What questions you would need to answer before considering living in a multi-generational home?

Would you consider it if:

1. Your independence was not compromised?
2. It was more sustainable than any other house type?
3. It gave you more free time?
4. It improved the health of your family & loved ones?
5. It reduced the cost of your mortgage?
6. It meant less strain in child and aged care?
7. It improved home security?
8. You didn't have to move as often?
9. It increased community connections & resilience?
10. It lessened the pressure on continued suburban sprawl? ​

 Living with your parents or in-laws might be enough to send shivers down the spine, however the increasing pressures caused by time scarcity and the cost of living is only likely to get worse. Add the increasing responsibility  of taking care of our aging population in a failed aged care system and it is not hard to see there are going to be some real challenges we need to face and design solutions for.

​There are solutions, if only we were willing to give them a try and you take the issues into account as you design the solution.