Just that really. Pondering taking this on and tips would be appreciated please.
PIL are in their 80s with a big old house and an acre or so of garden. They’ve not been having visitors because of Covid and when we were allowed in recently I was shocked at the state of the house. They need a cleaner, a decorator, and maybe a builder. DH did some repairs to the extension roof but it needs more. Between him and BIL they already do the lawns and hedges, tree surgeon coming out to go the big stuff. They refuse to have anyone in (tree surgeon is only allowed because of structural damage to the house.
They live nearby and popping prescriptions and milk in is one thing but neither of us are going to take on sorting and running their house. How does DH broach the idea of downsizing?
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Anyone successfully done the ‘time to downsize’ conversation?
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SockFluffInTheBath · 04/05/2022 14:21
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