Specifically to my sister’s property in the hills above Asheville, about a half hour up the Blue Ridge Parkway from downtown. She and her husband have a brand-new house there and the previously existing house on the property is now a guest house.
My SO was recently diagnosed as having spinal stenosis and already has trouble climbing the stairs to our condo. My back isn’t that great, either, having slipped on a patch of ice during my first winter in the DC-area; went down sideways and landed on my wallet. For some 20 years, I was told that I had sciatica of unknown origin, likely not disc-related; five months ago, the staff at my doctor’s office decided it was disc-related – a disc had herniated.
We’re going to remain in our condo for as long as possible. When the time comes, sister & BIL will drive up here to help get the condo in sale condition.
I hope you can see the sunshine.
I hope you can feel the moonshine.
I wish you good health, freedom from pain, and a great next chapter of your lives.
If you ever make it over to Maggie Valley, be sure to stop in at Joey’s Pancake House. Bring your appetite; you won’t be sorry.
Asheville is a lovely city, and it’s a beautiful area.
I’m sorry your health isn’t great, but the new place sounds lovely. I hope your time there is happy.
I’m going to assume from your description of your health issues that you anticipate some problems at the property. As a North Carolina resident and frequent visitor to the Asheville area, I can only (sadly) say that you may indeed face some challenges. When my wife retired and moved to NC from CT, she looked at homes in the Asheville area, but quickly came to the conclusion that she would be better off in another area. She has had some mobility issues and really needed a single-story house in a “flat” area with less ice and snow.
With that said, the Asheville area is otherwise a wonderful and beautiful place.
No worries. Sis is a semi-retired doctor.
Last I heard, Sis was still getting her carriage house ready for occupancy.
We’ll likely remain where we are at least until I turn 55 in June. By then, I’ll have have been employed by the federal government for a total of 30 years and eligible for retirement, if they don’t allow me to work from down there. Or we might find somewhere less expensive within a 50-mile radius of HQ, in which case there would be no need to try switching telework programs.