Good luck on your move!
I have moved quite a few time, over the past 15 years. I am always very picky too! I always want the perfect home, a good neighborhood and great schools.
It is so much easier to move now with the internet, then it was 10 years ago. On our last couple of move my DH and I spend hours online looking at everything: city population, average income, average house price, crime rate,& school ratings. We then told the realtor where we wanted to start looking. We probably drive the realtors crazy...we are that picky. I have one drop dead thing that I will not live without an 'upstairs laundry room'. I won't even look at anything without it.
I have a MIL like your mom. When we had to move near them; we tried to make it close enough for them to visit, but far enough away that they could not drop by. |