House Hunting

I'm feeling pretty stressed right now, but then isn't everybody when they are looking for a new house?
We currently live in the city centre, which has its pros and cons. It's fab for shopping, nights out, socialising and not needing to pay for taxis or buses. But then I hate it as it is such a tiny flat and we have a lot of stuff, the noise, not feeling as safe as outside of the city centre and not having a garden.


We moved here around 2 and a half years ago, we hadn't been together very long, we went out partying probably 3 times a week and both worked 5 minutes away. So much has changed since then. Neither of us work near home (well my husband won't be in around 2 weeks), we will be getting a car that we will need to put somewhere, we don't go out anywhere near as much as we used to and we will hopefully be starting a family in the near future.


I'm longing for a garden, a proper kitchen and somewhere that I can do my washing without taking it to my mums. That's another thing; my hubby drives, I don't. So to go and see my mum (which is very often) I either have to pay £4 to get the bus (as I hate her having to pick me up and drop me off) or walk for an hour and a half.


I have been looking online at houses to rent in the area that we want to move to for months now, which was a bad idea as I knew we wouldn't be able to afford one till now. I've fallen in love with loads and been upset when they have been taken by somebody, but consoled myself with the thought of how quickly there have been new ones. So why is it, now that we can afford to move, there is NOTHING that we can afford in the area that we want. Absolutely nothing. It's like when you go shopping and have no money, you see a million outfits that you love, but when you go shopping with money to spend, you don't see a thing you like!


I'm not asking for much- all we want is a 2/3 bedroom house in the right area (which isn't a small area) with a garden and a bigger kitchen than we have now. I'm really hoping that something comes up soon as I have got my hopes very high that we will be moving soon.


Keep your fingers crossed for us guys!