What to do with mom and dads house

My DF was in a similar position and only sold it when the Council Tax became too much to afford.

It's not an easy choice for anyone to have to make but do you think that seeing it enjoyed by a young family might help, just like your DPs would have enjoyed it?

We sold my father's house when he moved up nearer us. It was the right thing to do. Although he dreamed of passing the house he had built down the generations, and it had a wonderful half acre garden which was such an important part of my childhood, it was in the wrong location for us, and the reasons that made it untenable for him (poor public transport etc) would equally apply to us in our old age. But I feel real gut wrenching pangs that I am no longer able to go and visit the garden. Just thinking about it now makes me feel unbearably sad.

But you're right, it is not the same if they're not in it. I wonder if your indecision is partly because you are still in the grieving process, and when you finally accept that they are no longer with you, you will be able to let go of the house, still being sad, but knowing that it was right to move on.

My parents both died last year, leaving the only house they'd ever lived in together, which needed a lot of work. I sold it, and now it is an utterly beautiful family home again, with the extension and rearrangement of rooms I'd always thought it needed. It was hard to let my only tie to my hometown go, but I know they would be happy to see if filled with life again