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Hi guys,
We're a late 30s child-free, professional couple, and have been looking for our next house move in the Barnsley/Sheffield area for over a year now, without having much luck finding exactly what we want.
We don't necessarily want a big house, but ideally it would be detached, rural or semi-rural, with garden and outdoor space, preferably surrounded by views and greenspace. Areas around the edge of the Peak District would be perfect.
We're looking to spend around £500-600k and, although we've found a couple of examples and made offers on them, in the end we've been unsuccessful, finding that they were undervalued/listed too low, and in the end, winning offers have been well out of our price range.
I'm wondering whether it might worth exploring the idea of finding a partner or partner couple who are in a similar position who might be interested in co-purchasing a bigger house in the £1m-1.2m range, that can then be split into two separate residences, effectively ending up with use living as neighbours in a big semi-detached.
I'm aware that this would be a somewhat more complicated process but I've seen a handful of stunning houses in this price range that tick all our boxes and that, without doing too deep a dive, look like both the house and the plot could be easily split into two, ending up with a house that's much nicer than what's available anywhere in the £500-600k price range.
Just wondered if anyone has any experience, thoughts/opinions or advice on the idea, and if anyone might be able to suggest where we might go about finding or looking for co-purchasing partners?
Thanks in advance
Sam
We're a late 30s child-free, professional couple, and have been looking for our next house move in the Barnsley/Sheffield area for over a year now, without having much luck finding exactly what we want.
We don't necessarily want a big house, but ideally it would be detached, rural or semi-rural, with garden and outdoor space, preferably surrounded by views and greenspace. Areas around the edge of the Peak District would be perfect.
We're looking to spend around £500-600k and, although we've found a couple of examples and made offers on them, in the end we've been unsuccessful, finding that they were undervalued/listed too low, and in the end, winning offers have been well out of our price range.
I'm wondering whether it might worth exploring the idea of finding a partner or partner couple who are in a similar position who might be interested in co-purchasing a bigger house in the £1m-1.2m range, that can then be split into two separate residences, effectively ending up with use living as neighbours in a big semi-detached.
I'm aware that this would be a somewhat more complicated process but I've seen a handful of stunning houses in this price range that tick all our boxes and that, without doing too deep a dive, look like both the house and the plot could be easily split into two, ending up with a house that's much nicer than what's available anywhere in the £500-600k price range.
Just wondered if anyone has any experience, thoughts/opinions or advice on the idea, and if anyone might be able to suggest where we might go about finding or looking for co-purchasing partners?
Thanks in advance
Sam
