Hi,
I thought I’d ask people their opinions on what, if anything they’d do in mine and my friends shoes.
I’m based in the UK. Best friend moved to another country in Europe just over a year ago with her partner.
He sadly died in Dec.
She has to move out of their house by mid April. This was set to be their dreams house for life so it has a couples full life’s worth of possessions if that makes sense.
The issues are:
No family or friends in the new country.
She has just been diagnosed with a herniated disc and is waiting nerve result tests to see if she needs an operation (she had an emergency one for the same condition about a year ago when she suddenly collapsed after months of pain).
This means she can’t drive / stand / walk / or do very much for any length of time.
Her parents are both elderly living in another country and are also frail and ill.
Due to huge costs associated with her partner dying money is now very restricted.
Right now her only option is to slowly move out - either sending stuff to her parents or back to the UK, and doing this alone in an isolated property, when her back is worse than a year ago when she collapsed.
The lease on the property can’t be extended and the owners have already put it back up for sale. (They we’re doing a rent to buy scheme).
In normal circumstances I would jump on a plane and go help her move house!
How can I help her? Any ideas or suggestions please wise mumsnetters?!!