ARE WE MOVING AGAIN?

We just passed the 58^th anniversary of my mother living in the same house that she bought in 1967. Great way to celebrate Canada’s Centennial. Got to thinking about buyers and their habits. According to the Canadian Movers Association, Canadians move 5-6 times in their lifetimes. Another survey found that 28% of Canadians have the urge to move every 5 years and another 14% feel the urge to move annually. So it would seem we are a much more transient society these days. My Grandparents lived almost their entire married lives in only 2 homes. The second one my Grandfather custom built in the early 40s and it had many amenities that were well ahead of its time. A finished rec room basement with a fireplace. Basement and main floor bathrooms and a laundry chute that ran all the way from the second storey to the basement laundry room. That sure made for some interesting fun. No wonder they lived there over 50 years. There are a myriad reasons why people stay in one place for years. Comfortable with the area. All the amenities needed are close at hand. Nice yard. Great neighbours. Any number of reasons can influence. Just as many of those same influences can work in a negative manner. How many times have we moved into an area and next thing you know one of the really nice neighbours ups and moves and in comes some crazy that makes like miserable for all around them. We had a real psycho for a next-door neighbour in Whitby. I should have known the day we moved in. He came over and introduced himself and proceeded to tell me who the good people were on the street. He could only mention two that he got along with. The rest, in his opinion, were idiots. That should have been a red flag right there. Things were all right for the first few years but then he and his wife split and things quickly went downhill from there. He would play his drums at odd times and his son also played drums. At 9 AM on Sunday mornings with the doors and windows open. Needless to say none of this went over well with any of the surrounding homes. He was ready willing and able to pick a fight with anyone. We ended up moving and glad we did. The process of hoping you have good neighbours is a touchy one. Some people move for other reasons. I had one family in Bowmanville that would move every 3 or 4 years. I once asked them why and all they could come up with was because “It was time”. They just got tired of the area and wanted a fresh start. Funny thing was they only moved around the same town. There are other extenuating circumstances. Job change, divorce, death in family and others. Quite often older folks will want to downsize and move to a smaller more manageable property. Younger, growing families will want more space and need extra rooms. Like the stats show it would seem the ones that stay in one place for a long time are the exception. That’s great for them and hopefully they can enjoy for many years to come. Unless they get the itch to move on. Feel free to check out this story and more on my blog site at: https://slackie14.wixsite.com/buy-sell-and-more