I used to live on Lakenheath back in ‘95-‘97, not here though, we lived across from the high school...so many great memories of England, we traveled a lot in Europe and got to see so many cool places!
Thank you so much for posting this! I have been scouring the internet trying to find something like this! My husband and I are a family of 6 relocating there soon.
Man.. I was livin here for awhile cause my dad was in the military, i really miss Liberty Village. Back in Philly but would really like to visit England again
@@MandyIrizarry I think when your time is over at Lakenheath, you'll feel differently. Those were the best years of my life. My whole family felt that way. We left there in 1972, and I still miss it. There are Lakenheath reunions that still happen every year. Your kids will leave a piece of their hearts there. ❤️
@@MandyIrizarry had my dad not been retiring, we would have stayed. The 1st 2 yrs we were there, we lived in Brandon. We loved it. But I think for kids, being with all of your friends, hanging at the AYA, or bowling alley, was the best. I was in the 6th grade when the Lakenheath elementary school opened. My best friend lived in Worlington. That's where I took riding lessons. I took my son there in 2011. I had to show him the places I hung out. Oh, the memories!
I'm so glad I found a current video! We just got orders to Lakenheath and are wondering about housing. I'd love to live on base in this housing. Was the wait list long? Is it hard to get this nicer housing? Any info is super appreciated! :)
Hey! You will love living here. So our situation is a bit odd. We tried to get a base house about 2 years ago but they house list for a 4 bedroom (which is what we need) was 18 months long, but we also applied in November. After being on the list for 10 months we just gave up and took our names off of it. Then in April, we decided to put our names on the list again because our landlord decided to sell the house we were renting. Housing called us 24 hours later saying we had a house. They told us we were actually the only ones on the list at the time that could get a house so it worked out perfectly for us. If you can't get a house right away and you end up renting a house off base you can only move out of that house after you've been in your lease for 6 months that's the only downfall. But after 6 months you can break your lease if you are moving into base housing. We didn't really want to live on base but we have had some really awful landlords here and were just over it. Plus we only have 2 years left here so we figured this was just meant to be. If you want newer housing, I suggest sticking to Lakenheath, there is housing at RAF Feltwell but it is older. If you need any more information send me an email (mandyirizarry218@yahoo.com). :) Good luck in your travels!
Nice base housing . How long has your husband been in the Air Force ? I served August ' 71 - May ' 75 . Your family & you are very fortunate to have a beautiful home to live in overseas . Love the power garage door opener , Hope your van fit in the garage ,
Thanks for this video! We PCS to Mildenhall in 2 months and we’re hoping to get a house in liberty village. Is this enlisted housing? My husband is an E5 and we have 3 children plus twin boys on the way. Was wondering if this house is an option for us. Love the layout.
We are an incoming family of 6 (husband is E-5, possibly E-6 upon arrival).. girl (9), boy (7), girl (4), girl (2). Do our family stats qualify for the 4bd? We've heard the waitlist can be egregious for those already over there.. is this the case for incoming families all the same? Should we expect that a home like this wouldn't be available when arriving in July?
You should qualify for a 3 bedroom since your little two are both girls they will be expected to share a room. We aren't there anymore so I'm not sure the wait list time. But I would live off base hands down over living on base. I hated living on base. LOL!
My Husband just found out he has orders to Lankenheath! We will be leaving North Carolina, and arriving here late October! I have a 3 year old Daughter and a 7 month old Son. So we’ll most likely have a 3 bedroom.
We lived off base the first 5 years there and LOVED IT! We only moved onto base for our last 2 years because we were tired of dealing with landlords. Our last one did us over bad and we were fed up. If we had to go back and do it again we WOULD NOT HAVE MOVED ON BASE. We hated living on base.
@@Kindness808 they are nice but we are a large family and it was tight having 6 of us in a 4 bedroom. The kids run wild on the base and a lot of the parents just let them. We had our cars scratched. We had things go missing from our yard. And so many issues that we had to put up cameras on all sides of our house.
Haven't you got the floors the wrong way round? UK, ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor, US, 1st floor 2nd floor, 3rd floor. Notice you say back garden rather than the American yard.
I can't used to how the English say ground floor, 1st floor, etc. LOL. I just cant rewire that. But yes I do say garden instead of yard because it makes much more sense to my brain. I'm complicated like that. LOL
Thanks for posting this video. Thanks for the tour! I just found out today that after I finish tech school I'll be going there for my first base, I'm super excited!! Definitely getting on the list to live in base! Ps have your children attended school on base, and if so was it a good experience? Thanks!!!
Blazing Apollo We actually removed the mechanism on top of all the doors that made them fire doors. I hated how they slammed shut and was worried we’d lose a finger or two. Now they don’t slam shut on their own.
