I have to Admit Frank, I am getting all worn out with this home owership crock in todays world.
I owned other homes only to have a place to raise the kids. Had I not have had children I would have been content to live in a tent with someone I cared about.
Today with just Hubby and I , taxes going sky high and facing the cost to replace our appliances and furninace, the idea of renting is at this time in my life looking better and better.
When the numbers are mashed, for the cost of just a roof over our head we could be living in an apartment in a complex with a comunity swiming pool, a weight and work out room. Close enough to town for transit system to get down town to shop.
I never thought I would ever get to this point in life, willing and eager to down size, rent and let a landlord spend his money to fix or replace major items at their expense.
The cost to upkeep a home and the grounds around it are for me worth i with kids,, but, when the nest becomes empty, that big old house you are struggling to maintain becomes super quiet, no kids laughter or crys, no knockes at the door by children wanting your kids to come out and play, when the life you may have spent half your life ends, it is time to move on.
The kids are gone but you hold onto the money pit just in case the grandkids need a place to go.
Why I ask, the grand children have parents of their own. The children you raised are now adults, it is up to them to care for their children. If they cannot for some reason unless they are in a coma, or dead, it matters not what you do to help, life is full of surprises and most are not good.
The older one gets the harder it is to change a life style, all the old "What if's " come into play.
I mentioned to Hubby that when our dogs die we should sell the house and relocate to down town.
He does not take me seriously, to him comming off the streets in an Irish neighborhood with 7 kids in the family and parents never had a pot to pees in or a window to throw it out, buying his first house was an affermation of his success.
To me going back to renting means money saved, no yard work and we can sell that ride on lawn mower. Less energy costs as heating a small apartment would more then half our heating bills from a home with 2 empty bedrooms.
If we get evicted due to nothing we did, we can just grab our stuff and get another apartment with none of the tramma that people get when they leave a beloved home due to bank recall.
I just don't know if owning at this point is realistic for us. Any ideas folks.?
