Back in the day, we realised we couldn't have it all, bought a cheap house and then worked our way up.
We bought ex council as our first home, loved it, then when second baby came along we moved to a bit bigger house, bit extra mortgage but we were earning a bit more.
Eventually we moved to this house, mainly to get the best education in the area, stretched us a bit but well worth it, now lived here for coming up to 23 years.
Love it here and never felt the urge to move, mind you a lottery win would see us in a nice bungalow
But I can assure you, back in the day people were moving up the ladder all the time, wanting to do a bit better for themselves or to give themselves a little nest egg for their later years.
Nothing wrong with it either, if people didn't move up the ladder then there would never be the opportunity for others to geT on that first rung.