What would you do?

[buttercup]

We have a small mortgage, if we sold the house and moved further north where property is cheaper we could buy outright and be mortgage free.

pro's -
We love the scenery further north and its closer to places Andy likes to dive, we have some friends up north and a nephew.

con's -
It would be 3 hours of travelling back and forth work for Andy, i would lose all my clients and have to start again from scratch. Both my daughters live less than 10 mins walk from me.

Your thoughts please.

[Betty Boop]

We have a small mortgage, if we sold the house and moved further north where property is cheaper we could buy outright and be mortgage free.

pro's -
We love the scenery further north and its closer to places Andy likes to dive, we have some friends up north and a nephew.

con's -
It would be 3 hours of travelling back and forth work for Andy, i would lose all my clients and have to start again from scratch. Both my daughters live less than 10 mins walk from me.

Your thoughts please.

Oooh interesting one, is that three hours every day? I would think he'd tire of that pretty soon. If the mortgage you have now is not too much of a problem I'd stick that one out I think.

[buttercup]

Yes it would be an hour and a half 'approx' each morning and each night of a work day.

[CARLA]

The commute daily would kill it for me time spent driving back and forth is a waste of time in my book. Being close to family and having a short commute is a huge plus. If you wouldn't have time to enjoy the scenery up north whats the point, but then again its your choice.

[K.Snyder]

We have a small mortgage, if we sold the house and moved further north where property is cheaper we could buy outright and be mortgage free.

pro's -
We love the scenery further north and its closer to places Andy likes to dive, we have some friends up north and a nephew.

con's -
It would be 3 hours of travelling back and forth work for Andy, i would lose all my clients and have to start again from scratch. Both my daughters live less than 10 mins walk from me.

Your thoughts please.

Are your daughters children or adults?

An hour and a half to and from work everyday I can only imagine is ungodly. We're talking EVERYDAY! It's not so bad in the first two months but by the end of the third month I was incredibly sick of driving only 50 minutes! I can't imagine 40 minutes to add!

Give it a thought. Do you sincerely hate living where you're at now, bills or no bills?

I'd suggest if you're both extremely unhappy then anywhere else would be better but I can't think you are given your daughters.

[kayleneaussie]

Over here its very common for people to have long commutes to work.

Depends on your husbands age.

I moved more west towards the country in my mid 30's.......I went from a 10 min walk to work to a 2hour to 2 hour back 5 days a week.
I never regretted it as we had no morgage as housing was cheaper and I was closer to my mum and dad at the time.
Hubby was in his 50's and he also travelled the same amount as me.

Now I dont work as I foster and hubby works local.

So I would be thinking does he have to travel that far for the rest of his working days and be ok with that.

I would move

[abbey]

The thought of owning outright must be pretty enticing but what is the market like for hairdressing in the scenic place?
You giving up your client base that is possibly paying your mortgage now and moving and having no work would mean you would be in the same boat til you got on your feet.
Carla's right in saying that the 3 hours travelling would mean that Andy wouldn't have as much time to spend enjoying the area and He'll probably be too knackered to anyway!

[el guapo]

if ya move north ya will never afford to move back south again

[buttercup]

Interesting answers, thanks guys. I'll try to answer your questions now.

Carla - there's always the option of a job in that area or a possible transfer nearer but yes being close to family is a huge plus.

K. Snyder - My daughters are grown up, both have their own flats nearby, none of them have children of their own yet but that is something i think about, would be handy to be near them to help out when that is the case, then again its only an hour and a bit drive hmmm.
We are perfectly happy living in this area, in saying that i have been here in this house just over 20 years and so a change seems good as well.

kayleneaussie - Andy is 44, if we have no mortgage to pay he could take a cut in hours or go for a lower paying job with little effect.

Abbey - My income is used for mostly entertainment, concert tickets, take aways, movies and such like. I doubt the market would be as good for hairdressing in a scenic place but in saying that i only work part time anyway, i have 3 large dogs to care for and being a bit more rural would certainly be better for them. If Andy has to stay at his present job, yes, it would be hard going on him.

El guapo - That's true, good point.

Keep them coming guys, enjoying your responses.

[Peg]

My daughter has spent the last 15 months driving an hour to school, and an hour home from school. She didn't mind the drive at first. Now she is really looking forward to having 10 hours back each week when she finishes next month. With that long of a drive, you have to consider gas, the wear and tear on the car, etc.