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What's the longest you've lived in one home?

105 replies

HouseHuntingShenanigans · 16/05/2023 20:39

On the back of the "How many homes have you lived in?" thread...

What's the longest you've lived in one home?

For me it's my childhood home, lived there birth to 19

OP posts:
AdditionalCharacter · 16/05/2023 20:42

Current one, 13 years.

Babdoc · 16/05/2023 20:42

Current one - celebrated forty years here this March!

Zone2NorthLondon · 16/05/2023 20:43

Childhood home,birth to 18yo. Then moved out for uni and never returned

Findyourneutralspace · 16/05/2023 20:44

Same, childhood home - birth to 18. Since then I’ve moved around a fair bit and my longest was 6 years. I’ve been in my place now 5 years and planning on staying for a long, long time.

RubyJack · 16/05/2023 20:45

21 years

2chocolateoranges · 16/05/2023 20:47

1st home 24years
2nd 22 years

Spottycarousel · 16/05/2023 20:52

Ten years, not my current home.

ComeTheFuckOnBridgett · 16/05/2023 20:53

15 years when I was a kid.

OddBoots · 16/05/2023 20:54

21 years in the house in which we brought up the children. Hoping we stay even longer in this house now.

NuffSaidSam · 16/05/2023 20:55

Almost 15 years, current place.

wildinthecountry · 16/05/2023 20:55

This one fourteen yrs , Husband was in Army for a loong time .

Sheepsheepeverywhere · 16/05/2023 20:58

Current house.. 8 years.. Prob home number 40 odd....
I am 51.

Bluevelvetsofa · 16/05/2023 20:59

Nearly twenty years. The one before last.

aintnospringchicken · 16/05/2023 21:00

30 years. Current home. No plans to move.

ShinyPikachu · 16/05/2023 21:03

Second childhood home. 13 years.

CremeEggThief · 16/05/2023 21:03

Funny, I was thinking about this a few weeks ago!

12 years in a chilhood home.

wildinthecountry · 16/05/2023 21:04

wildinthecountry · 16/05/2023 20:55

This one fourteen yrs , Husband was in Army for a loong time .

Oh and shortest time four months , but I didn't mind, the disturbance allowance came in handy (for Christmas) and it was only round the corner 😁.

TrashPanda · 16/05/2023 21:05

20 years in childhood home and now 14 years in this one

SarahSmith2023 · 16/05/2023 21:05

14 years & counting...

Barrysmintybiscuits · 16/05/2023 21:07

Same as other pp's - my childhood home which I lived in for ~14 years.

As an adult the longest I've lived in one house is 4.5 years

Wednesdaysotherchild · 16/05/2023 21:08

7 years. Mid twenties to early 30s. Moved around lots as a child so over 25 homes in 40 years.

SargentSagittarius · 16/05/2023 21:08

18 years living in my childhood home. My parents have both passed away and my DB and I still own it and use it as a holiday home. Lots of special memories.

Next longest is our current home which we moved into when the DC were small.

Climbingthelaundrymountain · 16/05/2023 21:09

My first home, lived there 13 years.

iusedtobeasize8 · 16/05/2023 21:10

My childhood home. 12 years. From age 7 - 19 when i moved away to go to uni

Musicalmistress · 16/05/2023 21:12

Never longer than 7 years.
When we were young DM always said our DD got '7 year itch' hankered after a new project every few years (he's an architect). Having said that they've been in the latest more than 10 but he's getting older so can't be bothered with the hassle of moving/building/renovating so much these days.
I must have the same gene as I average even less than 7 years & I start getting antsy 🤦🏼‍♀️

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