As I brit watching it's funny how we have different names for things A half bath is a down stairs loo . The electric outlets are plug sockets . Kitchen cabinets are cupboards and even the bigger ones are just called cupboards too . We go from ground floor to first floor to second. And we have wardrobes in bedrooms. It's funny how we have different names for things
Isn't it funny. I will admit there are some British words that we have taken to and use daily now. But after living here for almost 7 years guess its expected. LOL
@@MandyIrizarry one thing I always hear on American TV shows and movies is bologna judge Judy says it all the time hahaha I've just found out that you can get it in tesco and it's called mortadella so if you miss this that on a sandwich tesco do have it just under a different name lol
Who would qualify for a 4 bedroom house? My husband is a E4 and we have a 6 & 4 year old boys with a baby girl on the way in May. We will be moving there in August.
Because you have two boys that are both under 10 yrs of age, they will be expected to share a room and your baby girl will have her own so you would be offered a 3 bdrm house. After your oldest turns 10 then you could apply for 4 bdrm.
So the first time about 3 years prior we were on the list for 10 months before being offered a house. We decided to pass at that time because we were comfortable in our house. We moved into base housing now because our landlord sold the house and we only have 2 more years left here, so we just decided to try for it. We were on the list for 24 hours and got the call. THIS IS NOT NORMAL THOUGH. There wasn't anyone on the list at the time which is not normal.
I didnt mean to say are these homes available now. Just wondering if this style of home is an option. The base we at is constantly remodeling the floor plans.
It's not going to take long for you to ruin the blinds the way you pull down on them. Pull the string to lift the blinds when you want to look out. Or gently lift the slats. Those kinds of mini blinds crease easy. Lovely home! And a great job showing it. We lived at Lakenheath many moons ago. Before they built these homes. You're so lucky to live there.
please tell me there are houses available right now lol i cant get anyone at housing to give me any info.... been in newmarket for 4 years and needing to be on base for our second tour here.... im so tired of on the economy living.. i neeed friiiiends lol ;)
I have no idea if there are any unfortunately. Have you tried getting on the list? I know the first time we were on the list for 9 months being offered a house. We declined it because we loved our off base house. I regret living on base, I miss living off base so much. We are only here for another 10 months (this is our second tour) then we outta here. 😅
@@MandyIrizarry looks like we're follow suit.... hmm maybe i should just find something in ELY :) i love living on economy but our house on the highstreet gets too many drunk walkers.... and i have 3 kids soooo :)
Gotcha. Yeah we have 4 kiddos but our off base house that we loved was in a tiny village. We only moved into base housing because our landlord decided to sell the house. :( And we had less than 2 years left here at the time, so I said I'd suck it up and deal. I regret it now.
So we are an end house in our group of houses which means we have grass on the side of our driveway. I back my US spec van into my spot, half parking on the grass. Then my husband backs up his UK spec car besides the van. A few months before we PCS he will start parking up at the grade school since we are a block from it, so I can park in the driveway and we can re-seed the grass we have killed.
@@MandyIrizarry Thank You. I will be moving there soon and we have 2 vehicles, so I’m hoping this won’t be a issue for us. We appreciate your house tour as well.
I used to live on Lakenheath back in ‘95-‘97, not here though, we lived across from the high school...so many great memories of England, we traveled a lot in Europe and got to see so many cool places!
Traveling is our favorite thing to do. I can't believe we are in our last year here now.
Thank you so much for posting this! I have been scouring the internet trying to find something like this! My husband and I are a family of 6 relocating there soon.
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Man.. I was livin here for awhile cause my dad was in the military, i really miss Liberty Village. Back in Philly but would really like to visit England again
We love England but I personally hate living on base.
@@MandyIrizarry May I ask why you hate living on base ?
@@MandyIrizarry I think when your time is over at Lakenheath, you'll feel differently. Those were the best years of my life. My whole family felt that way. We left there in 1972, and I still miss it. There are Lakenheath reunions that still happen every year. Your kids will leave a piece of their hearts there. ❤️
Tracy Stanzione Rothwell oh I love living in England. We extended our orders so we could stay longer. I just hate living on base 😂
@@MandyIrizarry had my dad not been retiring, we would have stayed. The 1st 2 yrs we were there, we lived in Brandon. We loved it. But I think for kids, being with all of your friends, hanging at the AYA, or bowling alley, was the best. I was in the 6th grade when the Lakenheath elementary school opened. My best friend lived in Worlington. That's where I took riding lessons. I took my son there in 2011. I had to show him the places I hung out. Oh, the memories!
It's Change so much since the late 80's
I bet.
