Reply to Retirees buying 4,000 sq ft houses?

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "Retirees buying 4,000 sq ft houses?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]My parents, who are mid-70s, recently bought a 3000 sq ft house with a two car garage and a 1000 sq foot accessory dwelling. It is not for visiting kids or grandkids as everyone lives within an hours drive. They each have their own bedroom and both wanted their own "office" (they do not work). The truth is they don't get along very well and lead almost entirely separate lives, and my mom, in particular, wants a home large enough to be able to spend most of her day without interacting with my dad. They also conceal the fact that they are both basically organized hoarders by having a home large enough to store an enormous amount of stuff, but because it's neatly stored in organized boxes on custom shelves and everything is labeled, no one would call them a hoarder. Instead they'd ask my mom who she hired to do the organizer (the answer is no one, she did it all herself, she has OCD and this is perhaps the only positive aspect of it).

I would love if instead of my parents buying his home, they had spent time in therapy addressing their mental health issues and their relationship. I wish they were spending these years enjoying time with family (or, if it were possible, each other). They didn't. They have tons of money and can afford this house. So here we are. It is at least preferable to them being at each other's throats in a smaller home, or engaging in dangerous hoarding  without the money and space to make it aesthetically pleasing. It's not environmentally conscious and it seems short-sighted to me, but it's not my life or my money and I'm content to stay out of it.

We are the only family who isn't local to them, and when we come visit, we will be asked to stay in a hotel, though my DD will be invite to spend the night for 1:1 time with my mom. So I guess there is that?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics