SlurrySlump
Registered User
- Messages
- 627
Just wondering if anyone here has downsized their home or has considered doing so?
We live in a 5 bedroom, 4 reception home. Lovely in the summer. Cold in the winter. The house is about 30 years old. Back garden 60' x 40'. Nice area in Dublin, close to all supermarkets, DART, N11, schools and hospitals. Plenty of off street parking.
We are not sure if we want to make the move. Nor are we sure if we should move in to a smaller house or apartment if we do. But it makes sense to do so as we will have difficulty managing the garden and maintaining the house going forward.
I feel that if we don't make the move now we never will. We are in our late 60's.
Has anyone regretted downsizing to an apartment that ended up being too small or downsized to an apartment that was too big and therefore a waste of money?
It would be nice to have a lock up and go that would free us up to going abroad to the places that we like for longer periods of time.
One of our concerns is that while our garden is a bit of a chore, we like pottering about in it, and would miss it. Not sure if a balcony would be a substitute.
My own parents didn't downsize. In the end the house was in a poor state after years of taking care of it. The garden became overgrown after years of proudly showing it off.
We live in a 5 bedroom, 4 reception home. Lovely in the summer. Cold in the winter. The house is about 30 years old. Back garden 60' x 40'. Nice area in Dublin, close to all supermarkets, DART, N11, schools and hospitals. Plenty of off street parking.
We are not sure if we want to make the move. Nor are we sure if we should move in to a smaller house or apartment if we do. But it makes sense to do so as we will have difficulty managing the garden and maintaining the house going forward.
I feel that if we don't make the move now we never will. We are in our late 60's.
Has anyone regretted downsizing to an apartment that ended up being too small or downsized to an apartment that was too big and therefore a waste of money?
It would be nice to have a lock up and go that would free us up to going abroad to the places that we like for longer periods of time.
One of our concerns is that while our garden is a bit of a chore, we like pottering about in it, and would miss it. Not sure if a balcony would be a substitute.
My own parents didn't downsize. In the end the house was in a poor state after years of taking care of it. The garden became overgrown after years of proudly showing it off.