I'm so glad I found a current video! We just got orders to Lakenheath and are wondering about housing. I'd love to live on base in this housing. Was the wait list long? Is it hard to get this nicer housing? Any info is super appreciated! :)
Hey! You will love living here. So our situation is a bit odd. We tried to get a base house about 2 years ago but they house list for a 4 bedroom (which is what we need) was 18 months long, but we also applied in November. After being on the list for 10 months we just gave up and took our names off of it.
Then in April, we decided to put our names on the list again because our landlord decided to sell the house we were renting. Housing called us 24 hours later saying we had a house. They told us we were actually the only ones on the list at the time that could get a house so it worked out perfectly for us. If you can't get a house right away and you end up renting a house off base you can only move out of that house after you've been in your lease for 6 months that's the only downfall. But after 6 months you can break your lease if you are moving into base housing.
We didn't really want to live on base but we have had some really awful landlords here and were just over it. Plus we only have 2 years left here so we figured this was just meant to be. If you want newer housing, I suggest sticking to Lakenheath, there is housing at RAF Feltwell but it is older.
If you need any more information send me an email (mandyirizarry218@yahoo.com). :) Good luck in your travels!
Nice base housing . How long has your husband been in the Air Force ? I served August ' 71 - May ' 75 . Your family & you are very fortunate to have a beautiful home to live in overseas . Love the power garage door opener , Hope your van fit in the garage ,
Bob Shaw he is coming up to 13 years now. He wants to go till 20 years. Thank you for your service.
Thanks for this video! We PCS to Mildenhall in 2 months and we’re hoping to get a house in liberty village. Is this enlisted housing? My husband is an E5 and we have 3 children plus twin boys on the way. Was wondering if this house is an option for us. Love the layout.
Have you arrived at RAFM already?
We are an incoming family of 6 (husband is E-5, possibly E-6 upon arrival).. girl (9), boy (7), girl (4), girl (2). Do our family stats qualify for the 4bd? We've heard the waitlist can be egregious for those already over there.. is this the case for incoming families all the same? Should we expect that a home like this wouldn't be available when arriving in July?
You should qualify for a 3 bedroom since your little two are both girls they will be expected to share a room. We aren't there anymore so I'm not sure the wait list time. But I would live off base hands down over living on base. I hated living on base. LOL!
My Husband just found out he has orders to Lankenheath! We will be leaving North Carolina, and arriving here late October! I have a 3 year old Daughter and a 7 month old Son. So we’ll most likely have a 3 bedroom.
I won't lie, you will probably have to rent off base while you wait because the waitlist for 2 & 3 bedrooms is pretty long.
Darn! Yeah we were told housing gets taken fast! We’re going to try to apply months in advance, and hope for the best.😭😂
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Maybe have a PSC to the UK in the next year. How did you decide to live on or off base?
We lived off base the first 5 years there and LOVED IT! We only moved onto base for our last 2 years because we were tired of dealing with landlords. Our last one did us over bad and we were fed up. If we had to go back and do it again we WOULD NOT HAVE MOVED ON BASE. We hated living on base.
@@MandyIrizarry Thanks for the info. What were the drawbacks on base? The units look so nice in videos.
@@Kindness808 they are nice but we are a large family and it was tight having 6 of us in a 4 bedroom. The kids run wild on the base and a lot of the parents just let them. We had our cars scratched. We had things go missing from our yard. And so many issues that we had to put up cameras on all sides of our house.
@@MandyIrizarry That’s too bad. Sounds like that is just what it’s like to live on base these days. Doesn’t seem to matter where. :-/
Thank you so much for this video. Just wondering is this officers house or enlisted?
This is enlisted.
@@MandyIrizarry thank you. New subscriber here☺️
Haven't you got the floors the wrong way round? UK, ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor, US, 1st floor 2nd floor, 3rd floor.
Notice you say back garden rather than the American yard.
I can't used to how the English say ground floor, 1st floor, etc. LOL. I just cant rewire that. But yes I do say garden instead of yard because it makes much more sense to my brain. I'm complicated like that. LOL
What are you using to film this? Just a phone? Or a digital camera? Great video!
Hey thanks! I use this camera ... amzn.to/2Zp40Nc
I prefer joining the us army one day but I wish they would have a few bases in England cuz those houses look nice as hell
sasuke uchiha 😂 they aren’t bad. I’ve seen worse with other military branches.
Thanks for posting this video. Thanks for the tour! I just found out today that after I finish tech school I'll be going there for my first base, I'm super excited!! Definitely getting on the list to live in base! Ps have your children attended school on base, and if so was it a good experience? Thanks!!!
Yes the schools on base are pretty awesome. We don't have any complaints.
