There are just so many things to think about. We had a good size block in queensland (837sqm) but the house itself was only 93sqm - so we were absolutely busting out of it with two children, hence why we had to move.

So I think my main problem with getting a smaller house is that we may not have bothered to move ya know? If we are just going to be squished into a small house on a good block - may as well stayed where we were!!

DH is just all over the place with his decision making - one moment he doesn't want the committment of having to do renos to get our money back if we decide to sell, and, well, to me, its not all about money ya know? I do like the fact that we made 70 grand by selling our house in Queensland, but I'm not expecting to make any money on property, I just want a house that doesn't give me the absolute irrits by being too small, with absolutely no storage space. It doesn't help that I live with a hoarder and we have sooooo much CRAP its unbelievable.

Plus, Astrid is right - there is a weird mentality here that if you are more than 10 minutes away from the city - thats wayyyy too far to live out there. Its very odd. Ourselves we don't mind too much, we lived in Nambour and that was a good 20 minutes away from anything on the coast. Riverside is a good suburb and close to the city so definitely has its advantages there. I'm also looking at other properties now - because DH isn't sure if he wants to just get a place to get us out of the rental crap and then we'll just live there till we are ready to move (ie, when I go back to work and start bringing in an income) and thats when we get the house that we want.