My parents lived in 'rooms' when they first married. They then moved to a prefab, which my Mum loved and had my sister. They then upgraded to a little house on a cul-de-sac when they had me.
When they moved to Bedford, they lived in a Corporation house that went with my Dad's job. Then they 'took the plunge' and went for a house that cost £7,000 in 1969, not knowing if they'd taken too much of a risk. It paid off, as when they wanted to move back up here, it was in 1988, when the houses were selling for huge amounts and they sold it for £94,000, bought this bungalow for cash and invested the rest.