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Furthest/Shortest distance you have moved home from to to?

29 replies

Geano · 03/01/2018 19:13

I would say furthest from Lancashire to Surrey
Don't know

OP posts:
Icequeen01 · 03/01/2018 19:43

When I was a child my parents literally moved to a house on the opposite side of the road (our poor cat was confused for ages!). The longest was from Sunderland to Colchester.

Caulk · 03/01/2018 19:45

I moved to the flat next door once.

Furthest was 300 miles, including an hours ferry journey

nobutreally · 03/01/2018 19:46

My parents moved to the house next door when I was a kid. I’m too young to remember how but I imagine it was rather odd to watch!

CMOTDibbler · 03/01/2018 19:47

Furthest - Cardiff to West Sussex
Closest - the house at the end of the garden of the house before

Desmondo2016 · 03/01/2018 19:47

I have moved to two houses down the street. The furthest would be no more than a mile, despite moving house 7 times lol

BexleyRae · 03/01/2018 19:51

I moved from Lincolnshire to northern Ireland and back again.
Closest I've moved was across the road, I can see my old house from my front windows, and wistfully remember single, child free life over the road

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 03/01/2018 19:54

We moved within the same development once, just across a courtyard. We had been renting to see if we liked the area before buying. The furthest permanent move was Dublin to London and then back to Dublin two decades later.

myrtleWilson · 03/01/2018 19:54

Shortest would up a flight of stairs to a new flat and longest would be UK to South America

idontlikealdi · 03/01/2018 20:03

6,000 miles when I was 14, 6,000 back again when 18. Ended up up now ten minutes from my first house so a rather long round trip.

mummyhaschangedhername · 03/01/2018 20:05

530 miles, Swansea (Wales) to Edzell (Scotland)

8 miles, within the Same city but closer to my parents and better schools.

kiwi5 · 03/01/2018 20:39

Furthest in 2009 : Auckland to Somerset
Shortest in 2017: 4 miles
Wink

ScattyMcScatty · 03/01/2018 21:10

I currently live 300 miles from my first home, 12 years later this is home now. If we ever move it'll be a bigger house on the same street, the previous two occupants of this house both live on the street as well further along, no one ever leaves 😂

Gammeldragz · 03/01/2018 21:34

Moved halfway up our street, about 150yards. Amazing how much heavier something gets when carried over that distance...

ZaphodBeeblerox · 03/01/2018 22:25

From South Asia to London. Furthest.
And closest I moved was to a flat on the floor below. Was odd. Moved using multiple trips with bin bags and an Ikea trolley thing.

Trashcanoracle · 03/01/2018 22:25

Furthest Glasgow to Bath. About 400 miles.
Shortest - bought the house we were already living in when landlord said he wanted to sell. Zero.
Do I win Grin ... or get disqualified Blush

CluckCluck004 · 06/01/2018 11:24

11,000 miles (Cardiff South Wales to Tasmania Australia).
Shortest... hmm. About a mile, I think!

lynmilne65 · 06/01/2018 13:07

England to Scotland

weebarra · 06/01/2018 13:09

When I was a student we moved to a flat across the road. Furthest, about 50 miles.

ToEarlyForDecorations · 06/01/2018 13:16

Longest - Moved from Surrey to Christchurch, New Zealand.
(Returned to Britain nearly six years later)

Shortest - about 400m from our rented home to our first purchased house on the same development.

fussychica · 06/01/2018 18:18

Furthest: Derbyshire to Southern Spain. Returned to UK 8 years later.

Shortest: In Spain, about 200 metres from one cortijo to a much bigger one just up the lane.

LemonBreeland · 06/01/2018 18:22

Furthest New York to Scotland.

Shortest across the river in our village

BillyJoel · 06/01/2018 21:51

Shortest 25m as crow flies. We did it by car and on foot.

specialsubject · 07/01/2018 12:47

I sold to people literally round the corner - they liked the area, just wanted a bigger house.

Lleyr · 07/01/2018 13:45

Shortest was when my ex wanted to switch to a larger apartment in the same complex.

Longest was when I moved from the US to the UK.

I've moved many times and the problem is that even if you're just moving next door, you still have to pack everything up and sort out moving furniture and such. Recently moved just down the road and I intend to stay put for a very long time!

May09Bump · 07/01/2018 20:47

Surrey to New York and back again.
Shortest from one surrey town to another - probably 3 miles apart.