missing a childhood home

tiger_eyes

meritaten wrote: »

The way I read it is that the will actually passed the property down to OPs parents but stipulated that it must go to grandchild when parents are deceased. OP thinks that means she 'owns' the property - when in law her parents do.

I think it's possible from the OP's story that the parents actually have a life interest - the property was legally left to the OP on the stipulation that the parents had a lifetime right to live there.

heretolearn_2

I don't think it's possible to leave something to person A but stipulate they must then leave it to Person B. Sounds like the property was left to the OP but mother has a right to live in it to her death; not uncommon.

OP, there's not a lot you can do really until you can take possession of your property. Don't agree to any changes you don't want, in future. Your mother has the right to live there in peace and that, I doubt, includes having to permit you access over the rights any other landlord (which you sort of are) has over their property. You'll just have to wait, or mend things with your mother so you can be invited to visit etc.

rozmister

Dunroamin wrote: »

You don't know that it's been set up in that formal way - it might have just been stated as an intention.

The OP states it was in the will and that she had to sign before her mother could change the buildings. If there's no formalities why would they need to get her to sign? I mean yes it's polite to ask her but if she said no you'd just do it you wouldn't ask her to sign and give you consent.

Treevo

meritaten wrote: »

The way I read it is that the will actually passed the property down to OPs parents but stipulated that it must go to grandchild when parents are deceased. OP thinks that means she 'owns' the property - when in law her parents do. there must have been some clause in the will about changing the buildings for OP to have to co-sign - which she did and shouldn't whinge about it now.
I think her attitude stinks actually - right now its her mums property and although it must be left to her she has no right to treat it as her own.

You don't know any of this. OP please ignore the above.

rozmister

meritaten wrote: »

The way I read it is that the will actually passed the property down to OPs parents but stipulated that it must go to grandchild when parents are deceased. OP thinks that means she 'owns' the property - when in law her parents do. there must have been some clause in the will about changing the buildings for OP to have to co-sign - which she did and shouldn't whinge about it now.
I think her attitude stinks actually - right now its her mums property and although it must be left to her she has no right to treat it as her own.

Surely it could be set up in the OP's name but that the only person who can reside it in it while her parents are alive are them? My friend's granny had a big house and when she died she left it to my friend's dad but with the stipulation that her housekeeper (who I think was more of a companion towards the end of her life) was the only one could live there until she died. The house was never in the housekeepers name but whilst she was alive and residing there it was her home.