I am over 60, and my sister is 5 years older than me. When our parents died, I agreed to give her a three-room apartment in the center. My niece was just getting married, so we had to solve the apartment problem. We also agreed that my grandmother’s apartment would go to me, to make it fair.
And so it turned out. My sister married off her daughter, the newlyweds moved into my parents’ three-room apartment and started to settle in. I buried my grandmother and started doing major repairs, because everything there was in a terrible state. In general, during the year we replaced all the plumbing, heating system, appliances, electrical and furniture. Not an apartment, a fairy tale turned out.
I did not live in that apartment at first, because my daughter and I lived together. When my sister came with her family, started to ask for grandma’s apartment. Like, my daughter is pregnant again, we need to expand, and we need money. My sister planned to sell her house, stay with me for a while, and then sell the cottage and buy a modest one bedroom.
I agreed, because the apartment was standing idle. Only my sister and her husband were so settled in that they weren’t going to do anything. When I decided to go back to my apartment, it turned out that they did not want to move out. They say they are old and sick, and their daughter won’t look after them. And real estate prices have fallen, so to sell the cottage at a normal price will not work.
My sister suggested that I move to the dacha. They say I have enough space there, I’m used to solitude. I decided that a month or two can survive and live in the fresh air. But in fact it turned out to be not a life, but an existence.
It was hard to call it a dacha-a concrete box with no utilities. The toilet was outside. There were no showers. One had to fetch water from a neighbor’s well. The store was only in town – one had to take a bus. And there are more alcoholics here than normal people. But what should I do? Throw my sister out on the street? Shall I push my daughter out again?
My niece has settled in so well that the cottage will not be enough for her – she gave birth to four children. My daughter is just arranging her personal life, so I don’t want to disturb her with my presence. I have nothing to rent, and besides, I have my own apartment. So what should I do?
