Should I Stay or Should I Go

I kinda like that alot of my subjects lately have been song quotes! :)

I'm debating buying my grandparents' house. At first I was all for it, and no I'm having serious doubts. The biggest doubt I'm having is I think I want to be close to home and work. Granted, it's only a 30 minute drive, but somehow it seems like worlds away.

On the one hand, I would have a house. A legitimate house. I could have company stay over, with spare rooms to house them in; a yard for clowning around and having the family over like we usually do; etc. Space. MY Space. (Not to be confused with the website. :) ) My grandmother would love to keep it in the family if they're moving out and I think it would break her heart to see it not stay in the family somehow. It would be the lower end of the market value, which I could just afford and no realtors or anything. No thin walls, like in a condo or really neighbors to contend with (There are some on either side, but with a fairly decent side yard, who could hear them?), I could get my dog.

On the other hand, I'd like to be close to here. If I got a condo in Mt. Laurel (which is just barely do-able financially), I could keep my same gym, grocery stores, etc. It would also be alot closer to drive home in the fall when I go out with the coaches after a Friday night game or after a basketball game in the winter. It might also be a better way to make friends, as younger people in the area tend to be in condos. (And if I'm living alone, I'll need friends. It'll either force me to make them or I'll be miserably lonely.)

All of a sudden the other day, I had this sinking feeling in my gut about moving to another town. Suddenly, my dad's pushing towards getting a condo is seeming like a great idea. No expectations about how to redo the house, or making changes to a house we all grew up in or around. But what about the house? I'm so torn. Should I keep looking for places close to here, or wait because I'll be moving into my grandparents place?