Show iii I l KEEP FINE HOME AFTER 65 WELI YES IF YOU INSIST People with a home and with Ins have a retirement problem too My My husband and I have nIl all three And here is the problem He says it is unsound for us to keep a house after he retires next year He sa says s 's the money tied up in n the house could be ted for 1900 a year income Then he cites our taxes of insurance of util hiss or of and maintenance of for another 1640 Or Ora a total of about a month the house is costing us T I 1 dont don't dispute his dispute his figures but I like this home I dont don't think we have to Our re- re retirement retirement income will run about a year with Social Security rity his pension and interest on our savings That's about a m nth and I think we can manage Because that 1900 a year we COULD make on the house money is not a cost The The- actual costs of 1640 1640 are less than a 1 month which would leave us over a month for aU all other expenses I claim It would be smart even to use some of savings if necessary to hold to our home and and- tide us over over the next few years of adjustment to retirement This couple no doubt can sf af ford to keep their home what with their fat Income And the f advantages of sellIng arent aren't quite So 80 good as the hus hus- hus husband band cl lm A home usually ne nets the seller about Then comes the matter of new new housing A couple used to a home a shack In the slums If they wanted say an apartment be be fitting their station in life they would pay maybe a month for it Finally It If they got their mon mony y out of of the house and in vested it and even if it came to 1900 a year what would they do with it Leave It to heirs who would then buy a house But this is only part of the bighouse story A man retiring wIth a big house and an income of a year has probably been an ImI man in l his s scare care career r There have been im im- im important friends and delightful entertaining for them at home If the wf wife wants to keep the big home because she thinks the friends are stilt still going to be around and that the entertainIng will keep floating along she is kidding herself Old friends drift away after art all important roan man retires Much oi of the partying loses its meaning and finally its allure When a wife and want to maintain a fine home after retirement for social rca rea sons lions they usually wind up with disenchantment If they want to maintain it what they themselves enjoy what they can be sufficient self and happy in inU U If no friends ever call again then theres there's a future to-IL to I I F is GOLDEN VEARS 10 nd nd sa 50 In 01 on in n P to 0 Dt 00 i Bore So 1672 Grand Grad st Nw pi yen y iN NY Y |