My parents are not in a similar situation to yours and are having similar thoughts. My advice is make whatever your decision is soon as if you don't do it now you won't do it in five years.I would welcome the views of others on this and from anyone who has already downsized.
+ 1 to this.First of all, do you need all that "stuff"? I would suggest getting rid of all the stuff. And then see where you are.
Instead of cleaning and gardening yourselves you could pay someone to do it.
Another possibility is to lock up our home for the winter and move to different locations in Spain etc for a few of the winter months. We can afford to do this.
Will be very interested to hear your plans on this - ferry / driving / costs? Not on this thread, but wld you start another one?Next winter we will bring our own car
Would it be a lot easier to 'shut up shop' and spend time abroad if you had a smaller, lower maintenance, property in Dublin?Another possibility is to lock up our home for the winter and move to different locations in Spain etc for a few of the winter months
This is very true. For most downsizers buying into an existing development wouldn’t be wise.They don't want to move from an area they've lived for 40 years with good neighbours, to an apartment block predominantly occupied by renters in their 20s and 30s.
Would something like the stables in mount Merrion not have appealed? Think about the scenario where one of you passes away in the future, will the other person stay in the house or move then? If they would be likely to move better to do it now as a couple than leave someone have to do it alone on top of everything else imo.Thanks everyone for the feedback.
At some stage or another we have discussed all of the above suggestions among ourselves.
We have someone who trims back our garden trees now. I have stopped cleaning our windows and I no longer feel the need to climb up a ladder anymore. I even pay to have my car washed and hoovered..
My wife would move in to an apartment tomorrow. I am not so keen.
My son bought a 3 bed semi close to us a few years back and spent €200k on refurbishment. It's a fantastic job......but we have lived in a detached home for over 45 years. We like the space. We also lived in a bungalow for 15 years and loved it. Easy to maintain. I would move to a bungalow with garage if I found one already refurbished. At least that's what I tell myself but I am not sure when it came to the crunch that I would.
We have enough room downstairs to turn our dining room in to a bedroom and also room to put in a good sized bathroom. I like the idea of having a room available for a live in carer.
NoRegretsCoyot. We actually viewed the mock up of The Pinnacle apartments in Mount Merrion. (We used to visit the Stella Cinema where they are building these as teenagers). The idea of looking over a busy street actually appealed to us. We know the area extremely well. Not sure that I would want to spend €900k on an apartment a third the size of our existing home. There are other apartments and stand alone new properties coming on stream in the area and we will view them in due course.
We are travelling to Spain next week to have a look at an area around Murcia. I know that Leper has a place local and is always helpful in his advice. We think that we will spend a winter month or two in Spain and see how this works out.
Getting rid of stuff would be difficult for us. Our existing rooms all have furniture, even though those rooms are seldom used.
I think we have left it too late to move. I think we should have done it 10 years ago. We have had grandchildren stay with us....but even they are getting old now and don't stay as much. Not only are our own children's toys still sitting in boxes...but our grand children's toys are now sitting unused.
same if you've lived in detached house, I occasionally stay with a friend who has an apartment and the sounds from upstairs/downstairs/through the walls I would find hard to deal with!
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