Houses I've lived in, and one flat

What have we here then?
Links on left Lead us to
Current House This is my third house and where I live now
London Flat I lived for a number of years in London
Second House I really like bungalows
First House Started small
House Thoughts This really is the most desolate web-page on the net

Most of my time has been spent living in accommodation that I've bought. I've always given a lot of thought to this whole business of why we live in houses or flats.

It's interesting to me that people can choose very different living environments. In Sussex, the English county I live in, we do have travellers in small clusters of caravans and mini-buses. I love the fact that they are there even though the "sites" are much smaller than in Ireland, where I come from originally. When I'm out cycling over the South Downs it's very nice to encounter these small groups of travellers. Much better I feel than the twee little towns to be found in Sussex full of the conservative voting middle classes resplendent with 4 X 4s etc.

In a town called Shoreham, not far from where I live, there are a lot of house boats. I really like these and could see myself living like that very easily.

As it happens I have lived all my life in flats and houses like most people. I don't see this changing, but I do like to dream of a different form of habitat from time to time.