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Originally Posted by Engine09
I'd burn my house down and walk away before getting a roommate.
Yeah, it's a lot of space for 1 guy but I sacrifice a lot and put in an incredible amount of work on renos, etc to keep it. It's worth it.
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It sounds like you're doing a lot better than you think. I'm assuming you bought your house before the recent spike in prices. Which means, all of the equity in the house is yours. Your post-retirement life is going to cost half as much.
If you really wanted to decrease your expenses, you could downsize from a detached to a condo, and probably have no mortgage. That flexibility only comes with being single. I have constant pressure to upgrade to a place with more space. With a 3 year old and a baby on the way, at 43, I'm not going to be an empty nester until 65+. Then I have to prepare for expenses like post-secondary tuition.