Any other pensioners selling their homes to move into Council Housing?

Mr. Ed has described me to a tee. I have put my home,auto,and all bank accounts into a trust. When I need a nursing home, the government can pay for it. The government would just send my money to some welfare bum anyway. I worked for mine!

You are lucky to be offered a Council home.

Here they operate on a points system and you are out

of the running if you own your own home.

You have to be in dire need to be offered an old persons

bungalow or flat.

When my 80year old mother in law enquired she was told

she hadn't a hope in hell. She finaly went into a private

Methodist home.

one holds on as long as they can and then does what they need to do. I've known a few people to write up their wills and then sell their house to their eldest and then still live in it. The problem I've seen with that is that the son (or daughter as the case might be) then pushes the elders around, so you very well may be right in doing what you're planning. It's really a personal choice.

No, go for it, it happens a lot up here, its the best way to keep the Governments thieving paws off your money.

sold my home and moved into my Fraternal Lodge Retirement Village. everything is provided for the rest of my life so I really have " it made. " They even will take care of my funeral and burial.

Sounds like the ultimate way to go unless you are filthy rich.

not understanding the ins and outs of your system over there but over here in the states i detest folks who do this == these are them same folks all they lives scream about people being on welfare and now they are doing the same thing == taking there money and running and letting the govt step in and through medicare (in this case just another word for welfare) pay for their final years of housing!!!

no way I love being an owner occupier the house has so many memories

I think you are very wise.