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Mojisola

In that case, as administrator, aren't all the cards in your hands?

The house can be sold as you want and the proceeds divided between the two beneficiaries. Your sister doesn't have any say in the house. Your father doesn't have a contract with the administrator and has no call to be paid before the estate is distributed. Your sister could, of course, reimburse him out of her share.

BobQ

Mojisola wrote: »

In that case, as administrator, aren't all the cards in your hands?

The house can be sold as you want and the proceeds divided between the two beneficiaries. Your sister doesn't have any say in the house. Your father doesn't have a contract with the administrator and has no call to be paid before the estate is distributed. Your sister could, of course, reimburse him out of her share.

True. It seems to me that Ames should change the locks and leave it to the EA to sell the property. If Dad wants to make the best offer let him do so but do not let him or sister into the house again unless it is sold and treat him as just another buyer unless his offer is about the same as the best offer.

That said if he does wish to buy it at a fair price, you could save the estate agents fee by a private deal.

lynnemcf

Ames, I dont want to add to your burden but do you have insurance on the house? I could only get 3 months insurance on my dad's empty house (cos of the high crime rate of the postcode) so I ended up having to sell it at auction.

Ames

Thanks everyone.

Lynne, no there's no insurance. That was another issue I had with dad doing the kitchen and playing with electric/gas/water supplies.

Again, I was overruled...

As I said, I'm not sure if I'm up to the confrontation that changing the locks will cause, and they need keys to get in and finish the kitchen and move all sister's stuff out (she's storing her furniture there while she stays at dads because she's in between jobs and homes right now).

Mojisola

With such difficult family members to cope with, I would be inclined to pay the solicitor to deal with it all and then you can keep saying to the others "I know, it's awful, but the solicitor says that he/she has to do it that way because it's the law."

The solicitor's fees will come out of the estate before it's distributed so you won't have to stand the full cost.

Ames

Mojisola, that's my plan - just keep saying to them 'the solicitor's dealing with it'.

Although I don't even need to do that since dad's not speaking to me and sister hardly isn't.

Mojisola

Ames wrote: »

Although I don't even need to do that since dad's not speaking to me and sister hardly isn't.

They might start when the house gets locked up although it might not be the kind of calls you want!

If they start causing you problems, make sure you screen their calls so you can reply in writing or when you're feeling confident of what you want to say.