Don’t be a homeless couple

Moral of this story: don’t be stupid enough to transfer the title of your house to your children during you and your spouse’s lifetime.

SIN Chew Daily reports that an elderly couple in Singapore who gave up their duplex to their son ended up homeless after they were chased out of the house by the ungrateful offspring. The couple now call the staircase of a school their home.

homeless.jpgThe man, who was named as Lim, was a manager before he retired. He had a son and a daughter who lived in Jurong, Singapore.

Relating his ordeal to a secretary of the school, Lim said he and his wife decided to give their duplex home to their son as a wedding gift about two years ago. The couple thought that they could live in the house with their son. He, however, decided to sell the property for RM960,000 to buy another condominium.

Lim and his wife were then sent off to live with the daughter. After a year, the daughter decided that they were no longer welcome and banned them from touching her children. The couple could not enter the house after their daughter changed the locks to the house.

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