I've been told that people move in to a villa or cottage to get their feet wet and if they feel comfortable with the place or for snowbirds who sell their home, they decide to go designers or up. Unless you plan carefully, what happens is that your villa or cottage will not accommodate all the stuff. My friend had to move up from a designer to a bigger designer when they sold their place up north. My friend was perfectly happy with the previous designer home but his wife wanted to decorate with all the paintings and furnitures from up north. This is reverse downsizing to accommodate all the stuff. In his case he liked the old neighborhood so much that they moved to a place not too far from the old. I would be curious to know what percentage moves while in TV at least once. Perhaps 20 per cent? i love our neighborhood so we hope we don't have to move but....
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