[Josy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Having just moved house - and only 6 miles from my old house - and to a nicer house in a MUCH nicer area. Down the road from a £10,000 a year private school in contrast to down the road from a playpark full of broken bottles, empty cans and sectarian graffiti... so a GOOD move away from somewhere that we hated... I can honestly say it's been horrendously stressful, I've been near breaking point 4 or 5 times. If I was in my 80's it would probably have killed me. I can fully understand her not wanting to uproot at that age - she might have been perfectly comfortable with the money and life that she had, and if so, then staying put would certainly be much more comfortable than having $1million in the bank. It's not like she'd have been jetting off to the Maldives or buying a sports car. What use is that sort of money at 84?

Having moved home myself 4 times I know it can be stressful but if they were offering her 1mil and to build an exact replica of her old house then I'm sure they would have been willing to do all the diffcult work that moving involves too, infact I would say she probably caused herself even more stress with all the noise, working, dirt and dust that went on round about her not to mention the worrying.