I have agreed a sale for the family home of over 50 years. Sad times. However, I have another 2 trips to do to finish clearing the property. Not a problem, except my mother wants to see the place one last time.
It was the house my father and her bought in 1971 she has spent most of her married life there until the intervention November 2023, it was the house my father "built".
While I don't have an issue with it, there wont be any furniture left for her to sit in or sleep in.
The other thing is that she is now very settled in my house (or as she thinks her house!
)with her/my dogs and myself providing 24/7 supervision. I feel that to take her on a 4 - 5 hour drive to the family home will upset the fragile status quo that I have managed to achieve. Her brother will come and stay with her while I do the next trip as that requires the horse trailer and the last time I took her and the horse trailer she had such a tantrum that she attacked me. It took weeks for her to settle after the last trip and to stop going for me.
I guess the question is should I take her one last time to see the place before we hand the keys over to its new owners, as she requests or should I stick to my guns and keep her away from the place.
It was the house my father and her bought in 1971 she has spent most of her married life there until the intervention November 2023, it was the house my father "built".
While I don't have an issue with it, there wont be any furniture left for her to sit in or sleep in.
The other thing is that she is now very settled in my house (or as she thinks her house!
I guess the question is should I take her one last time to see the place before we hand the keys over to its new owners, as she requests or should I stick to my guns and keep her away from the place.