Anyone moved home in their mid 60s? What did you get right? And wrong?

I moved myself from a lovely village with three buses a day, going only 10 miles each way. No shop.

I now live in a small market town short walk to shops and all facilities including buses.

Lovely people, good toilet block in the car park etc. No trashy shops, betting shops etc. There are several nice artisan shops. I don`t need to use the car here We now also have a community bus, good if people have hospital appointments. No train station, which I would have liked. Somerset is upgrading its bus connections

No gym, I would have liked that. I did not downsize much as in numbers of rooms, now have 1200 sq feet of living space compared to 1500. I use everywhere and love having an upstairs and small private sunny garden

House is detached and I have a garage accessible from my garden, it has an electric door. Flat paving to town. Good for future proofing. Stairs are wide enough for stair lift, if ever needed. I am 76 and often ride one of my 3 cycles around the hilly country lanes a few minutes away

I was 70 and widowed when I moved. I packed everything myself and fixed all the fittings in my new-build myself, I could still do that

I have a good town/country compromise where I live, can hear cows and church bells yet am only ten minutes walk from the centre. It really is a small town but quite sought-after

I think once you get over 80, transport is always a concern because there is a high probability that if you live long enough you may well no longer be able to drive, even though you are still living independently and getting around.

This is one of the things governing our move, as well as moving somewhere more convenient for our children. We are looking at 2 towns. One is on the Cambridge Guided busway, a real plus and is the prettier of the two, but all ones main needs, supermarket, doctors, dentists etc are situated around the periphery so you cannot live conveniently for everything.

The less attractive town has three supermarkets off the central market square, doctors, dentists, evrything you can name with in a hundred yards of the town centre, plus plenty of housing with parking well intowards the centre. Also much better in town parking. The reasons for our preference are obvious

We moved down market for our retirement and it worked out extremely well for us. We live in a village rather than a town and the people are lovely and friendly we are very happy here.
We are only three miles from the nearest city.

I moved just before my 60th birthday from the 2bed flat my daughter and I lived in, to a 1bed over 55s flat. Best thing I've done. I was still working, new flat nearer to one of my jobs and equal distance to my second. It's near to my main shopping centre..30 seconds for my front door to supermarket, if there's not lots of traffic!! There's a lift so no more dragging heavy shopping up stairs. Took a few days to adjust to less space but I got rid of so much rubbish upon moving that it wasn't a big problem. A positive attitude helps, looking for all the good things your new home brings with it. Being friendly towards the new neighbours can bring new friends. I'm certainly glad I moved even though the idea was daunting at the time.

We downsized and built a bungalow in our garden. One of our daughters and her husband bought our old house and that financed the new build. We have our grandchildren in and out of the house which is lovely. We tried to future proof it as much as possible - level flooring - under floor heating - amazing insulation - solar roof panels - easy access shower - running costs are a fraction of the previous house. Only downer is our village has absolutely no public transport at all so the fact that at the moment we have a brilliant postoffice/village shop is a massive bonus. It is working well.

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