Pension credit

reeta1964

thank you all for the replies, I really appreciate it x

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reeta1964 said:

Hi yes my mum owned her house, it’s worth about £121k which is still empty and for foreseen future will be empty as it needs modernising. My mum had local authority carers for the last 3- years of her life so surely those care charges would have been wrongly calculated as it relied on her income and she produced the DWP benefit letters for that- so this error has a knock on effect if they overpaid her  as I guess her care charges should have been lower.  I was going to put this down in a letter to DWP and I also paid out £4859 in unpaid debts which i haven’t claimed back (as I know my Mums last wishes was for her grandchildren to have some money). I read online this https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/a-121-8315?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true and wondered if anyone had any advice on it 

Hanging on to the house until you get the chance to do it up is probably not a good idea. Maintaining an empty house can be expensive. Insurance costs are going to be high and you will end up paying double council tax 6 months after probate has been granted. 

reeta1964

Hi we were going to sell it and have had valuations last year for probate but I’ve been shielding so it’s getting around to it when joint decisions need making. To be honest last year was a write off for a lot of people and Mum dying just triggered my depression episode. I’m slowing clearing the house as it has a lot of memories for me and I need to let it go now so I do understand where your coming from.