Where do you live?

[Gemini]

Please don't tell us where, we don't want any addresses on here!!

Merely what type of home. Flat, terraced house, semi, detached, mansion, cottage, houseboat, there are so many possibiities!

I live in a 3 bedroomed semi detached house, built in the 60's. I prefer older houses, but after 5 years I am used to it, and like my house very much.
I live in a village. A large village with banks, shops, library, cafes etc. A large village suits me as I am a townie at heart.

My parents bought the detached bungalow where mum still lives when I was 3. That is the first home I remember.
At college I lived in a top floor North London flat. From there to live for a short time with my in-laws in an 8th floor council flat in Middlesex. Then on to East Grinstead, with husband and 5 week old baby, to live in a caravan! 9 months later we moved up north, and lived with my parents in the bungalow for about 6 months while we bought our first home.
That was a tiny 2 bedroomed terraced house with a yard , 15 minutes walk from the centre of town. We made the yard pretty with tubs and baskets , and took the girls to the local park and my parents garden for a run around. As we had no boys it never seemed a problem.
We wanted another baby ,so moved after a few years. This time even closer to town, to a 3 bedroomed Edwardian terraced house over 3 floors. It had a lovely garden. I loved that house, it was a wrench to leave it.
I lived there for 25 years, first with husband and 2 daughters, then welcomed our 3rd daughter there. Eventually it was only me, so that was the time to sell up and move on.

[Oma]

We live in a two bed detached been hear 10 years since it was built , I love my little shoe box house before that we lived in a big 4 bed terrace and our first house was a 3 bed semi we lived next door to my Sister ,As soon as we moved into this house I knew we would never move again we watched it being built week after week and I loved it even when it was only the foundations 😊

[Gemini]

That sounds like how my mum feels about her house Oma! They chose the plot and like you were able to see it being built.
She has been there 58 years now, and hopes and prays to never leave.

[Libra Gran]

We live in a 2 double bed detached bungalow, we have been here 17 years in April. I love where we live but now am not so enamoured of our garden. It is big and has 13 steps to get to the veg garden and then 3 more steps into the little orchard. We also have a large patio which was taken from a chunk of the garden about 7 years ago. Before that we lived in a 3 double bed semi detached house, when all the children left it was just us rattling around and that's why we moved. When we were searching for bungalows my sister spotted this one and she lived 2 doors down. Our next and final move will be when we go to Devon with DD and family somewhere very rural. This move will take place before M leaves her current school for senior school, so approx 2 years time. The thing I'm looking forward to most- a level garden.

[Daisy]

Gem - My lovely friend who dog sits for us is currently in your village, visiting her old school friend, who lives really near to you.

We live in a modern late 60s house in a village. The village happens to be surrounded by the New Forest, which is a fantastic place to live.

Before that, we lived in a 4-bed modern house in north Wales, then a 4-bed house on the Wirral. Then we moved to a new build in Bedfordshire. From there, we lived in a huge 5-bed 30s house in West Sussex, another new-build in Surrey, a rambling 60s chalet bungalow in our current village, plus various temporary places en route. I'm very good at packing!!!

[Enfys]

We love in a little 2/3 bedroom bungalow on the outskirts of a large seaside town in the south coast. It has a loft conversion with l double and a single upstairs, the single we use as a study/craft room (aka messy room ). We love it here, the garden is just the right size and easy to maintain plus DD lives over the road. Can't see us moving unless something drastic happens. We are close to both the coast and countryside.

We are thinking of changing the bathroom and just having a shower room...it is tiny so no room for bath and shower but otherwise no more changes at the moment.

[Oma]

Enfys we had our bath taken out and turned into a wet room like yours not enough room for both and Brian found it difficult getting in and out of Bath even getting in to use over bath shower was a problem , we love it but sometimes when I have been busy and I ache all over I long for a bath to soak in , never used the bath always the shower just now and then as I say I yearn to lay in one 😊

[Enfys]

Me too Oma, but I find it really difficult to get out as I have a dodgy knee and shoulder. I only use the over bath shower now, so I think we will get someone round to have a look and see what we can do.

[Avo]

We live in a very small village (80 houses), an 'estate village' where all the houses except 5, (ours is one of the 5) are owned by the 'big house'. (Many of the villagers still work on the farm). Our house was built in 1850 as the village pub and was converted into a house in the 70's when the drink driving laws came in. It is a very pretty house, detached, with four bedrooms, set on an acre with a large barn in the garden, orchard and raised beds for veggies, and we keep chickens in the orchard. The village has a Village Hall and church, but no other amenities. We don't have a bus service. Because of the lack of amenities we envisage moving at some point in the future but at the moment enjoy the countryside that is on our doorstep. There is a wood opposite our house which in springtime is full of bluebells. There are loads of footpaths and bridle paths for walking the dog. We are in Cambridgeshire.

