So confused right now :(

paulineb_2

peachyprice wrote: »

And if it turns out the house doesn't belong to your step dad so you'll never get the flat?

You are being a princess, you want it all on a plate, for as little as input from you possible.

You know, it doesnt cost that much to furnish a flat. I got stuff second hand, theres also freegle/ikea. And when you buy things for the flat, even if it is second hand, its yours to furnish the way you want it, you arent inheriting someone elses tastes.

This thread really isnt making sense to me now, at all. If its such a strong possibility that this flat wont ever be yours OP, why is this even an issue.

You cant see into the future, you cant tell whats going to happen a few months or a few years down the line. You could take the council flat offer and hand your keys in when you get something else.

But I bet you, if things dont go your way and you dont end up with this flat, you might up kicking yourself because you passed the opportunity by.

Its furnishing a flat, pure and simple, for the sake of not wanting to furnish a council flat you could condemn yourself to years of living at home or in expensive private lets because you cant get housing, as you turned down these offers.

sparkles22

In Scotland you can apply for 'Assignation of Tenancy'. Obviously all you can do is apply, it is by no means guaranteed. But I was happy to do this. My parents had always intended to do this for me, this was always the plan. If we applied but were then unsuccessful, then I would have no problems holding my hands up. But at least I would have tried.

sparkles22

When my stepdad's dad was put in the home, it should have been as simple as my parents moving into the house they had paid for, and for them to apply their tenancy to me. If the lawyer had done his job right then we wouldn't even have these problems.

FatVonD

No offence but I wouldn't even want to start a live of coupledom in a flat that my parents had lived in, I sure as hell wouldn't want to sleep in their bed with my partner! *shudder*

paulineb_2

sparkles22 wrote: »

When my stepdad's dad was put in the home, it should have been as simple as my parents moving into the house they had paid for, and for them to apply their tenancy to me. If the lawyer had done his job right then we wouldn't even have these problems.

But that isnt the situation you are facing. Why does your stepdad not have the sole rights to this house if he was the person who actually paid for it.

Also if you applied for their tenancy and the council turned you down, what would you do?

julie03

but as you dont know if you are going to get it , why not take this other one for now, it makes more sense, the other house could take months or even years to sort legally and you may not be successful with succession, but in the meantime you have your own place, or do you have to live in the council flat to get the assignation of tenancy

Wicked_witch

The issue isn't really which flat you end up in, or whether or not your stepdad is legally entitled to this house. It's your fear of moving in with your boyfriend and then finding out he's not the person you thought he was. Quite honestly hun, you need to put your parent's housing dilemma aside- especially as either way they won't end up homeless- and concentrate on your quite understandable trust issues.

sparkles22

You have to be a resident of the property to be eligible for assignation. The reason my stepdad does not have full rights is that (I know I sound like a broken record), the lawyer didn't do his job properly. Things that should have been written weren't, sentences were left uncompleted... the whole thing was just a mess. My parent's lawyers have tried to contact the original one, with no luck as of yet. If everything had been done correctly, then he would have full rights, as he should have given that he paid in full for the house.

FatVonD

sparkles22 wrote: »

- He did purchase the house, around 20 years ago.

He was fully entitled to do so. The lawyer wrote the papers up (well, we thought he had). His mum and sister were there as witnesses. The council were fully aware of this, and full permission was granted. If the lawyer had done his job properly, the wills would have read as the house belonging to stepdad, stepdad's parents to live there until their death. When that happened it should have been a simple case of him moving into the house he bought with his own money.

He may have put up the money but (for whatever reason) it wasn't purchased in his name or this situation wouldn't have arisen. If he purchased it (as in legally purchased it rather than it being purchased with his money) then there would have been no need for it to be even mentioned in the wills as your stepdad's parents didn't ever own it so it wasn't theirs to leave it to anyone.

Did he buy it outright or was there a mortgage?

Edit: and whose name is on the deeds?

paulineb_2

Wicked_witch wrote: »

The issue isn't really which flat you end up in, or whether or not your stepdad is legally entitled to this house. It's your fear of moving in with your boyfriend and then finding out he's not the person you thought he was. Quite honestly hun, you need to put your parent's housing dilemma aside- especially as either way they won't end up homeless- and concentrate on your quite understandable trust issues.

I must be missing something here, how does all this relate to having trust issues with her partner?