How long have you lived in one home?

I moved out of my parents home just prior to turning 21, then lived in an apartment for just under two years and then then to my current home which I've lived in for about 33 years. I'm hoping to sell the house this summer/fall. Kinda exciting but also scary to move somewhere else.

Thanksgiving will be 10 years in this house, we spent 9 in the previous. Definitely strange to me after a childhood and young-adulthood spent moving. I lived in 10 houses in 5 countries before I turned 18 and my oldest lived in 10 flats/houses in 4 states before he turned 18. My girls have always lived in the safe state and this is only house 2 for them.

My parents have lived in the same home since 1984. I spent 18 years straight there and then off and on until I got married at 22. My husband and I have been in our home for 7 years and have no plans to move.

I've been in my home for almost 20 years which is by FAR the longest I have ever been in one home.. I think previous to that in my entire life I have never lived in a house more than 3 years. EVER.

We just have had no real reason to move from our current home even though we thought it would be our 'starter' home. We just never left. Now we really can't afford to move because houses are just so expensive. We thought about it last year to move to another state, but it didn't really work out. We are pretty much happy where we are at although we need to start updating carpet, windows and stuff like that. But that will have to wait until summer.

We were in our first home from 1986 to 2010. We then became empty nesters and the house across the street became available...so we moved there and have been there for the last 8 years with no plans to move any time soon.

I lived in three places from birth to age 18. My family moved when I was four to the house I lived in until I graduated high school, then my mom moved us out to the ‘burbs right after that. I lived in that house for a year, moved into an apartment with DH for two years, then we bought the house we lived in for the next 23 years before we moved to a bigger house. I can’t believe it will be six years already that we’ve lived here. This will be our last house. We don’t plan on moving again.

We moved in October.  We were in that house for 19 years and a few months.  That was the longest.  We had a small one bedroom condo before that and were there about four years.  We lived in a series of apartments before that. None longer than about three years.

We lived in our previous home for 24 years. Our children were all brought up there and that is where the memories were made. Kiddies parties etc. My son even got married in the backyard.

Due to circumstances we had to give up our home.
The house we are in at the moment is just a house and we have been here for 5 years.

Seven years in our last house. I never wanted to leave, but we relocated for DH's job. I've been in this house 5 years and just found out we'll be relocating again.

We've been here for about 30 years. This wasn't meant to be our forever home, but it is what it is. I keep trying to tell myself that I'm okay with that. 

I am not a mover and a groover.  But I think it is a family trait.

My parents still live in the house they built when I was a baby (1965 or 66)

I have owned my Condo for 23 or 24 years.  So long I can’t remember the year. 

I lived in the same house throughout my childhood. My mum and dad moved into it when it was first built in 1957, and I was born in 1963. As a university student I lived in umpteen flats, rented rooms and halls. I moved back home for a year when my dad died in 1985. And I moved back to my mum's house permanently 2 years ago after she died. Apart from this house, the longest I lived anywhere was my previous house. Ex-DH and I lived there for 17 years, and I loved that house so much. I used to walk by it when I was a child wondering who lived in such a beautiful house! I thought I would grow old there. 

I have lived in 4 houses my entire life. Two with my parents. DH & I lived 24 years in first house and 14 in our current house. When we were talking about moving 15 years ago, we wanted some acreage before we were too old to maintain and enjoy it, I told DH if we were unhappy we would just move. After that move, we both agreed to stay put as long as feasible for us.

My parents built their forever home in the late 70's. I was 5, my brothers were 13 and 14. We lived in campers until they completed the house. My dad was the main contractor and his brother's did what they specialized in (plumbing, electrical, you name it and a family member could do it.) My dad passed away in 2009, but my mom still lives there. Its way to big a house for her, but she won't let go of their blood, sweat, tears and living dollar for dollar while it was being built.

In 1993 I bought some land on the back of my parents property and we built our forever home in the same manner my parents did theirs. it's nice to have a large family that is willing to help build for you. of course we paid all they would take, but we still ended up building (and doing as much as possible ourselves) for less than half what other contractors quoted us. We are still living there with no plans to ever leave. Because of this huge help, land and family contractors we paid off our house in 10 years!

We hope to continue paying it forward and building a house for my oldest DS when he's ready to marry and settle down. While I'm sad that my dad won't be involved in this house raising, but I know he'll be watching out for us and helping guide us.

DH's family, while not military, moved around a lot, sometimes not even staying a year in the same state. He found his permanent roots in my town when they came to visit his grandparents. He asked to stay with them and start school here (he was 14 and within a few weeks the family decided to come off the road and settle in my town also. His grandparents were at a point of needed help and DH's dad was an only child.