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Future Proofing (is this a solution?)

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Kateykrunch Sun 21-May-23 11:13:51

I dont want to hijack the other threads, but someone mentioned that they would stay put in their current house and “moth ball” the upstairs. I would like a bungalow, but to stay in our current location, we would be priced out of the market. We have enough space downstairs to use a room as a bedroom, we even have the necessary place to install a lift. To purchase a new bungalow (we dont want to do a refurb) would mean perhaps a move more than 60 miles away from our little family (might see more of them if we lived at the coast rather than the current half hour lol). I need to get this should move/dont move out of my head and would love some constructive ideas/comments please.

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NotSpaghetti Tue 23-May-23 07:48:20

Calendargirl

So if you stay in a house because you are worried about getting ‘bungalow legs’, then end up having to put a stair lift in eventually anyway….

I suppose you may never need a stairlift.

A stairlift is obviously a "backup" rather than "part of the plan".

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Franbern Tue 23-May-23 08:06:40

I know many people in their 80's and 90's all living totally independently. Not a single one of those finds stairs easy. Just part of the aging process, even with surgery for hips/knees as we get that much older using stairs should be a choice not something we have to do. So many of those in their houses have now installed stair lifts.
I do think these are ugly - and definitely are a NO-NO when putting a house on the market. Also, if someone is living by themselves then these have limited use - good for getting that person up and down, but no for using for bulky items.

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