I feel like I'm getting ready for something new, too. Not right yet, but soon. I'd really like something together with my gf, though that's always a risk, especially considering that we're with kids (of which one is in puberty). Will see...
For mom it's more necessity than wanting. But that's what it is, and there are a lot of perks of living in the new flat. She'll make it her own in no time, both the flat and the garden. She already knows the neighborhood very well, a lot of her friends live there - I think out of 14 houses, 9 are friends of hers. Still, lots of nostalgia.