[Plantaholic]

I live in a lovely friendly village which has grown since we moved here in 1969, it is in the commuter belt for travel to London. We have a lovely village pond, some shops within walking distance , three pubs and a cafe. The local stone is brick and flint but not much left now.

[Mimi]

We live in a ground floor 2 storey , 2 bed flat. We have a front and back garden with our own access to the back to the garden. We are right on top of a hill and although it can be a bit windy we have a lovely view of the rest of the city. It is very quiet here, not much traffic but we get a lot of children passing each day to the school near us and many dog walkers to the very large park just across the road . There is also several miles of cycle/ pathways to walk. It can take you to town or into the country side and woods.
The flat itself was built 1960ish and before we moved in it underwent lots of refurbishment, exterior wall insulation, new double glazing and new front and back doors. We redecorated inside, put new 5 internal doors in, new carpets etc. The kitchen is small but cosy , we have two fairly large bedrooms and one is now used as a spare room with sofa bed ( for when GC stay) tv and desktop pc. Inside this flat we have 4 large cupboards plus an airing cupboard far more than DD and DIL has in their modern houses.
This flat is ideal for us now that the family has all grown up and moved on even though it can be a bit of a squeeze if they all choose to visit at once .

[Shemadee]

We live in an end of terrace two bedroom house and have been here for nearly ten years now. The garden is not that large but big enough for the grandsons to kick a ball around and for me to hang out the washing. The biggest drawback are the five stairs that lead down to the house. They are not a problem now but could potentially become one. Our ex neighbour had a heart attack and they found he was housebound initially and decided to move which was a shame as they had just completed a five year plan of work to the house. We are half looking for a more suitable property but are not in any rush. We are lucky to have a bath and a separate shower - we probably only use the bath a couple of times a month but sometimes it is a real comfort and helps with any aches and pains. Most of the places we have seen advertised have shower cubicles.

[ZIZI]

I don't think there is enough room on here to tell you all where I have lived over the last sixty years! Until I was thirteen we moved every two years or so. When I was thirteen we moved to Bath where my father was born. Couldn't have been a worse choice for me. I left at 15 and had a rather itinerant life for a couple of years. Moving on I talk about my life with my lovely husband. We met and eventually moved in together to his house (his being big enough for three boys, two adults and five cats where mine was a two up two down cottage). It was lovely house, we did a lot of things to it including an extension, buying land at the end to extend the garden etc. We had a downstairs shower and loo, upstairs family bathroom, we had an ensuite with a jacuzzi bath. Sometimes all three bathrooms were occupied with neither husband or myself being there!

Eventually due to various circumstances we had to move. Broke my heart. Now we have a two bed maisonette, one bathroom ONLY, garden which is private and very nice although took a while to get there, off street parking space (story there) and garage. I would like to have the old house to be honest but we have what we have, we have spent a lot of money on the place recently and are destined to spend even more with the kitchen refurbishment etc,

We have been here just over fifteen years and just paid the mortgage off. In the thirty years we have been together we have paid off three mortgages - that is another story ....

[Clover]

We live in a five bed (extended from 3 many years ago) semi-detached. We've been here 40 +years. Before that we were in a small 3 bed new build and before that a one bed council flat which was OH's when he moved to the area to work. We back on to a footpath and then the Primary school playing field so I have a very open view from the back of the house.It is in a cul-de-sac with a playing field and childrens' playground at the closed end.

[Glammanana]

We live in a one bedroomed first floor flat (which is described by me as a "penthouse apartment" lol.even though it is small with clever furnishings and light colours it has a feel of space and light with views over to Liverpool across The Mersey,we have been here 7 years now and I do love it except for the stairs which are the reason we need to move when the right property becomes available,prior to this home we lived in a three bed villa abroad which was surrounded with orange and lemon trees and a small pool,it was easy housework wise and I do miss the lifestyle before that we had the big family house not far from where we live now and lived there for 22+ yrs whilst the children where growing up it was a huge house with 3 downstairs living rooms and a 24' kitchen where we all congregated 4 bedrooms and ensuite that is the only thing I really miss my own bathroom I loved every brick in that house and would have stayed if we had not decided to move abroad something we really should have done when the DCs where younger but I am so glad we did it and had the experience for those nearly 10yrs.