Legal advice

music2dance2

If we swap the doors and they fit and work the new landlord wouldnt know as he has only been there once and there is no record of to prove if we had done so, or of what door and windows are there.

I fully understand what everyone has said and the last dew comments have all made even more sense but I'm standing by whats right morally regarding swapping the doors. Some things in life are just wrong, and some people are also. I dont think you should let people walk all over you , yes even if they have the law on their side. Just because the law says so, doesnt mean you cant contest it. People have done it before.

Sometimes they back down and let things go, you just have to give it a go. Truthfully I'm not scared or worried in the slightlest of what could happen, as the situation is that, he isnt a complete stranger he used to be a family friend for many years. The fact that he has practically stolen the house from the family is enough, so he should be very happy with £100k+ in his bank if he sold the house or he could carry on renting and make a nice tidy profit every month.

I am the type of person that would back down or logically leave something if I had to, but sometimes there is a line you have to cross.

music2dance2

tyllwyd wrote: »

It should all have been sorted out properly at the time, before they spent thousands of pounds improving someone else's property, then they wouldn't be in this situation now.

The previous land lord died unexpectedly, hence the situation I have now. We spent the money expecting to have things sorted in due course, not for the landlord to pass away so suddenly

lucylucky

music2dance2 wrote: »

If we swap the doors and they fit and work the new landlord wouldnt know as he has only been there once and there is no record of to prove if we had done so, or of what door and windows are there.

I fully understand what everyone has said and the last dew comments have all made even more sense but I'm standing by whats right morally regarding swapping the doors. Some things in life are just wrong, and some people are also. I dont think you should let people walk all over you , yes even if they have the law on their side. Just because the law says so, doesnt mean you cant contest it. People have done it before.

Sometimes they back down and let things go, you just have to give it a go. Truthfully I'm not scared or worried in the slightlest of what could happen, as the situation is that, he isnt a complete stranger he used to be a family friend for many years. The fact that he has practically stolen the house from the family is enough, so he should be very happy with £100k+ in his bank if he sold the house or he could carry on renting and make a nice tidy profit every month.

I am the type of person that would back down or logically leave something if I had to, but sometimes there is a line you have to cross.

You need to get proper legal advice as you may be opening a can of worms which could lead to a lot of heartache and financial penalties.

The law will not be concerned with the morality of the situation (to which there are at least two sides) but the legality.

Life is not always fair and you win some and lose some.

Flyboy152

music2dance2 wrote: »

If we swap the doors and they fit and work the new landlord wouldnt know as he has only been there once and there is no record of to prove if we had done so, or of what door and windows are there.

It doesn't make any difference, you still can't do it. You have no idea what the owner of the house knows or doesn't know.

I fully understand what everyone has said and the last dew comments have all made even more sense but I'm standing by whats right morally regarding swapping the doors. Some things in life are just wrong, and some people are also. I dont think you should let people walk all over you , yes even if they have the law on their side. Just because the law says so, doesnt mean you cant contest it. People have done it before.

I don't think you do. If you remove the doors and windows you are stealing them, it doesn't matter if you replace them with something similar. Which begs the question, why would you want to do that any way? If the doors and windows are the same as the ones you want to swap, what would be the point?

Sometimes they back down and let things go, you just have to give it a go. Truthfully I'm not scared or worried in the slightlest of what could happen, as the situation is that, he isnt a complete stranger he used to be a family friend for many years. The fact that he has practically stolen the house from the family is enough, so he should be very happy with £100k+ in his bank if he sold the house or he could carry on renting and make a nice tidy profit every month.

I am the type of person that would back down or logically leave something if I had to, but sometimes there is a line you have to cross.

He hasn't "stolen" anything (but you seem to intent on following that path yourself). The deceased freeholder of the property left it to him in his will. That is not stealing. If the owner of the house called the police and you got arrested for theft, I am sure you would be very worried about your fate.

ILW

Bottom line is that the owner of the property did not leave it to you. You need to get over it and move on.

AnnaV

I think you should approach it from the point of view of contesting the will. You are unlikely to get much but may get some of the cost you have put into the house back. Either way, you need to see a solicitor.

Flyboy152

AnnaV wrote: »

I think you should approach it from the point of view of contesting the will. You are unlikely to get much but may get some of the cost you have put into the house back. Either way, you need to see a solicitor.

As probate seems to have been granted, it is unlikely that would be successful.

music2dance2

The doors we bought are much better thats all, they arent the same otherwise I wouldnt think of swapping them.

We havent even checked if they will work so I may not go down this road. Either way, I will be sure to update this thread on what happens.