Unable to send CHAPS payment for house purchase

Shakin_Steve

SevenOfNine wrote: »

Thanks Shakin Steve - but TBH our younger son died just over a year ago without a Will & no wife/children. By default, as parents, his estate landed in our lap (though thankfully he'd nominated his brother for £273K pension/service benefit). We just need to do the right thing, what we know for sure he'd have wanted, & pass the bulk of what we inherited on to his nephews (our grandsons age 7 & 8).

How very sad.

jonesMUFCforever

SevenOfNine wrote: »

Thanks Westie, I wasn't going to apologise as I did write "as we were informed 2 days ago". I found the info after #14 PeacefulWaters politely informed me it was all over the Lloyds website - quite right, it is.

Pity the bank staff don't seem to know! She even said it as "£20k per day spread over 5 days, & hopefully your account won't be blocked for suspicious activity"!

Thanks JonesMUFC - I think I misled you somewhat. We're sorting out moving £100k from our Lloyds joint bank a/c into 2 separate accounts, £50k each for our 2 grandsons. 2 separate CHAPS transactions @ £30 each.

I think I might resort to our good old fashioned cheque book.

You are right there is no need for a CHAPS transfer for kids accounts - a cheque would suffice.

System

"lloyds have also blocked my online account for suspected fraud (as you can imagine they've done this a few times and I'm getting pretty annoyed about it,"

If they really suspect you of fraud why have they only blocked your online account?
Why not just write a cheque and take it round to your solicitor if your account is blocked only for on-line transactions?

mgdavid

I see the OP is a newbie who posted just the once 5 days ago and hasn't returned.
The more I re-read the OP the more fantastic it all sounds.... I'll leave you to your own conclusion!