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How long have you lived in your current abode?
- Thread starter Muzzy
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happypig
Staring at the rude boys
12 years. It's the longest I've ever lived anywhere.
Foul Play Rocks
Well-known member
- Feb 23, 2013
- 5,180
We've been here at Foul Play HQ for six years now and have no plans to move ever. We were lucky that we managed to find somewhere that will be our house for life. Even when the kids are gone we should be able to manage the place in our old age. It's so nice to feel settled and not go through the stress of moving. Bring on the pottering round the garden and the slight smell of wee.
I've only been in my current place for two years and only now have decided to spend some time and money on it...quite frankly it's been like living in a building site for all that time as the first thing I did when I moved in was to rip out cupboards in the lounge alcoves, one in the kitchen and one in the hall.
I couldn't store anything in them as they were....they were damp and dated back 50 or 60 years. Trouble was I didn't replace them with anything so I still have stuff packed in boxes stacked in those spaces except the hallway where I have installed a fridge/freezer.
I couldn't store anything in them as they were....they were damp and dated back 50 or 60 years. Trouble was I didn't replace them with anything so I still have stuff packed in boxes stacked in those spaces except the hallway where I have installed a fridge/freezer.
SouthCoastOwl
New member
Moved from central Brighton (North Gardens) to the country 9 years ago. After an initial period of adjustment, it was too bloody quiet I couldn't get to sleep, have settled in nicely and can't see me and Mrs Owl moving for a while.
Funnily enough Mrs G and I were just talking about this: we moved to our current home nine years ago today. Can't see us moving for a while - this is just the right mix of a quiet neighbourhood and good connections. And I can get to the Amex in 10 minutes
dougdeep
New member
This is my 6th house but I've been here for 30 years so it can't be too bad.
CAPTAIN GREALISH
Well-known member
- Jan 6, 2010
- 2,600
1st house 34 years
Albion_Dave
Well-known member
Only 4 months in our new place.
Transient could have been made for me/us. We've been here 4 years and will likely move in the next 12 months (contemplating where but likely Seaford, Eastbourne or Cooden). Have lived in probably 10 places over past 25 years all due to work. There's been positives, but many more negatives
tinycowboy
Well-known member
I'm on my 5th house (owned), 15th (lived in). I love moving house - it's like being on holiday for the first few months. We've been in our current house for three and a half years - this is our second longest ever. I suppose the things we're looking for change every so often - current house is great, but the garden's too big and it's our first time living in a village and I think we've concluded that we're townies and like being able to walk into town when we like, get takeaways/food delivered, not to have to use the car to get everywhere. Worried a bit about the noise the children might make though - electric guitar, drums, trumpet, clarinet and piano are played in our house, so having no near neighbours is probably a good thing for the community. Think we'll move within two years.
m20gull
Well-known member
Nearly nine years (after 1 year in the previous one). Hard to see us moving as we have everything we want on our doorstep (except the Amex). All four of us walk to work. Five minutes walk from the station, five minutes drive to the M25, five minutes cycle to the countryside.
Publius Ovidius
Well-known member
30 years.
The Bun Elephant
New member
I have lived in my current home for 9 years .... But I am about to renovate then live in a house I have previously lived in for 20 years
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
19 years, we decided a nice holiday is more important than a bigger house.
7 years and counting. As much as I love my place, I'm starting to get very tired of being in a flat (i.e. upstairs neighbours stomping around, tiny garden), so thinking it may just about be time to give up the central location and get a house and decent-sized garden. In fact, I'd like an acre or so, so it looks like a move to the sticks...
I will find it VERY difficult to give up the easy walk to so many decent boozers though - I can walk to the Coopers Cask, Freemasons, Wick or Robin Hood all in under 5 mins. Gah!
I will find it VERY difficult to give up the easy walk to so many decent boozers though - I can walk to the Coopers Cask, Freemasons, Wick or Robin Hood all in under 5 mins. Gah!
grubbyhands
Well-known member
20 years last month, just decorated the lounge. I f*cking hate decorating!
Worried Man Blues
Well-known member
Four years here moved to West Wales for work, house now on the market to move back to Sussex, will probably be here for another 20 years!
Box of Frogs
Zamoras Left Boot
After living with my parents in Patcham for the first 26 years of my life (in the same house for all that time), I moved to a flat in Ditchling Road and stayed there for just over a year. During that time I met the current Mrs Frogs and we upped sticks and moved to Hailsham, spawning our first sprog at that time. We decided Hailsham was just a bit too quiet for us, so we moved to Hampden Park, Eastbourne where sprog number 2 arrived.
We have now been here since December 1997 and will be for a few more years until the kids leave home. We will then look for a bungalow as our current home is over three floors with our bedroom being on the top floor. Can't be doing with all those stairs for too much longer!
We have now been here since December 1997 and will be for a few more years until the kids leave home. We will then look for a bungalow as our current home is over three floors with our bedroom being on the top floor. Can't be doing with all those stairs for too much longer!
10 months. I still have a house in Brighton which I have had for 11 years but I have not lived in it all the time. Personally I get bored being in one place for too long but in saying that I do enjoy the comfort and security of knowing I can always go back to my place in Brighton.