Solicitor cannot verify seller

chiny

Ruthieo28 wrote: »

...property is a probate...
...their client who is asserting the right to sell the property is the registered proprietor and entitled to sell. However by refusing to provide the warranty you should be aware that the seller may not be the registered proprietor.

OK, I (as executor) am about to start the selling process of my late mother's house. Clearly I'm not the registered proprietor, although no doubt I'll be asked to sign something that says I'm entitled to sell.

Noting the solicitor's wish to "a**e cover" suggests I should do likewise and smother everything with a suitable disclaimer about knowing nothing as I am not the owner. I'm amazed any probate property gets sold

Great idea re setting alerts at the Land Registry. Next on my to do list.

Thrugelmir

chiny wrote: »

Noting the solicitor's wish to "a**e cover" suggests I should do likewise and smother everything with a suitable disclaimer about knowing nothing as I am not the owner. I'm amazed any probate property gets sold

To state the obvious you aren't. So highly likely you won't

A situation I have found myself in recently. As I've conducted probate primarily myself (the will did name me as joint executor). There's been considerable verification as to who I am. Hardly surprising given the sums involved.



People do get uppity over the most straightforward of matters. Yet would be screaming blue murder if it was they they suffered financial loss.
Far easier just to get on with everything.