How many times have you moved house?

11 times, I think.

12 times - 5 in Switzerland, all in the same area, and 6 in the UK, 3 in the London area, 1 in Stoke and 3 in East Leicestershire

13 times

since I was born - 9 times

Really too many to count quickly

9 moves:
Born in Clapham, London. Moved to Wembley, then different house in Wembley, Romford, Village near Sudbury, Suffolk, Village near Colchester, Colchester, Horsham, Blackburn, East London.

Liked Horsham and my present home in East London the most.

Or sorority!
(Sh! Don't tell Frank. He'd insist we have to have a man!)

At this rate we will have our own coterie

Not as many as some of you but all have been a long way from the others.

Children gained a lot from the moves and are now very adaptable adults who could settle anywhere should the need arise. I think all the new expereinces made it easier to cope with other new experiences. All have travelled extensively and confidently.

Now we are settled in Malvern and cannot imagine movine anywhere else. Perhaps one day to house and garden will be too much for us and then we will downsize but stay in this lovely town.

I have lived in 23 houses.
5 as a child starting off in England, then moving to Scotland when I was 5.
Then 19, married to a serving officer!! Like NannaAnna, our 3 offspring have the wanderlust and all live abroad.

And Oldgreymare I think.
I lived in Bath for one year in 1987.It's a beautiful city but property expensive .
Very easy to get to Bath by train from my present home

Lia yes Bath is very nice. There are several of us near you. Me Maniac and Barrow to name but three

I suppose I have technically moved house 3 times.
I left home to buy my first house in London with my wife. We then got a better house about 8 years later.
Sadly my wife passed away and I got early retirement.
I then moved back to the house I grew up in and I am sitting in it now.

Frank

Grew up in Hampstead and Muswell Hill London as Child, but since have moved 11 times. Presently we now live in Marlborough but will be moving to Bath at end of year, hopefully this will be it as at 50 want to put down some roots!

Does anyone know if Bath is a friendly place?

What a shame, Annika - so disappointing for you.

glass Thanks for your kind thoughts. My DD has just sent me a video of our 17th month GS running around in her local park so that has cheered me up
You are right something will turn up sooner or later, at least we have sorted through loads of rubbish that we seem to have collected over the years, so less to do next time we try to move

keep forgetting it has changed and of course I am too impatient to preview

annika I am so sorry it is devastating when you have set your heart on a property and it all just falls down around you like a house of cards. But they do say when one door closes another one opens, you will find something which will tick all the boxes. [thanks]

So sad we will not be moving to the bungalow we had our heart set on, its all fallen through

As someone once said to me, "Bloom where you are planted". Good advice wherever you live and however often you move - or don't!

isnt it strange! where ever we move to, we can "always" get gransnet

unless its in the deepest jungle of course and even there im sure with tech, these days we could mange it

Hope the move went well NanaAnna and that you will be happy in your new home.
Expecting to be on our way in two or three weeks' time now so also living amongst the bubblewrap - but attic almost clear! Have had 26 years in this house but I'm feeling quite detached from it now; it's a family house and it's time there were children in it again

Not enough! If we'd moved more often perhaps we shouldn't have accumulated so much clobber

This is something I have been thinking about lately. Moved when 5 then again at 11, my Dad was in self build group, then again for parents to move to business at 15, just before I took my exams, then I went to live in London for two years, then married and lived in a caravan for 6 months then back at parents, own house for 6 years then brought a house to renovate and stayed there for 15 years. I left that home and had a spell of moves 4 in two years including sharing with a friend for a while. I have live in present home for 10 years....thats 13 ?
The hardest where the moves when young as lost out on long time friends, lucky to find some now.

Was so busy having a moan I forgot to say we have only moved 3 times in nearly 39 years of being married.
We have been here now 35 years so will be a big change for us as we are moving from a big house to a bungalow