My Life in Houses

[DebbieTheCat]

Inspired by the book I'm currently reading of the same title (by Margaret Forster).

From childhood I've lived in

• Detached 4 bed
• Uni halls of residence (student)
• Mid terrace off a dual carriageway (student)
• Maisonette (student)
• Flat above a shop (student)
• 1 bed Ground floor flat (first rung on property ladder!)
• 2 bed top floor flat
• 3 bed Link terrace (only the upstairs was attached the flat next door)
• 3 bed detached
• 5 bed detached

I'm amazed there's such a variety, never really thought about it before.
My favourite (obviously apart from current home) was the one bed flat, because it was the first time I had somewhere that was properly "mine" and I felt like an official grown up 😂

What's your life in houses?

3 bedroom terrace
3 bedroom terrace
5 bedroom terrace
Flat share
2 bed flat (renting on my own for the first time)
My own 3 bed terrace
2 bedroom terrace
2 bedroom semi

3 bed terrace (first bought home)
4 bedroom end terrace (post divorce)
3 bedroom detached (forever home)

My mum "swapped" council properties a lot when we were younger which was an adventure!

Birth - 20 yrs old, a massive farm house with around 100 acres of land.
20-26 two bed terraced.
26-40 large three bed end of terrace.
40-now smaller three bed mid terraced.

3 bed council maisonette on London inner city estate
3 bed townhouse on London council estate (£15 a week rent!!)
Tiny 1 bed flat in suburbs
3 bed semi in suburbs
5 bed semi in suburbs
4 bed detached with land in rural area

2 Bed house
3 bed maisonette
3 bed house
2 bed flat
Shared live in work accomodation
Uni halls
2 bed flat

4-bed terraced house (with parents) - 18 years
Uni accommodation (4 different college rooms) - 4 years
Various flat shares with friends (2-bed maisonette x 2, 3-bed terraced house, 3-bed flat etc) - 7 years
3-bed terraced house (bought with DH) - 5 years
5-bed detached house - 17 years

Born in 2 bed flat
3 bed semi
3 bed detached
4 bed semi
1 bed flat
2 bed end terrace
2 bed semi
3 bed semi
3 bed semi
3 bed semi
3 bed semi
3 bed semi
4 bed semi
3 bed detached
3 bed semi
4 bed semi
3 bed mid terrace
4 bed semi
3 bed mid terrace
3 bed semi
5 bed detached

First husband was in the forces so we moved a lot
Probably only one more move to come when we downsize to a bungalow.

Council flat ( baby can't remember it )
3 bed council house ( left age 19 )
1 bed flat ( rented , just married )
3 bed masionette ( council )
3 bed house ( council )
3 bed house ( 1st mortgage )
3 bed house ( 2nd mortgage )
2 bed house ( divorced , moved towns )
3 bed house ( private rent , moved area , renting out owned house )
3 bed detached house ( cash buy , no mortgage )

2 bed semi
Uni hall
Student house
Room in a house
Flat in a converted house
2 bed semi
Bedsit
3 bed end terrace
3 bed semi
3 bed detached
4 bed detached
3 bed semi
4 bed detached
3 bed detached.

3 bed terrace
1 room in halls
4 bed house share
2 bed flat
2 bed tiny terrace
1 bed flat with garden
2 bed terrace
3 bed semi
4/5 bed semi

Boring yet interesting thread 😆

Army barracks

Living with grandparents in a 3 bed terrace with outside loo heated by a coal fire

A 2 bed council flat

A 3 bed council house with indoor bathroom- and a severe mold problem. It also had too much indoor running water - streamed down the walls

Parents then bought tiny 2 bed terrace bungalow - central heating !

Then 3 bed terrace house

Then uni room in shared accommodation
Shared uni house - mold and rats
Another uni room

A small annex to someone's house - nice until they routine a second tennant
A shared house , rats again but no mold
A bedsit in the red light district

Move into boyfriends 2 up 2 down
Bought a lovely 3 bed detached together
Split up - back to a 2 bed semi

Now in a lovely 3 bed semi - dry, warm , no animal life and I ain't moving if I can at all help it

6 bed townhouse
3 different shared houses when at University
1 bed flat
2 bed semi detached house
3 bed semi detached house

4 bed detached house will be moving within 2 years hopefully with some land as well.

Too many...
Birth: 3 bed semi
3 bed semi
Navy married quarters x 3 (more 3 bed semis)
Another 3 bed semi
Left home:
Army barracks
Army hospital staff barracks
Army married quarters
Bungalow
Room in shared house
Room in shared house
1 bed flat
1 bed flat - first purchased
2 bed terrace
4 bed semi
3 bed semi
4 bed townhouse
Emigrated:
2 bed apartment, 34th floor
2 bed apartment, 12th floor
2 bed apartment, 5th floor
3 bed villa
3 bed townhouse (>500sq m with garage, 3 receptions, maids room, drivers room, laundry room and 7 bathrooms!)

