Meet the serial-mover who has moved house 20 TIMES in 10 years - and lived with rat infestations and Hollywood directors.<br /><br />Barbara DelleMonache, 29, has grown accustomed to being on the move and has only recently found her 'forever home.'<br /><br />She says she's moved so many times because of a combination of "bad luck" with renting whilst also wanting to expand and broaden her horizons in her 20s.<br /><br />In one of her first moves, she lived with roommates who stole from her and overcharged her on bills.<br /><br />Elsewhere she witnessed a shooting on her front porch and had to move out just two days after arriving.<br /><br />She was 'kicked out' of a small town after making a 'joke' video in Indiana about the lack of things to do there - later forced to leave after being threatened by angry locals and fired by the theatre company.<br /><br />She also rented a cottage from the late Hollywood producer, director and actor, Ewing Miles Brown, and has lived all over the US, as well as Spain and New Zealand.<br /><br />Curly hair business owner Barbara says she never intended to move so frequently but believes her unfortunate renting luck and nomadic lifestyle has cost her $20,000 in moving fees.<br /><br />Barbara, from Mullica Hill, New Jersey, US, said: "I feel like I've lived my best life in 20 different lives!<br /><br />"Really what changed my heart on that was covid. <br /><br />"I became more introverted. <br /><br />"Before that, I was more of a free spirit and I didn't have many things.<br /><br />"But after I met my husband and had a successful business, I moved less.<br /><br />"I really hope I have to never move again."<br /><br />When she was 18, Barbara moved to LA for a four-month acting semester.<br /><br />She enjoyed it so much, after a brief spell back at home, she moved there permanently, moving in with friend initially before renting her own studio apartment.<br /><br />Her fourth place saw her renting with a work colleague for eight months.<br /><br />Barbara said: "I was supposed to be there for a year but it was a horrible roommate situation. <br /><br />"She told me that I owed a ridiculous amount of money for electricity every month and I was young and naïve and I didn't realise. <br /><br />"I caught her stealing money from me in the middle of the night."<br /><br />Frantically looking for a place, Barbara managed to rent a cottage from Ewing Miles Brown.<br /><br />She said: "It didn't even have a photo on the website but I went to see it anyway. <br /><br />"This 96-year-old man opens the door with his fifth wife - his nickname was 'Lucky Brown.'<br /><br />"It was this small cottage behind his house. <br /><br />"It was mouldy and dirty but I was desperate and saw the potential. <br /><br />"Two days later I moved in. <br /><br />"But there were rats and cockroaches everywhere.<br /><br />"It was crazy but also cool as I was able to go to Hollywood parties through his connections."<br /><br />Barbara then moved to Tennessee for a theatre contract, while the seventh move was a combination of places as the show went on tour to Las Vegas and New Zealand.<br /><br />There was a quick stop back at Lucky Brown's Hollywood pad for eight, before she drove 600 miles across the US for move nine.
