Learn English – “Moving house” vs “moving houses”

grammaticality

Which is more natural between the two of these sentences?

I plan to move house next month.
I plan to move houses next month.

Are there any places where move houses should be used over move house or vice versa?

Best Answer

In the UK I think people only ever move house, unless they're talking about more than one household moving at the same time. But in the vernacular, house builders and estate agents (US realtors) might well talk of "moving houses" to mean "selling houses".

This NGram indicates "move house" is the dominant form, but switching between American and British books suggests that tendency is less marked in the US.

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