Inheriting property advice please?

WATTY1978

Sorry ive caused the confusion here. My gran rented from the council. He moved in as joint tenant. He eventually bought it through right to buy with her permission so they remained joint tenants when the house sale was completed. He paid the mortgage on it by himself.

Thanks for all your advice. Its been very helpful but it appears there is only one thing left for me to do. Get her to make a will and take some proper advice. Thanks again everyone

BitterAndTwisted

I think it would be wise to suggest to her that she does it the other way round! The idea of anyone "getting" their granny to do anything is not a terribly attractive picture. Please do everything you can to avoid being seen by anyone to be pulling the strings from the background or putting pressure on her to make a decision one way or the other. It would be wrong to do that anyway and could open up all sorts of unwelcome possibilities if people think that's what you may have done.

Running_Horse

It's her house and she can with whatever she likes with it; she has already said it will be yours.

If he had wanted you to inherit it he would have made a will.

Please leave this elderly woman alone and get on with your life.

Mojisola

Running_Horse wrote: »

If he had wanted you to inherit it he would have made a will.

In an ideal world, that's true.

As it is, WATTY's Dad wouldn't have expected to die before his mother and she has this cosy idea that the rest of her children will do the right thing when she dies.

It would be awful to pressurise the grandmother but the house was bought by the father. Why should his siblings and nephews and nieces benefit to the detriment of his own children?