Force house sale

Mrs_wood

My partners step children are refusing to except there 25% inheritance share of is bungalow that he wants to sell. There mother died 2 years ago and his health has deteriorated he can no longer manage to maintain the property. He had a buyer and letters where sent to the beneficiary stating he was selling. Who then said he could not sell has there was a restriction on the property.what can he do to sell his property.

sal_III

westernpromise wrote: »

Well, £57k of the property is the OP's as of right, because he paid for it. The residual £113k is being split 50%, so I don't see why the brother should feel hard done by or entitled to 50% of something his parents didn't own. If that had been a £57k mortgage, would he expect the lender to waive that?

To give him £85k of the property would mean that the OP was reducing his inheritance. Instead of getting 50% of the £113k, he'd be getting about 25% of it. I wouldn't do that deal, personally.

You are blessed to not have rotten apples in your family tree if you can't understand how this is possible. Pray @Deity you never find out.

tlc678910

Hi OP,
I don't agree you should give your sibling a greater share of the house/money on principle. Your parents split their estate 50/50 and that is fair. Your sibling should not be given cash for being immature and throwing a strop.
I agree with the suggestion of Bagpus that a solicitors letter is sent offering to either sell and split proceeds as described or investigate for one of you to buy the other out and making it clear that if he does not respond in a timely manner you will go to court and seek to recover legal costs, council tax, insurance and ongoing repairs and maintenance from their share of the proceeds due to them unreasonably refusing to resolve the situation.

This assumes that you have given your brother some time since the passing of your parents (at least 3-4 months I would think) and that you have tried and failed to resolve informally.
Good luck.

Redscope77

tlc678910 wrote: »

Hi OP,

This assumes that you have given your brother some time since the passing of your parents (at least 3-4 months I would think) and that you have tried and failed to resolve informally.
Good luck.

It's been nearly 18mths since we lost dad and just over a year since we lost mum