YOU SAID:
I have lived in a house for a while
INTO JAPANESE
私はしばらく家に住んでいました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I lived at home for a while
INTO JAPANESE
私はしばらく家に住んでいた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I lived home for a while
INTO JAPANESE
私はしばらく家に住んでいた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I lived home for a while
Come on, you can do better than that.