I think one reason I'm glad for our "no house" lifestyle now is that we built three houses over the years (one a starter home and two custom homes later). We did all of the landscaping on each and a lot of interior work (painting, etc.) We had gardens and worked on the house or yard ALL the time. We have always been frugal and have rarely hired out any work, inside or outside the home. DH doesn't like having workers around, and I could never have a housekeeper for this reason (until we lived in the condo in Belize and housekeepers came with our HOA -- he still didn't like their weekly visits, but I did!)

I think we just really burned out on all that is entailed in being a homeowner. Don't get me wrong; I love not sharing walls or floors with neighbors and the privacy of a house, but there are many tradeoffs. It's kind of a "been there, done that, time for another phase of life" now for us. We are so enjoying having fewer possessions, only one car (but six bikes!) and being able to pick up and go wherever, whenever without being tied to a house and yard.

We love nature and woods and as a result, I can't ever say we'll never buy another home on acreage and make a wonderful place for ourselves (and work ourselves to death, as we have in the past), but I'm beginning to think we're past the ages to do that again, especially since we're no longer working and can finally travel the way we always wanted to.