sister wont leave my decesed mothers house

Shakethedisease

she been looking after here for about 7 weeks max and called me and my brother for not doing enough but we work and she doesnt.

Look it doesn't matter now, but your mum was dying. Mabye she wanted a bit of support looking after her. At any rate, it seems you've made up your mind.

My mum hasn't spoken to her brother for 6 years now because of this sort of thing. My gran died and he 'took' over the house as he had been helping out, cooking meals and looking after her daily for years because everyone else was busy or working ( she had senile dementia for years). The other 5 kids when she died, forced through the sale and took the cash. Money long gone now, and still the family is on bad terms with their eldest brother. He's never forgiven them.

I know exactly the same is going to happen when my mum and dad ( touch wood it's a very loooong time from now ! ).. my brother and I have our 'nice' houses, my sister and husband stay across the road in a council house both on very low wages, they're always skint. I can see them now just sort of 'taking over'.. I'm just going to let them. It's not worth the hassle just for a bit of cash. I'll still own a third, but I'm not going to live there and I'd rather someone I love did..The option of selling at some point is there, but I wouldn't feel the need to rush it through if I'm happy and settled in my own family life.

Hubby's family is the same. Him and his sister both married ( other people !) and left home for years.. his twin brother still lives at home helping look after his disabled dad and doing a part time crappy cleaning job so his mum can also carry on working part time and they can share the care between them. There's no question of turfing him out when the time comes.

Causes a lot of angst and family bitterness this sort of thing. Good luck.

Jowo_2

bluecab wrote: »

maybe i should get the boiler serviced and new double glazing !

Not necessary, your sister may qualify for a free grant to replace the boiler and make the house more energy efficient. Not aware of any grants for double glazing, though.

silvercar

I'm waiting for your sister to come on here and start a thread,

I moved in with my dying mum to care for her, while my brother and sister were too busy working; now they want to evict me to get their hands on the money tied up in the house....

LuluBlue_2

The question really is did your mother leave the house to the 3 of you (either by a will or by the three of you being her next of kin) - if that is the case then you need to go through probate.

If she put it into your three names 10 years ago then the house is not part of her estate, it belonged to the three of you already.

silvercar

LuluBlue wrote: »

If she put it into your three names 10 years ago then the house is not part of her estate, it belonged to the three of you already.

With a Capital Gains Tax calculation required to see if you have a tax liability on its sale.

Oldernotwiser

Another aspect of the benefit side of things is that your sister should have declared this asset if she's claiming means tested benefits, otherwise she's committing benefit fraud.

If, as has been suggested, the 3 of you have owned this for some time, this fraud will be more serious, there'll be more money to repay and she might be facing a custodial sentence.

tek-monkey

She wont need the house then.

poppysarah

"sister wont leave my decesed mothers house"

Is actually "sister won't leave OUR deceased mother's house"

A minor point I know but she will be grieving too - but her benefits situation needs sorting out for her sake.

welshy_2002

Money money money. This is exactly what breaks up families.

sorry for your loss, but why should the passing away of a loved one equal free cash for all?? Do you really need the money so much that you'd be willing to lose contact with your sister?

Why don't you rent the house out to her, get the social to pay the rent to you, as landlords. She gets a house, you get an income. Everyones happy.

Now is not the time to be selling anyway...

poppysarah

welshy_2002 wrote: »

Why don't you rent the house out to her, get the social to pay the rent to you, as landlords. She gets a house, you get an income. Everyones happy.
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Will LHA be paid on a part owned property that's owned also by family?