T-Minus 288 Days: Housing for In Laws

 Our house has an inlaw apartment with.... inlaws, of course. And they don't want to move to Florida. Therefore, as part of our move to Florida we need to find them some place to live. They asked if we could simply sell the house with an inlaw apartment that comes with inlaws already populating the apartment and the answer was "no". People buy a house with an inlaw apartment because they have inlaws they need to take care of, not because they want to take care of someone else's inlaws!

Our plan is to get the inlaws settled in their new home in February. Put the house on the market in April. And be gone in June. We can't replace carpets and do repairs while we moving them, so, they need to be all settled. In addition, we don't know how the house selling will go. We might have to rent an apartment for a while if there is a gap between selling the old house and moving into the Florida house. It is all going to just work out better to have them happily settled in their new home away from the chaos of us trying to move.

My wife and I have been researching various options, but the inlaws have only recently became interested in the topic. I think they were hoping the move wouldn't happen and they would be able to stay.

This past weekend we went over their finances, discussed options, and made a plan. Then we traveled several hours to tour a 55+ apartment they might be interested in. The tour lasted two hours as the office manager tried to pressure us into moving in five months early - not happening! 

We will continue to look at other facilities in the coming weeks. Most of the facilities have long wait lists so we want to find something and get our name on a list by November.

There is a lot to think about: moving closer to family means they need to find new doctors. They like their doctors. And they like the area we live in. But staying in this area will be expensive and too far away from family. There is one family member 30 minutes away, but, he can't do it all. That means some difficult decisions will need to be made.