We are currently in the "shall we move or stay" phase of life - no urgency but no one knows what the next 5-10 years will bring.
I do not want to move more than once due to both cost and hassle. Doing so when physically one may be well past ones prime is not attractive.
Rather than wait until the issue is forced on us and be compelled to do what ever is immediately expedient, we are looking at how our existing house could be modified.
There are options - extend, fit lift, convert garage etc. Understanding costs, logistic constraints, planning permission etc means that longer lead time stuff could be done now.
That way we should be able to respond to increasing difficulty with stairs etc quickly and (relatively) cheaply. It also means (a) we may never need to move, (b) I get to keep garden, workshop, garage for as long as I need them, (c) less hassle as all planned.
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