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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP.  Thanks everyone for the replies.  Update is I spoke with mom and she accepted my offer to buy them some cheap furniture, but asked shouldn't she pick it out herself...?  :shock:  Which is opening a whole other can of worms as she is really indecisive and slow, but I told her OK, I will send you a few options and you let me know by Friday, otherwise I'm picking things out myself.  Then this weekend, my brother who lives close by will go to IKEA to buy the furniture and probably assemble it himself.

To respond to more recent posters: my parents have a little furniture, but in their own rooms (e.g., dad's home office).  None of it is suitable for the common areas, though, such as an office chair.  My parents and I get along fine and DD's toddler self loves spending time with them so I would much rather we stay with them and I think the few sticks of furniture we get will make a huge difference to our (and their!) comfort.  Several posters have expressed concern about my parents' cognitive function.  I think they're okay right now, but it is probably in decline.  It's very frustrating to me to hear about their experiences with their contractors because whether it has to do with their cognitive function or not, they are getting taken advantage of.  I wish I lived close by because I would help them out A LOT (and happily), but there's hardly anything I can do from this distance.  My brother is close to them (relationship and distance-wise) so I will broach this with him and ask him to keep an eye out for cognitive issues.[/quote]

You can make phone calls from afar.  If your parents will let yo- take over the management of the project and put a fire under those contractor's or at least get their side of the story- then you can establish how much help your parents may need.  If the contractor's start talking to a person who is direct and capable, it may go more quickly. You can have your brother verify work being done.

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