To tell you the truth, I’ve got mixed feelings on it. With the way the economy is going, my family is starting to consider what to do with my grandmother’s house when she passes.
Talk seems to be leaning in the direction of moving my uncle and my cousin and wife into the house. That’s 5 people in that big ole 5 bedroom house and 4 of them are couples which will leave 2 free bedrooms.
sounds like a plan to me, as long as there’s no hard feelings between them.
I don’t think that is a bad idea at all, Cripplecreek, as long as the adults set out rules of sorts. For example, how will the bills be divided, who cooks/cleans/does yard work etc... In these economic times, families sometimes need to help each other to keep their head above water. IMHO.
Do yourself and your immediate family a favor and IF you go down that path (having relatives move into the house), get everything squared away legally before your grandmother passes.
When everyone owns something, no one owns anything.
You’d be surprised how “relatives” act when their “free” gig is up. I lived through one of these “family house” situations via my Mother and it was a nightmare to get resolved. And I did get it resolved (using both legal and Don Corleone methods), although it took years off my life in the process.
We’ve got a monster of an eldercare cost crisis looming and moving back to extended families is probably a great way to lower costs and increase sense of purpose while decreasing loneliness for people in their latter years.