bad timing on the house front

I can now see that my original instinct not to view houses before selling our own one was sound. It's just frustrating. I've seen a place that is seemingly ideally situated, in beautiful condition, detached (huge benefit), and I'm pretty sure I could stretch my finances to buy it. Sadly, I suspect I'm wasting my time, because such a prize is surely going to be snapped up before I'm mobile. Our house has been on the market since May and not one offer have we received. On the other hand, we've had a large number of viewings. For a while it was close to two a week, and even with a recent slowing down, we're still getting expressions of interest. I'm not giving up yet, but it is a slow, tortuous process, and although I still think our house is fantastic, looking at others just makes me see aspects of it that people don't like. For example, most of the places we have looked at have at least one en suite bathroom, one guest bathroom, and downstairs toilet. They have off-street parking, plenty of storage, and decent windows. They lack the character and position of our house, but these are minor compensations in a materialistic society that takes more account of function than spirit. I know our sale will come, and only has to occur once, but will it be in time to bag me my first dream house?