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Am I wrong to think this way?

AdamPD · 2017-11-09 17:07:52

A long story short, I live with my father, we co own the house we live in, so we share the mortgage and bills 50/50. We have lodgers in our home, unfortunately to help with the mortgage and bills My dad gets pension credit, so every year when it's cold, he gets £200 towards the cost of heating our home, which should mean,…

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NBLondon Posts: 5,708 Forumite

13 November 2017 at 3:44PM

The other thing to check with the CAB/solicitor etc. is inheritance rules. When dad (or uncle) passes on - who gets their share of the house if they haven't left a will? Then think about whether it might be better to advise dad to write one... Of course, if both go then OP might end up with the whole house and the lodgers but that's presumably not what he's hoping for :eek:

I need to think of something new here...
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