"Boring yet interesting thread 😆"

I know @TheTimeHasComeMyLittleFriendsToTalkOfOtherThings
I thought that when I posted and didn't think I'd get any responses 😂

I haven't lived in a semi!

•1960s 3 bed semi (with garage linked to the garage of the nearest next pair). Later extended to 4 beds by extending over garage. Bought off plan by parents. DM still lives there.
• 1940s ex LA 3 bed end of terrace.
•1930s semi, extended to 4 beds by us 20 years ago.

I'm in my 50s.

3 bed terrace
3 bed semi
Halls of residence
3 bed semi
6 bed terrace
Halls of residence
2 bed terrace (married in final year of uni)
3 bed semi + ensuite (1st purchase)
3 bed end terrace townhouse
3 bed semi
4 bed detached bungalow
5 bed detached
2 bed flat (separated - emergency accommodation for me and 2 teens)
3 bed dormer bungalow
3 bed detached (forever home 🤞)

My kids and I lived across the last 4 properties in the space of a year. XH is a monumental c*nt. The kids find it funny when they reflect on how many places they've lived.

I hadn't realised I'd lived in so many properties! I'm in my mid 40s. I love this thread!

I liked that book a lot. Very fond of Margaret Forster - sad she died so young, relatively speaking.

2 bed semi
3 bed semi
uni halls
4 bed shared house (student)
6 bed shared house (student)
5 bed shared house (student)
4 bed shared house (student)
3 bed shared house (first job)
3 bed semi (rent with boyfriend)
3 bed semi (moved back home with parents
4 bed shared house
3 bed shared house (student again)
1 bed flat (rent with boyfriend)
3 bed semi rent with boyfriend
3 bed terrace (military housing)
3 bed semi (military housing)
3 bed semi (military housing)
3 bed semi (military housing)
3 bed terrace (first rung on ladder)

3 bed terrace council house (birth to 16)
3 bed link detached (16-18)
Flat share
House share
Studio flat
3 bed detached
2 bed flat
3 bed link detached
3 bed detached
3 bed townhouse
3 bed semi
2 bed bungalow
1 bed flat
2 bed flat
2 bed bungalow
3 bed town house
4 bed detached

It’s interesting how you can work out what might have happened in someone’s life from their list

3 (then 4) bed semi
4 bed detached
room in college
different room in college
different room in college
2DK flat in Japan (2 tatami rooms/dining room kitchen area)
uni accommodation
shared house
2 bed flat
2 up 2 down end of terrace
3 bed end of terrace
4 bed semi

This is such a boring thread 😂

2 bed council house
Student halls
2 bed terrace rental
2 bed terrace purchase
4 bed detached purchase I’m a town
4 bed

3 bed detached bungalow
rented room in huge creepy house (student)
rented flat share in tenement block (student)
Rented flat share in semi detached house (student)
Rented flat share in tenement block (student)
Rented flat share in 2bed tenement
Rented flat share in 3 bed modern apartment
Rented shared one bed tenement flat (cohabiting with a boyfriend)
Rented shared one bed tenement flat (cohabiting with dh) x 3 (moving between different cities)
bought 2bed tenement flat
rented 3 bed tenement flat (while waiting to buy…)
bought 3 bed tenement flat
rented 3 bed semi house (relocation for work 400 miles from home)
5 bedroom terraced townhouse

fortunately I really like moving house.

I absolutely love that book, I read it again recently.

Large Victorian semi
Bungalow in the countryside
Lived above a shop, urban main road
Tiny terrace in a very deprived area.
All of those with my parents who had a rather mixed financial situation

Garden flat with boyfriend as a student
House share of a Victorian terrace when we split up
Brief houseshare of a semi in outer London after University
2 bed flat shared with my best mate for 13 years
Bought a tiny 2 bed Victorian detached. Lived in it for over 20 years
4 bed semi detached built in 1918, an acre of garden. A do-er upper with a few rooms still to fo 5 years after moving in

2-bed cottage (first 3 months of life)
4-bed semi-detached house (parents bought house)
5-bed detached house (moved in with step-father)
Studio bungalow (gap year)
High floor 3-bed flat (gap year)
Single room in uni halls (student)
5-bed 3rd floor flat (student)
4-bed 1st floor flat (student)
2-bed 3rd floor flat (student)
1-bed 2nd floor flat (moved in with BF)
3-bed terraced house (living with flatmates)
2nd floor studio flat (working OS)
1st floor studio flat (working OS)
3-bed terraced house (living with housemates)
13th floor 2-bed flat (living OS with DH)
11th floor 3-bed flat (living OS with DH and DC)
3-bed semi-detached house (renting after moving back to UK)
5-bed detached house (finally bought a house!)

3 bed terrace
3 bed detached
2 bed flat
3 bed terrace

4 bed semi detached
2 bed maisonette (upstairs)
1 bed maisonette (downstairs)

2 bed semi detached
3 bed end of terrace

There's some crossover with living at home and university (the three in the middle). DM moved house twice while I was at uni, but I still lived with her about 50% of the time!