Inbuilt desire to own.....

I wonder when the first seeds are sewn into our mind that we should have a home of our own. What conscious or subconscious thoughts are placed to return time and time again to start up the yearning for our own home. It's okay when you do own your home, you settle into a routine of living in what you have, decorate it as you so desire and maintain and improve it until its use is up. Then thoughts go to "is it time we move? do we need a bigger or smaller space? Do we want to live in a different suburb closer or further away from town etc etc etc."

My parents were 10 pound Poms from England. They moved to Brisbane in 1964 and for the next 6 years they moved 6 times. Then my Mum put her foot down and told Dad that the next house they bought had better be the one he could live in for a long time because she wasn't moving again.

So they bought a 3 bedroom brick house on an acre of land, 28kms from Brisbane. It was a very basic rectangle box and was considered to be located in the "sticks". They paid $14k for it then and 26 years later sold it for $220k. They had extended with a further 3 bedrooms, double garage, swimming pool and it was fully landscaped. Two years after it sold again for $650k.
They had been happy in this house, it had served them well. They saw 3 kids grow up, get jobs, drive and park numerous vehicles in the front yard, move out, move back, and move out finally for good. Then they were empty nesters, a large big house with the two of them echoing through it.
So the thoughts started of moving again, to a smaller more manageable block, to a more suitable house. It wasn't long and they sold and moved to the eighth home. Three years later they did it again.... sold and bought the "final retirement" Unit. Located close to my brother and his family, across from the beach and close to all the amenities they would need to see their later years out. Their next stop would be an aged care facility and this could be years away.

So when you no longer own your home and you rent a home why then does the yearning start all over again?