Q for Retirees... re: Extended trips
For years, retirement was a distant concept to us, but now it's getting close and we're starting to wrap our heads around the idea. We're mostly empty-nesters now, and it appears the kids are that mo...
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Mail - We used our son's address for mail. We don't get much as we have most of our bills paid online and we use email, Facebook, and texting a lot
Yard -We had a lawn service. They disappeared mid trip and myson ended up dragging his mower over every week. Not a good solution.
Security - Lock up, depend on neighbors to keep eye on house, son stops by once in a while to check on his bees. Have good insurance anddon't worry about it.
Maintaince - Roof leaked. Son did not notice it. Had new roof put on when we got back. Roof may havve been leaking b4 we left, but we did not notice it, either.
Bills - We pay everything but the trash pickup bill online. Son paid that out of money we left with him when it came in. We can do multi-year vehicle tags. If we had been away this winter, we would have had son pay property taxes with check we mailed to him.
Everything can be worked out. That being said, our house goes on the market in January. We are also empty nesters. The house was great and gave us a good life. Now, we are ready for something different. Even if we did not want to RV fulltime for a while, we would be selling the house.
Yard -We had a lawn service. They disappeared mid trip and myson ended up dragging his mower over every week. Not a good solution.
Security - Lock up, depend on neighbors to keep eye on house, son stops by once in a while to check on his bees. Have good insurance anddon't worry about it.
Maintaince - Roof leaked. Son did not notice it. Had new roof put on when we got back. Roof may havve been leaking b4 we left, but we did not notice it, either.
Bills - We pay everything but the trash pickup bill online. Son paid that out of money we left with him when it came in. We can do multi-year vehicle tags. If we had been away this winter, we would have had son pay property taxes with check we mailed to him.
Everything can be worked out. That being said, our house goes on the market in January. We are also empty nesters. The house was great and gave us a good life. Now, we are ready for something different. Even if we did not want to RV fulltime for a while, we would be selling the house.
