Brother Wants To Purchase Mum's Council House..........

Pixie5740

shop-to-drop wrote: »

My mum's in hospital and just been told she is not going to get well enough to move back to her house even with extra support. This means that whether she goes into a home or comes to live with me if we can make room her house is going to need to be sold, as far as I can tell because even if she lives with me additional carers would be needed and adaptations to the house etc. I'm already expecting fallout from my siblings who will be expecting to inherit and may blame me and think I am benefiting at their expense.

Imagine if mum comes to live with you in her last years and you are in the same position where 'her' house has to be sold and the monies used for her additional needs. How would brother accept this?

That's a shame if your siblings worry about losing out on an inheritance rather than focussing on your mum and seeing what they can do to help you give her a good quality of life.

shop-to-drop

Pixie5740 wrote: »

That's a shame if your siblings worry about losing out on an inheritance rather than focussing on your mum and seeing what they can do to help you give her a good quality of life.

To be fair I am pre-empting issues hopefully it won't be a total nightmare but I suspect it won't be problem free, it hasn't been discussed yet but it has been suggested she come live with me. I would love her to but she needs two people to move her and my house is too small and would need adaptations.

Lord_Baltimore

poppysarah wrote: »

No I don't know but I can have a jolly good guess.

Well, it's your choice to provide advice on the basis of...erm...guesswork.

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Let's just say that the son is doing this with the best intensions in mind. His mother already has a secure tenancy so is she really any better off owning the property? Probably not. What about any repairs that need carried out or if the home has to be sold to pay for the mother's care in the future? It doesn't seem worth it.

It's taken 3 pages of comments for a view devoid of personal bias so well done! The points you make should assist the OP without all the morality getting in the way.

Pixie5740 wrote: »

That's a shame if your siblings worry about losing out on an inheritance rather than focussing on your mum and seeing what they can do to help you give her a good quality of life.

Are these 2 things mutually exclusive? Can't the siblings help with mum and be interested in their inheritance?

fablanta

To OP.

Best case scenario. Your mother buys the house with the money given to her by your brother. Your mum then moves in with her friend and rents out HER house giving her an extra couple of hundred pounds a month which she uses to enjoy herself by going on trips with the aforementioned friend.

martindow

fablanta wrote: »

To OP.

Best case scenario. Your mother buys the house with the money given to her by your brother. Your mum then moves in with her friend and rents out HER house giving her an extra couple of hundred pounds a month which she uses to enjoy herself by going on trips with the aforementioned friend.

Or she sells the house and blows the money on a round the world cruise with her friend.