I have lots of experience with siblings sharing a beloved place among them, both in my own family and in my neighborhood. I live in a beautiful seaside town in the northeast. Many houses here are left to siblings by their parents, or even grandparents. Sometimes it works and sometimes it’s a disaster. It really depends on the relationship between siblings.

Would you be stepping on anyones toes buying to house, or will your siblings be grateful to you for keeping the house in the family?

If you buy it, then I think it’s yours to do what you want with. If you shared it with your siblings at that point, that would be a self-less and generous act.

Where are you taking the plunge WITH siblings?

Seems to me that if your parents want the house to be shared as a family house then they should be selling it to you at a reduced rate so that you can share it easily. The generosity should start with them. No?

Generosity begets generosity.