Originally Posted by
PlasticCabDriver
By the time she was 5 my eldest was on her 5th house. Fortunately the 5th one was the one we bought after I left. She’s off to university this summer, and we’re still in it!
Beats me, but I used to teach refresher courses for forecasters aged c. 45 years ,therefore 25 years service. One long-running project which ended with a sample of about 200 was the number of house moves in career, excluding voluntary ones [other than MQs, the Queen paid all selling/ buying agent and solicitor fees and removal expenses and a bit on top.]
Average move frequency was three years, probably a little less often than serving RAF..
We managed [during married life]: Thirsk, Gutersloh, Doncaster, Yateley, JHQ, Gainsborough, Bridgend, JHQ and S. Lincs. Nine in 36 years. The average stay was held long-ish by virtue of some serious commuting and also some serious Mess living to avoid uprooting the children.
This is not a complaint, we all have had boxes that packed themselves ...........