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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t downsize to a townhouse.  Many have over 30 steps.  Not good for aging knees.[/quote]

Master suit on ground floor is a must after 60.[/quote]

My parents are 77 and bought a small two-story house a few years ago (there were no one-stories in the community). They lived in a two-story house for the 40 years before that, too[b]. I’m convinced that having to climb stairs daily is about the best way to keep healthy as you age.[/b] Of course, that all changes with real disability, but for many folks now that doesn’t come until well into your 80s. [/quote]

+1 my mom moved with my sister to a home that has two masters - one on main floor (mom) and one upstairs (sister). After living in a house  that had half-flights of stairs she regularly used with no issues she now never has to go up more than one step and her mobility has deteriorated rapidly.

I'm not sure what we will do -- kids are now in college and we live in the same house we bought before kids and then did a modest addition. It's a good size for us (and has two flights, down to basement and up to master bed/bath) but as the home value has risen our property taxes have gotten really high. DH would like us to move mainly to lower the taxes but he hates condos. But I don't want to leave my whole social group and volunteer work so I'd want to stay in the area. Realistically then, that means a townhouse. It's still down the road a while but I occasionally look at townhouse listings. I think what I'd want is something that does have a room/bath on the entry level just in case one of us has a issue that requires using that, either as a short term solution (e.g. someone has surgery?) or in transition if we'd reached the point where it's time to fully move to assisted living/CCR.[/quote]

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