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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it depends on your health and how big your house is.  If you have an 8000SF home in McLean, maybe you downsize when the kids are in college/done with college.

If you have a 3000 or 4000SF house with a first floor master suite, I would think there's no urgency unless you need the equity out of it or don't want to pay for cleaning and lawn care as you get older.[/quote]

Lol, 3-4k sf house is not a small house. Particularly if you're cleaning it yourself. [/quote]

Does anyone still clean their house themselves?[/quote]

Ummm....yes.  I only have a cleaner come once per month for our condo (2 bed/2 bath), and I keep it clean the rest of the time.  Easy to do when it's small, only 2 of us, and I try to stay on top of it every few days.  So it's never that messy/dirty. 
But we also bought a 3K sq ft home that we spend about 1/3 of time at.  It's been 4 years now and I still haven't hired cleaners, because I'd want to be there when they are cleaning (until I can really trust them---I've always had local, independent L&Bonded cleaners who came highly recommended, never used a service), and I don't want to just have to have it cleaned once every month on a schedule---I want it cleaned after we leave or before we have guests coming.  So far, I just do it all myself (I'm retired).  Good exercise and it's nice to clean the house the day you depart anyhow so it's fresh next time you arrive.

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Oh, and I'm worth more than 0.001% of people who are on DCUM.  So I could afford to have a cleaner, just have been doing it myself. [/quote]

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