I used to make bread, jams, chutneys, elderberry cordial, all sorts of things.
But no more, I don't have the eyesight or the inclination. Though sometimes it grieves me to see the autumn harvest going to waste.
I've been looking at retirement flats in a nearby village, the road outside has become incredibly busy. A recent lorry count showed an increase in lorry traffic. It's up from 100 a day to in excess of 400 a day in just the last year. These aren't small lorries, they are tipper trucks, cement mixers, pantechnicons etc. It's a huge amount of traffic for a relatively small road.
I take my life in my hands every time I cross the road to walk Beano. I don't have a choice, the park is on the other side of the road as is the housing estate I walk him round. But my eyesight is almost gone in my left eye.
Steve was keen to move although he wants to move to rented accommodation I want to buy a property. So I can't see any chance of actually moving, but it's nice to dream.
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Make your pros and cons list.
Renting-- landlord pays for the repairs and renovations
Own--you are responsible for everything.
Locally there is something called a life lease, you own the unit for your lifetime and when you sell up or die, the balance is paid out. There has been an unfortunate glitch in this system. You only get the funds back when the unit is actually resold. In the case of deaths, families have had a long wait for the funds as do people who can no longer live independently and need to go into care.
A possible opportunity to free yourself of the nasty man in your life who clearly brings you and lovely little Beano no joy, only misery?
Renting might be an option if you can get Steve to agree to you both having a half share of the funds raised by selling your flat, with him having NO access whatsoever to your money. But only YOU know the whys and wherefores to do with how you choose to live your lives, and only you can make that decision.
I occasionally speak to a lady whose husband is not well - She has power of attorney - I just wondered whether this could help your situation x
If it was me and i could afford it i would rent if it was a place i really wanted to move too as we get older we not going to be here for endless years and especially around a road like that!
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