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How Many Homes Have You Had?

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kittylester Mon 19-Oct-15 21:42:17

15 in my life - 10 with DH! I'm actually shocked to have worked that out! We have been in this house 22 years and we love it! Its a converted Victoria board school.

janeainsworth Mon 19-Oct-15 21:27:06

Three with parents, two as a student, seven since being married.
We've been in our present house 28 years and one day.
No inclination to move, though if DD and DSiL moved away from the area (they live 30 mins drive away) I think I might feel differently.

Luckygirl Mon 19-Oct-15 21:26:45

We've had lots, because when we were first together OH was a junior doctor and you went where you were sent. But since we have been more settled we have had 5 homes - we were 7 years in the last house and have been here 20 years. I hope to be able to stay here now - we have so much junk I could not bear having to move again.

LullyDully Mon 19-Oct-15 21:02:38

About 25 in my life. Stayed in the same house until I was 18 so started well.

Haven't stopped moving since. Husband has a deep need to find new houses and move. Can be frustrating as I'm a bit of a gardener and have to keep passing gardens over to new people.

We are moving in a few years to what we are calling "our dosage house . " that is supposedly the final one........We will see.

rosequartz Mon 19-Oct-15 20:11:48

You must be an expert at packing up!

This is the longest I have lived anywhere and the amount of stuff we would have to get rid of if we moved again would need a roadful of skips.

durhamjen Mon 19-Oct-15 20:09:46

Sixteen since I was married, but some of them were only six months rental.

Ana Mon 19-Oct-15 20:05:45

Oh goodness - if we're counting from birth then ten or eleven - five since my first marriage.

hildajenniJ Mon 19-Oct-15 20:04:04

Three since leaving my parent's home to get married. This is probably not the last one. We intend moving nearer my DD and family when my DH retires next year.

rosequartz Mon 19-Oct-15 20:03:32

Do we count our childhood home(s) and rented property and student accommodation?

If so 8, if not then 3.

Greyduster Mon 19-Oct-15 19:55:57

Nine, since 1966, but all but two of them have been Forces married quarters. We have no desire to move again!

Grannyknot Mon 19-Oct-15 19:48:50

Too, too many if I count from when I was born. I'd rather not know!

mollie Mon 19-Oct-15 19:36:19

I married for the first time in 1976 and between now and then I've lived at 8 different addresses, including this one which I moved into when I married a second time in 2004. This is the nicest, happiest house of all of them and it's the longest I've lived anywhere, including during my childhood! I get itching feet often but my OH just says 'no!'. Perhaps this will be my last home smile

harrigran Mon 19-Oct-15 19:27:27

Three homes in 48 years but still have two of them.

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 19-Oct-15 19:24:45

Six. If you include two bedsits and a caravan. Now have one, plus a spare.

Have been in this house 48 years now! I think I quite like it. And the garden.

kassi Mon 19-Oct-15 19:12:13

Married nearly 45 years, we have had 4 homes. We moved here 5 years ago, having downsized from a large 3 storey large house and garden. I adore this house with a passion I have never felt for our previous homes,although we are here because the house we were previously buying fell through just before completion. i just love it! There is nothing in the garden that I didn't plant there, and the house itself is slowly becoming exactly as I want. I can't imagine being anywhere else.