My wife and I spent a year looking for our last house. Wouldn't you know it, now we are also considering giving. It has a ton of stairs and we know as we get older that will be dangerous. It's also a bit bigger than what we really need which seems funny at only 1600 square feet. It also doesn't have a large gathering spot. Just two really disjointed living areas. The one downstairs we use as a gym.
It pays to think down the track, something we're doing also, because if one leaves it too long things become difficult or even untenable and then it's a nightmare. Having a little foresight can save a lot of pain down the road.
For sure! It's hard to find the right mix though. Especially given how upside down the real estate market has been in the US since 2008.
Yeah, it's often difficult to plot it out because things change so rapidly and the future is often indistinct. All we can do is our best, work on what we know at the time.