mis-informed

nigelin1

can anyone give me any legal advise? a late uncles will left evrythin to me and 2 sisters,because we didnt live near him,we decided to get the profs in,so they cud find out all outstanding bills.not until the final week,wen we had sold the property,did we find out that there wasan outstanding renovation grant,that was to be repaid if the house was sold within 5 years.it was 5 months off 5years,we wud not have sold if we had known.in the terms of the grant,it doesnot mention death.who is at fault,and what can we do?it was a third of the estate that was owed:mad:

gordikin

You will have to pay the grant back.

nigelin1

but why should we pay for it,wen the probate/solicitor/est agents that was workinf for us'forgot to
inform us' of this

RuthnJasper

Sorry nigelin1, Gordikin is right.

Hope you get everything sorted without too much hassle, and I'm sorry for your bereavement. x

G_M

we decided to get the profs

What professionals did you employ and what instructions did you give them?
If you instructed a solicitor to sell the property - that's what he's done.
If you instructed him to look into the estate and act in the best interests of the estate, he clearly was negligent.

nigelin1

we employed a corporation that was made up of probate/solicitor/estate agent all together,so we gave evrything to them and they did evrything that was needed to do to sort out the estate,we left evrything to them,even when they sent us a form to sign,askin if we agreed with the contents,all the utility bills to be paid,bank accounts he had,any other bills ,thats when we found it,but by then it was too late,evrything had been paid,so how could we not agree with the contents when they had already been paid?it has been a mess from beginning to end,but we wont go down without a fight,the ombudsman perhaps?

theartfullodger

Sorry that you have lost your Uncle: I'm sure his loss is much more painful that any money loss. However all the other money he left you - rather than, say, left to Battersea Dogs home or some other charity - must make you feel so blessed and very fortunate.

As you've described things I think you've no chance of successfully suing the solicitor.

Lazzza

What specifically did you do in relation to the sale of the house?

Were these people engaged to consider and advise (you) on/ recommend the sale of the house?

Gwhiz

OP, your keyboard seems to be missing some letters. You may want to get that looked at.

kmmr

Gwhiz wrote: »

OP, your keyboard seems to be missing some letters. You may want to get that looked at.

Genuine (inappropriate at work) laugh out loud.

maninthestreet

Gwhiz wrote: »

OP, your keyboard seems to be missing some letters. You may want to get that looked at.

The SHIFT key is either missing or defective.