Would you move back into your childhood home?

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Hi all,

I am considering doing this and was just wondering if others would? Why/why not? Or maybe someone has done it?

I'm moving with my young family, parents won't be living there (and haven't for a while). It's a v nice house but I'm wondering if it will be too weird...

Many thanks

We did a couple of years ago when my lovely mum passed away. It did feel a bit odd at first, well, completely strange sleeping in my mums bedroom! But that feeling didn't last long, especially when we'd managed to get all our junk in place and had furniture in different positions. It just feels like our family home now, same old book, new chapter iyswim

I now own half of my childhood home and we are preparing to sell it asap. It was a happy home but is a small flat in a bad state of repair so I would rather chew my arm off than move in.

I lived in about 10 different houses growing up, so can't answer for me, but....

We now live in DH's grandparents' old house which MIL lived in for about 5 years until she got married to FIL. We had big renovations done last year and I was worried she would be critical but she's a lovely lady and actually her and FIL have been far more complementary about what we've done than my own parents.

Its lovely for DH to have so many memories here and for other family members to come visit and share their memories.

I wouldn't but I know my mum would move back into her childhood home if she had the chance. My great grandmother owned this house and my mum and her mum and dad lived with them until they bought their own house.

The house left the family many years ago but I know if there was any way my mum could get it back she would but sadly it's not likely to happen

I would. I loved my childhood home and lived there from aged 6 months until I left home in my mid 20's. I'd never be able to afford to buy it though and the area has changed since I was a child. What was a country road right on the edge of town that had my neighbours chickens in the road and horses coming down the road every day is now a rat run for the new housing estates built on he edge of town. The traffic noise is loud, the house is in need of complete re-decoration, re-wiring, de-mousing in the attic etc. It is also haunted which didn't bother me when I lived there but spooks me now. Saying all that though I will be heartbroken when my parents do eventually sell up as I still consider it my 'home'.

Definitely not. My parents are still in it.

Yes I would I often dream about it as I had such a nice childhood (in some ways) growing up there and it's a beautiful cottage in a rural location. Yes definately.

No. Wouldn't ever live in that area. My parents moved a fair few years ago.

My home was not the best looking home, it was small and cramped but every memory i have of it just makes me want to camp outside my child hood home till the residents currently living in there will get creeped out and move... so yeah i would

My cousin has just moved back into our lovely grandparents house, which the family had rented out for a while. It was such a lovely place to go when we were growing up. Makes me so happy to think of the place with a family in it again.