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Elderly parent- pooling money to buy house with self contained annexe

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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    You have to think through all the "what if" scenarios ... so I'll toss one in there: What if .... you die ... and your husband gets a new floozy who doesn't really like your mum? And if your husband then dies .... and floozy's got the lot!
  • diggingdude
    diggingdude Posts: 2,492 Forumite
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    why are you guys putting so little into the house? seems to be mother's money
    An answer isn't spam just because you don't like it......
  • Thank you all. We have just gone through all the implications that you have all kindly shared with mum. We are going to try to do the 2 house option with houses being close by.
  • Thank you all. We have just gone through all the implications that you have all kindly shared with mum. We are going to try to do the 2 house option with houses being close by.

    I am sure she will be fantastically cared for x
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