The days of people being born and living out their whole lives in one home have all but disappeared as the average person now moves roughly every five to seven years currently in the allaince removalist, a surprising revelation yet it’s only taken a couple of generations to become “the norm” in allaince removalist housing.
For example, my own gran rented the same house for thirty-three years and only moved because her landlady died and the house had to be sold as part of her estate.
My sister, who wants to live in the rental sector as the housing ladder’s just too high to reach, has found herself frustratingly needing to move on after just a couple of years at each address, by landlords who’ve decided they’ve “made enough” from their investment properties and want to sell and release their equity.
Meanwhile, I’ve had to sell my own house and move several times due to reasons ranging from awful neighbours, the arrival of my own little ones and a delightful episode where local planning meant a block of flats were constructed directly opposite my flat, completely obscuring the sea view I’d fallen in love with! All of which goes to show that whether you’re living in a bought and mortgaged home, or a rented property, the reasons for having several moves in a life-time cover a whole range of life-situations:
- Moving in with others, such as a spouse, family or friends in a house-share for many reasons including companionship, matrimony or financial / care support.
- A home becomes too small to accommodate a growing or merged family.
- A home becomes too large once everyone’s flown the nest.
- Change in employment, from a new job in a new location to redundancy and a need to make the most of a payout or cut on-going bills.
- Neighbourhood changes, including intolerable situations such as a by-pass being constructed close to country residences, a sudden influx of neighbours who keep anti-social hours (and ill-thought out blocks of flats which spoil the view)!
- Moving to be closer to family.
- Problems in the home itself… perhaps now you’d like a larger garden so the kids can have a dog, or maybe issues with your joints mean you’d rather move to a bungalow and avoid stairs.
- Upgrading or a home ‘trade-up’ to ameliorate boredom, to fit in with family circumstances or to be nearer better schools.
Whether you’re choosing to move for some of these happier reasons, or obliged to move to make the best of your life circumstances, the primary consideration will of course be…
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