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aggi-
Yeah, it's possible although seems unlikely in the foreseeable future (at least the grand kids bit does, anyway). It's possible the elder one may decide to stay in Leeds next summer rather than coming home to live with us for the whole summer.
There is also the theory that if we have less space, hanging out at our place becomes less attractive so there is an element of self fulfilling prophecy in having a large house which has lots of people in it.
ChasnotRobert
yeah, this is pretty much the conclusion i'm coming to.
the houses that I like are only slightly smaller than our current home, and the financials of moving to one of those are at best marginal.
we could go to a significantly smaller place and the financial side of it would be good, but then when I start thinking
"where do my floor standing speakers go?"
"where do our bikes go?"
"where will we have a desk to wfh?"
"where will my 2m x 2m weeping fig go?"
"what is it going to be like when both teenagers are back from uni or otherwise at home and one wants to have friends stay over?" (as is the case currently)
etc.
then the reality of what it would be like to live in a much smaller place start to hit home, and how spoilt for space we are in our current place becomes apparent.
all very golf club / 1st world problems, i know.