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Considering a smaller, more expensive house with a bigger yard in the same neighborhood

I currently live in a new construction house, where the actual house I love, but there is an alley and no view and tiny yard. And now having 2 kids I really regret. I hate seeing my neighbors house right up against mine every day and everyone’s garages and driveways through my living room window.

There is a new house going up for sale that is the corner lot. It is a cheaper model than ours, one step down. And some of the things they chose inside the house I would maybe redo down the line. But their basement is finished (unlike ours) and they have a much nicer side yard that looked out into the neighborhood lake as well. And no matter what I do, I’ll never be able to do more than the current non existent yard we have.

We’ve only been in our house for 2 years so it feels stupid to move. But we really like our neighborhood, I hate our lot, and am really considering this switch. Their house is listed 200k more than we bought for our home. Would it be dumb to buy a smaller home for the yard? And pay more money for it.

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