My parents bought their first house (of their own) when I was six months old, and my mother still lives there.
It really upset me (more than I was expecting) when I heard last year that she is thinking of selling it. I can't afford to buy it from her, but always had a fond idea that I'd be able to raise my family there - it's ideal in many ways as a family home - quiet road, with a good sized garden, and near to local amenities.
On an aside, my house was treated very ill by the people I bought it from (which is why it was so cheap), and we've spent years fixing it up. A few years ago (before we'd fixed it up) I met the penultimate owner before me, and when I told her some of the things that had been done since she sold it, she actually cried.
