since we/you (the collective group here) seem to be masters of unusual living arrangments, combining home with work with guests in the house, compromise, and working out having private living spaces in tight quarters with lots of folks around ... i thought you might have some serious advice about combining a household.
long story short, i will be moving into a house with my son and his soon to be wife. the house belongs to me, but i've been renting it to him. never thought i'd be living in it again ... i left to be with my new husband who passed away and now it's come down to a matter of financial survival. i have been living with a sister and her husband but now THEY are going to combine households with one of their sons and his 2 sons ... four more people, plus 2 girlfriends who are here more often than not, five (!!) cats and two dogs.
not looking forward to moving but if we do this right, it will be better for me living with three dogs and two 20 somethings than how it is now. we talked about renovating the basement into a separate space for me but that's not feasible. so ... i'm taking over two rooms on the 2nd floor (a garrison) one for a bedroom, one for a sitting room/living room. will share the kitchen, the yard and the 1 1/2 baths (that's what is here and it's a challenge)
if anyone has any suggestions, warnings, reminders, please share them.
thank you so much.
long story short, i will be moving into a house with my son and his soon to be wife. the house belongs to me, but i've been renting it to him. never thought i'd be living in it again ... i left to be with my new husband who passed away and now it's come down to a matter of financial survival. i have been living with a sister and her husband but now THEY are going to combine households with one of their sons and his 2 sons ... four more people, plus 2 girlfriends who are here more often than not, five (!!) cats and two dogs.
not looking forward to moving but if we do this right, it will be better for me living with three dogs and two 20 somethings than how it is now. we talked about renovating the basement into a separate space for me but that's not feasible. so ... i'm taking over two rooms on the 2nd floor (a garrison) one for a bedroom, one for a sitting room/living room. will share the kitchen, the yard and the 1 1/2 baths (that's what is here and it's a challenge)
if anyone has any suggestions, warnings, reminders, please share them.
thank you so much.