Extended Family Homes (an affordable home idea)
Extended family homes are common in Indian cultures, and an ideal solution for families on a budget, that get on. Various relatives sell up and move into one larger home, which can in some circumstances pay off mortgages, or drastically reduce payments.
It may take everyone to sell/donate/recycle unwanted belongings, but in a few months, you could have a much better quality of life. Here’s an example:
A couple in a tiny London flat who work 80 hours to pay the mortgage, never see either widowed parent, who live hundreds of miles away, nor the depressed granny with a dog who lives in her own house, in a noisy urban area.
If you all got on, you could all sell up and buy a 5-bedroom house with garden, in a nice area, with no mortgage. And free granny and dog sitting (and free childcare, if the couple have children).
