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I discussed this issue in a thread early last year, and remain convinced that I don't want to own a single-family house longer than I can do DIY work.
https://www.early-retirement.org/fo...ppens-when-i-cant-be-the-handyman-107696.html
DIY for home maintenance is a bit more complicated than "on or off." DIY house and car maintenance is more of a transition. I used to do most of our maintenance on the house and cars. At almost 75 and with some issues, I have cut back on anything that involves ladders, heavy lifting or learning something new, complicated and perhaps risky. But I'm still pretty savvy on what and how I want things to be done and I've tracked down some good pro's. I'm OK living here currently.
When the time comes that I'm incapable of doing almost anything around here, and especially if I have a longer list of things I don't understand how and why they should be done, it's CCRC time.
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