At the end of November 1981, Hilda Ogden returned to Coronation Street after a short visit to her brother Archie Crabtree and to see his brand new house. Struck by the difference between Archie's home and No.13, she decided that she wanted to move up in the world and buy a new house. After viewing one on the River Park Estate she decided to sell No.13 and was told by the salesman that their house would fetch £7,000 which they could use as a deposit for their new home, for which the asking price was £17,000. Stan was against the idea of moving but Hilda badgered him into it and agreed that lodger Eddie Yeats could move with them, his rent helping towards the mortgage.