How many houses have you lived in ?

[EatsQuorn]

So insomnia set me off pondering random things in the small hours . So as above , how many ?
I've got to late 30s and have lived in 8 , all in UK. Weirdly all most were xyz Avenue , one a Road , and this one xyz Lane.

In house number 8 and I'm 38 years old

23 (not including boarding school houses or university houses - if included that it would be 26)I moved around a lot! 😁 Planning on staying here now so hopefully won't add to that!

At least 10

If you do it a lot it isn’t necessarily stressful, especially when you’re young and relatively carefree. I can still pack like a pro and run it all like clockwork, although it is much more of an upheaval these days.

Agreed @Nnique! Of the 11 houses I’ve only moved into 2 with an actual moving company - the time I moved with my parents when I was 14 (obviously I wasn’t really involved!) and then our most recent move from our first owned flat to our house. In between those years I was exceptionally proud of being able to fit all my belongings into a single Ford Fiesta, would usually take me about an afternoon if I was methodical about it

I was immensely proud when the movers we hired for our last move said they’d never seen such an organised move!

I couldn’t fit it all into a car though. Back in the day everything I owned fit into one suitcase.

@Nnique are you me? Our movers asked me for a list in advance and apparently the one I sent over was so detailed and spot on that their boss wanted to offer me a job

(That was a bit extreme though! Not surprising that I turned into a bit of a light hoarder when I finally did settle down...)

Ohh that would’ve made my day!

19 in total

5 as a child
4 as a student
2 rented
8 owned

I'm late 40s

17 in total
3 as a child
1 on my own
Others with DH , in 6 different countries.

I think I have a talent for nesting these days 😁

10
I'm 41

Only 4 and I'm 58!

1st house - born there and moved aged 6 weeks so don't remember it.
2nd house - 24 years. Left because I got married. Parents still owned it until they died. Was sold 29 years after I left home.

3rd house - moved in with DH. Sold due to job move to different area.

4th house - bought with DH 30 years ago and still here. Not planning on moving until we need to downsize.

I’m on house 15 plus a stint in a house overseas and 2 stints in caravans totalling almost 3 years. And thinking about the next move already……

7, including where I live now

12, but the majority of them were while I was at uni.

I'm 42 and have lived in 14 different properties:

11 houses and 3 flats
5 counties and 3 countries

I've only owned one of them though - this one

1 until the age of 20, 11 since (am 41). Just bought our first house-the house we live in -2 years ago and am so relieved we'll never get the stupid 'your rent is going up' or 'I'm selling, sorry' phone call again. I wish it were possible for everyone to have a choice to own. Renting can really suck!!!

11. 2 as a child, 2 at Uni in UK, 1 at Uni in Finland, then 6 more in Finland, the last 3 within the same town. Hate moving house, easiest move though was to my 8th home as all I moved with was one suitcase and a travel cot!

11 houses and 5 flats. Isn't that interesting.

2 within half a mile of each other too

3 in childhood (although one was just a few months while my parents renovated the farmhouse). 8 as a student (did a PhD and worked abroad so moved about a lot). 5 with DH. So 16. Only 2 in the last 20 years though.

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3 as a child/young adult with DP
2 as an adult that I bought with DH
Been very fortunate and have never had to rent and was able to get on the housing ladder when prices were manageable.

4

22 not including army accommodation.

Left home at 16, long and varied career. Shortest was 6 months. Longest has been current home. Only owned two.

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