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My grandmother is living alone at the moment in a house where she and her husband raised 4 boys, each with their room and a bathroom for the children at the fir
by johnchristopher 7y ago
My grandmother is living alone at the moment in a house where she and her husband raised 4 boys, each with their room and a bathroom for the children at the first floor and a bedroom, an office, a kitchen and a living room at floor level. There's also a basement with a parking space for the car and three rooms and a laundry room. And it's surrounded by a 0.35 acres garden.
Yet, it's cheaper to live in the empty house than renting something smaller or getting into a elder facility care house.
- masklinn 7y agoStaying in the home you own and have raised your family in makes sense (my own grandmother is in the same situation). The article is not about that, it's about people who decide to move to gigantic "dream homes" as they reach retirement age, and apparently we're supposed to feel bad that they have a hard time selling them for more than they built them.
- johnchristopher 7y agoIt's about being stuck with something inadequate.