house in Great Sutton. 4 double beds, nice garden although North facing, decent schools within walking distance, detached. Problem-it's not our perfect location and we would have to use the car to travel to parks, amenities etc. Made an offer which was accepted before Christmas. This house would be near my family.
Last week we viewed a semi with a huge garden and in an amazing location for schools, amenities etc. But it's a semi and has a small bathroom and the house is generally not as good. It's also 30k more than the house in Great Sutton.
What would you do?
Ive lived with parents in terraced, semi, terraced, in laws in a terrace and now own a semi.
80 year old one side, 90 year old the other.
Is a detached that much better than a semi providing the neighbours are decent?
I’ve lived here in Prescot for 18 months now. 2 corner shops 2 minute walks. 2 train stations within 10 min walks. Tesco/ high street 3 or 4 minute drive. Family 2 min drive.
House buying is hard as there at that many and I think budget decided mine at £150k.
Nicer semis within 5 mins walk were ~£200k and In Rainhill they are ~£200k too, although a year and a half later, moving there wouldn’t have been that much of an upgrade imo.
Next time I buy my list will probably include getting to schools quickly as that’s a daily thing. Parks and amenities imo aren’t daily things and a bit longer to travel to I’d be happy with if famil/school was quicker to get to.
Although I’d move across the road from Calderstones Park at the drop of a hat with no thought of anything else haha