Good luck and thank you for your service
Im not used to the fire wall and door but I remember the layout i miss the base and watch out for your kids fingers in the doors they draw blood
Blazing Apollo We actually removed the mechanism on top of all the doors that made them fire doors. I hated how they slammed shut and was worried we’d lose a finger or two. Now they don’t slam shut on their own.
As I brit watching it's funny how we have different names for things
A half bath is a down stairs loo . The electric outlets are plug sockets . Kitchen cabinets are cupboards and even the bigger ones are just called cupboards too . We go from ground floor to first floor to second. And we have wardrobes in bedrooms. It's funny how we have different names for things
Isn't it funny. I will admit there are some British words that we have taken to and use daily now. But after living here for almost 7 years guess its expected. LOL
@@MandyIrizarry one thing I always hear on American TV shows and movies is bologna judge Judy says it all the time hahaha I've just found out that you can get it in tesco and it's called mortadella so if you miss this that on a sandwich tesco do have it just under a different name lol
I born uk...joined usaf when 24....bases all over states and far East stationed lakenheath....retired.
Who would qualify for a 4 bedroom house? My husband is a E4 and we have a 6 & 4 year old boys with a baby girl on the way in May. We will be moving there in August.
Because you have two boys that are both under 10 yrs of age, they will be expected to share a room and your baby girl will have her own so you would be offered a 3 bdrm house. After your oldest turns 10 then you could apply for 4 bdrm.
Down the Rabbit Hole what about me an E5 and a 13 year old child
IMPACT BEAUTY is it just you two? If so you’ll just qualify for a two bedroom.
How long were yall on the waiting list for?
So the first time about 3 years prior we were on the list for 10 months before being offered a house. We decided to pass at that time because we were comfortable in our house. We moved into base housing now because our landlord sold the house and we only have 2 more years left here, so we just decided to try for it. We were on the list for 24 hours and got the call. THIS IS NOT NORMAL THOUGH. There wasn't anyone on the list at the time which is not normal.
Is this style of home still available. Just found out we are moving?
I'm not sure what they have available at the moment. How many kiddo's do you have? We've have a few neighbors PCSing within the next few weeks.
I have 3 kids ages 1 yr. 11 and 17. I know the ages are spaced apart haha
I didnt mean to say are these homes available now. Just wondering if this style of home is an option. The base we at is constantly remodeling the floor plans.
Yeah no remoldening here. RAF Lakenheath and part of RAF Feltwell is pretty new houses.
It's not going to take long for you to ruin the blinds the way you pull down on them. Pull the string to lift the blinds when you want to look out. Or gently lift the slats. Those kinds of mini blinds crease easy. Lovely home! And a great job showing it. We lived at Lakenheath many moons ago. Before they built these homes. You're so lucky to live there.
I know how to use the blinds. I've grown up with this type and next once have damaged them. So thanks and have a blessed day.
You live so close to us
please tell me there are houses available right now lol i cant get anyone at housing to give me any info.... been in newmarket for 4 years and needing to be on base for our second tour here.... im so tired of on the economy living.. i neeed friiiiends lol ;)
I have no idea if there are any unfortunately. Have you tried getting on the list? I know the first time we were on the list for 9 months being offered a house. We declined it because we loved our off base house. I regret living on base, I miss living off base so much. We are only here for another 10 months (this is our second tour) then we outta here. 😅
@@MandyIrizarry looks like we're follow suit.... hmm maybe i should just find something in ELY :) i love living on economy but our house on the highstreet gets too many drunk walkers.... and i have 3 kids soooo :)
Gotcha. Yeah we have 4 kiddos but our off base house that we loved was in a tiny village. We only moved into base housing because our landlord decided to sell the house. :( And we had less than 2 years left here at the time, so I said I'd suck it up and deal. I regret it now.
@@MandyIrizarry
What don’t you like about living on base or liberty village?
Is this officer housing?
No
How do you guys park multiple vehicles?
So we are an end house in our group of houses which means we have grass on the side of our driveway. I back my US spec van into my spot, half parking on the grass. Then my husband backs up his UK spec car besides the van. A few months before we PCS he will start parking up at the grade school since we are a block from it, so I can park in the driveway and we can re-seed the grass we have killed.
@@MandyIrizarry Thank You. I will be moving there soon and we have 2 vehicles, so I’m hoping this won’t be a issue for us. We appreciate your house tour as well.
Sculthorpe ?
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Small garden, that's an average size garden for the UK, lol.
We've lived in several houses here and this is by far the smallest garden we've have at a house.
@@MandyIrizarry You must be millionaires.
NOISE
Still think it's great accommodation for forces personnel.
It's not bad. Just small for a large family like ours. :)
Pretty sure American is first second third and UK is ground first second 😂
Yeah I just don't like saying ground, first, second. It's extremely weird to me 😂