Imagine a typical flatshare, and you might picture students or young professionals. But a quiet shift is taking place at the other end of the age spectrum, as an increasing number of older people turn

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Exchanging houses with my mum and dad was the best decision my husband, Tom, and I made. They wanted to downsize and we wanted to upsize, so it made sense. We both lived in 1930s houses five minutes a

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AS they sit at the poolside of a plush manor house in Hampshire, retirees Ros and Jim Slaughter cannot believe their luck. The couple from the south of England normally live quite modest lives – until

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