Sunday, July 22, 2007
To Move or Not to Move
Hubby's parents live about 30 minutes south and about five minutes from hubby's work. They are leaving on a church mission in January of 2008. They will be gone for 18 months. they offered to let us live in their house and only pay their insurance and tax costs which is $200 a month. We were planning on moving within the year anyway. If we lived in their house we could save money and get a better house after the time there. The problem is that I worry about my kids and changing schools for them. My oldest would change schools in the middle of his 1st grade year and then he would go to 2nd grade in the same school, but would have to go to a new school for thrid grade. Anyone who has had school age kids, do you have any thoughts on if this is a big deal for a kid or nothing to worry about. I personally would like to not move so much, it is such a hassle, but it would be nice to save and get a nicer home in the end that we could live in for awhile.
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We are in the middle of a big move to another state right now, and it is a *huge* hassle.
Will you have to sell your current house? If you won't & don't have to mess with either buying or selling a house, it might be a really good idea. If you haven't found, or aren't ready to get into a house at the end of the mission, would you have to find a rental while you househunt? That's potentially 2 more moves before you really get settled.
I'd share your concerns about kids changing schools so much. Even though its more driving for you, could you keep them at the same school, at least until the end of this coming school year? Changing schools mid-year can be really hard on kids. Maybe you could homeschool for the end of first grade, & start second grade in the fall at the new school?
I grew up changing schools all the time! My parents are quite the nomads!!:) It depends on your childrens personalities! Are they easy going? My kids would hate moving all the time! For me growing up it was considered normal.
Here is the thing, we were planning on moving next summer anyway. We were going to wait to see that hubby's new company was going well and then we were going to move closer. Right now his drive to work is 30-45 minutes depending on traffic and that is one way.
Personally I don't like to move around and I'd like to find a neighborhood, school and house that we both loved and stay for 20 years or so. If we moved into my in-laws house for 18 months we could save around 10,000 to put on another house and so we could get a more expensive house than we would be able to get next summer. I guess the big question is if the extra money is worth the extra hassle of moving to another house and school for 18 months.
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