Are you sentimental? Home selling issues (move, inheritance, retired, cousins)
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Everyone agreed. No one wanted it. It needs work. Parents are deceased. Oldest sibling was living there.
Was re-habbing it, but he had issues. He had money, but issues = . So he never finished.
He is now in a nursing home. Paperwork was filed etc so we can go forward with the sale. As is. I think it will probably go to a flipper or slum lord.
After some dilly dallying, i went ahead and said i would spearhead the sale effort. No one else was stepping up. Even though they were all gung ho in cleaning it and selling items from it. When it came down to the real deal - nope.
So I'm the lead and then what happens. I'm accused of not caring about the familial home. Yea - whatever
What the heck is all i can say. I'm just taking charge to what all agreed.
If they were so sentimental - why not move in or something. What a pain.
A male friend of mine (age 66) was so sentimental about his parents' house which is the house he grew up in, and where he visited his parents several times per week for many decades, and where his parents lived for over 60 years -
that he cleaned it out (a massive job) and then paid to rehab the whole house. (also a massive job)
Problem is he used up almost all of his very substantial inheritance doing so.
Now he's renting it out, but I think he has in the back of his mind that he'll sell his half-share in the house in which he has lived all his adult life (another house) and at some point move into the little house of his deceased parents which he rehabbed.
A male friend of mine (age 66) was so sentimental about his parents' house which is the house he grew up in, and where he visited his parents several times per week for many decades, and where his parents lived for over 60 years -
that he cleaned it out (a massive job) and then paid to rehab the whole house. (also a massive job)
Problem is he used up almost all of his very substantial inheritance doing so.
Now he's renting it out, but I think he has in the back of his mind that he'll sell his half-share in the house in which he has lived all his adult life (another house) and at some point move into the little house of his deceased parents which he rehabbed.
People tell us to rent it out.
It also has a nice "she shed" in the back that has everything needed that would make it a tiny home. Utilities - bathroom - etc. It could be rented out to a single person. Would have their own driveway.
I decided our family house needed a young family rather than a 65 year old retiree like me.
My late aunt's house, my mom's family home since before 1910, was in very bad shape. The flat roof often leaked and the only bathroom was in the cellar. It was a cheery place in spite of the flaws and I lived there until I was 5 and have many memories of my grandmother there. The cousins (5 of us) decided to sell the house for whatever we could get. We assumed it would be torn down with a few things salvaged (pocket doors, etc.). Instead, it was rehabbed and sold to new owners who are keeping the place in good repair. It is nice to see still going after about 120 years.
I decided our family house needed a young family rather than a 65 year old retiree like me.
My late aunt's house, my mom's family home since before 1910, was in very bad shape. The flat roof often leaked and the only bathroom was in the cellar. It was a cheery place in spite of the flaws and I lived there until I was 5 and have many memories of my grandmother there. The cousins (5 of us) decided to sell the house for whatever we could get. We assumed it would be torn down with a few things salvaged (pocket doors, etc.). Instead, it was rehabbed and sold to new owners who are keeping the place in good repair. It is nice to see still going after about 120 years.
yea - we are "listing" it at a very low price. I just got tagged by my nephews wife. Hopefully they will buy it. Her mom lives just down the street. Its a small town and they want that small town family vibe.
My parents retired in 1971 and split their time between La Quinta, CA and Flagstaff, AZ. When they both passed in 1977, I was the sole heir and rented both homes. About two years ago, and within a couple of months of each other, the occupants of both rentals passed away. I rehabbed both and decided to keep them as potential permanent homes once I totally get fed up with living in the metro Los Angeles area. If there is any sentimentality attached to either one of the homes, it is long gone.
I can get sentimental/emotional about things most people would consider inane, but I draw a blank when it comes to houses, family homes.
If I had had a happy childhood, it would have been different, letting the family home go.
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. So he never finished.
