Family has owed me £1000s for almost 10 years - please help

undaunted

27col wrote: »

Putting the house up for sale, even if you didn't intend to go through with it, would probably tend to concentrate your daughter's mind as to your serious intent.

I think perhaps steps towards putting the house on the market (ie legal action as I suggested above) would indeed be likely to do so. Actually doing so would likely incur costs / contracts with estate agents, solicitors etc which would be best avoided if possible however

undaunted

Conrad wrote: »

Yup, you give birth to them, you nourish them, you care for them through long nights, you sit up and worry, you get them through school and then one day you abandon them over some money.:(

Love is not conditional.

To a large extent I admire / broadly agree with your sentiments. Surely however it does have to work both ways! Would you agree that in this case the daughter & son in law appear not to be playing ball on that?

goldmercury

So this close family member is your daughter. How much profit did you make on the sale of the house to her back in 2004?

I think you should just write it off mate. Maybe get her to pay you back £50 a month or something as a good will gesture and get on with your life. It's too short to have stresses like this - especially with close family members.