Very much so.
Jan and I ought to contemplate moving. We are in a house that once accommodated 8 people. It's just that family circumstances mean that we are permanently emotionally drained. We did go and look at a house in the summer, which would have been a slight downsize. There were two issues: firstly, there had been a loft conversion with a sort-of hybrid staircase/ladder leading to it. Jan took one look and decided she couldn't tackle it. I didn't find it difficult, but it was steep and I reckon it was a fatal accident waiting to happen for someone getting old and frail.
The other issue was that it was just off the sea front. Very convenient for going for a swim, but that area of Southend is barely above sea level. I'm not ruling out significant sea level rise in my lifetime, and even at current sea levels, a violent storm at high tide could well overwhelm the sea wall. I think if we do move, a stipulation will be at least 20 metres above sea level.
