Probate and property valuation

Yorkshireman99

S_Baker wrote: »

Thank you for your replies. Your excellent information has put my mind at rest that I won't have to pay IHT. I did ring a surveyor and they want to charge £450.00 plus VAT for a RICS survey. A new round of face pulling ensued. This sounds like a lot of money.Is this normal?

I could, of course, sell the house but it is my family home and I keep my horses here. Finding a house with land is not cheap in this country and while I may move in the next few years (no one else in the family wants the house) I don't want to be forced to move, particularly at this difficult time.

It is unusual because one end was built 20 years ago and the other end is a listed and derelict 14th-century barn. Someone might want to buy it a try for planning permission and build something really stunning or it might be an outright liability as it is subsiding. Who knows?

Thank you for your help.

Sophie

That shows even more how much you need urgent professional advice. You will not be allowed to let a listed building fall down. The local planning authority can, and probably will serve a repair order on you. if so, and you do nothing they will do the work and charge you.