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Is selling up and buying residential park home in retirement a good idea?

a mobile home, trailer park near redruth in cornwall
A residential park home will reduce the burden of cleaning and gardening. Photograph: Alamy

Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it's up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday's paper.

This week's question

We are a retired couple, aged 75 and 80, living in a three-bed semi on the state pension and small life savings. Gardening and cleaning the house are becoming a burden. We are thinking of selling up and buying a residential park home to make life easier and so we have enough money to really enjoy our life.

Should we do it?

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