Does anyone live with their Mother?...thinking of buildinga Granny Annex but want to preserve our relationship

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We are thinking of building a granny annex for my Mum (husband oK about it)...she is young and fit 62 but broke - so we hit on this idea of building self contained at ours and releaseing money for her to have an income on the sale of her house. Is this a good idea - very close to my Mum, she is active etc with a busy social life - so not dependant - just want her to be financially independant. If anyone else lives like this or has an opinion/advice on the things we need to consider please let me know

I don't live in this situation but would just say that you need rules of calling round on each other etc so that you feel that you are having separate lives despite living so close.

Maybe having certain days for dinner together so that you can catch up then etc. Are you going to go shopping together etc. Just things to thrash out and make sure that you and your Mum are both singing from the same song sheet and expect the same thing.

Also maybe consulting a solicitor to make it a legal agreement as afterall it will be your property and if, God forbid, you fell out you need to be able to evict her. On that note if she had anyone come and live with her you need to be able to say yes or no or make it so that it is only her who lives there.

I speak from the experience of someone who dealt with bizarre situations as part of my previous job before I became a SAHM.

I think the idea of releasing her equity from her house can be a good thing, owning a property isn't the be all and end all. There is no point having a nice house and no money to enjoy life with.

If you don't need any of the money to build the granny annex, don't sell - let the equity grow and your mum can have an income from the rent of ther old property.

i'd be worried about the money. spending her money to do the annex
selling her house to do the annex

TBH