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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. We make a little over $300k HHI combined. We have no debt and a large savings account. My wife fell in love with the condo. She loves that it’s in a building with an elevator, has heated attached garage parking, and a rooftop deck. She doesn’t want to live in a house in the city because they don’t have a yard. Neither of us can work from home, and changing jobs is not possible with everything going on. We don’t want to rent and we haven’t found other places we like. [/quote]

Unless you have $800k to put down you have no business buying a $1.5M house on that income, especially when you're about to have a baby.  What if the kid is medically fragile or special needs?  What if your wife doesn't want to go back to work?  I don't even know why you're looking at houses that expensive, let alone arguing with your pregnant wife that you should stretch yourself to the financial limit in order to get 5 more bedrooms than you need for the size of your family.[/quote]

Because of course a wife not wanting to go back to work is reason enough for wife to not go back to work. [/quote]

It's always smarter to plan big purchases like housing around being able to pay them on one income.  OP is trying to stretch too far, and for no apparent reason.  They could buy a four bedroom house with a yard for a price they can actually handle.  He hasn't made a case for 6 bedrooms to house two people who share a bedroom and a fetus.  He is trying to say her preferences (elevator, parking, deck) are frivolous, but at least they make sense.  The amenities that are attracting him to this house are ... apparently just that his realtor is one hell of a salesman.

- WOHM[/quote]

I actually think that he feels this house is a good long-term compromise between what he wants (short-ish commute, city living), and what she wants (house in the suburbs).  Whereas she sees the condo as temporary for a few years before they move out to the suburbs.  [/quote]

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