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Solicitors dealing on a day-to-day basis with clients involved in a variety of stressful situations, rate moving house as one of the most powerful of all stressors, not far below bereavement and divorce on the stress scale. Some people do of course move house more frequently than others, sometimes for work reasons, sometimes just in order to keep moving up the property ladder, and most people on average move at least two or three times in their lifetimes, but to many people, moving is real anathema, and very stressful.
Moving house undoubtedly causes stress because of the big changes it usually involves. Buying a new property is a major financial commitment, almost always costing more than anticipated, however carefully you do your sums. Apart from the almost inevitable degree of financial stress involved, there is also the factor of departing from familiar surroundings for relatively unknown territory, which can mean leaving good neighbors behind, and in the case of children, saying goodbye to friends at school - and children, noted for their general dislike of change, will quite often resist the idea of moving to a new area very strongly.
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