Is building a house becoming cheaper now?

All excuses to stay in one’s own (supposed) comfort zone and not have to move.

No, the difference is whether the senior wants it themselves or if it is communicated here that they have to because the later generation thinks so. I would like to see how you would feel if someone told you to leave your house? Your children will more or less soon be out of the house and then someone comes who wants you out – thinks the house is too big for you and you are just a nuisance anyway… hand on heart, when will it be time for you to move your behind from the comfort zone?

No, the difference is whether the senior wants it themselves or if it is communicated here that they have to, because the later generation thinks so. I would like to see how you feel about someone telling you to leave your house? Your children will be out of the house more or less soon and then someone comes who wants you out – thinks the house is too big for you and you’re just a nuisance… hand on heart, when will it be time for you to move your comfort zone butt?

I will write again what I wrote at the beginning: It is not about forcing every elderly person to move. It is about adapting the living situation to the personal circumstances when this is necessary. This can be the case, for example, if the additional costs for a house pose a financial burden (e.g.: 3,000 liters of heating oil per year for a house vs. 500 euros district heating for an apartment), if the building and property can no longer be maintained or cared for, or if the building (e.g. terraced house over 4 floors) can no longer be used physically in a sensible way.

If one or more of these points are met, then I recommend a move to a more suitable living space and not as a general rule.

Hand on heart, when do I move my butt? For example, last night – we systematically sorted out everything we no longer need in two rooms, and today it continues. We want to keep an overview of our things.

Joking aside: What do you think is the reason why we, quite untypically for a rural area, bought "only" an accessible condominium with a 60 m² roof terrace? Because for various reasons I do not see myself capable of giving a garden the attention it requires. Likewise, I am also not able to clear snow in winter or take out the trash bins. I also don’t want all this to fall on my wife – that would simply be unfair. For this reason, we have "only" a condominium and a caretaker in the complex who takes care of these things.

Accordingly, I have dealt intensively with this topic years ago and at a young age, and ultimately had to admit that a house with all its advantages also brings many disadvantages that a young healthy person hardly perceives. As a young person with various limitations, you approach this more differentiated and have other considerations.

My concern is to adapt the living situation to the personal circumstances if this is necessary.

But everyone should decide for themselves what is necessary for them.

But everyone should decide for themselves what is necessary for them.

And that's why I'm not forcing anyone ;)

Soylent Green sends its regards!

Let's see how long this will last, I hope I won't live to see the upheavals that still lie ahead of us.

My goodness, just let people live and stop judging all the time. An old woman doesn’t want to leave her disastrous home? So what? As long as she’s not completely demented and can still make independent decisions, she should be allowed to do whatever she wants. It’s nobody’s business how she lives, as long as she only harms herself, maybe. Of course, as a relative, you naturally think about these things. I would also advise my parents to change their lifestyle. I’ve brought it up once. They don’t want to, so what. That’s just how it is.