Probate

GoonhillyGirl

Hi

My father passed away 7 years ago.
I have paid the council tax, electric and water rates for the 7 years on the property, and expended money maintaining the gardens. How do I reclaim this from the estate when administered ?Thanks for any advice.

Keep_pedalling

I don’t see that you have any right to make such a claim as you have benefited from 7 years of rent free accommodation. Your siblings might say that you actually owe the estate money not the other way round so be careful not to start making demands that could backfire on you.

One of the reasons your sibling is heavily in debt is that they are overdue their inheritance by at least 6 years so you can’t blame them for trying to finally get this sorted out. If you don’t trust them why did you not take on the administration yourself years ago?

Marcon

GoonhillyGirl said:

Hi

My father passed away 7 years ago.
I have paid the council tax, electric and water rates for the 7 years on the property, and expended money maintaining the gardens. How do I reclaim this from the estate when administered ?Thanks for any advice.

Council tax is personal to the occupants, so no reclaim there. If you've been living there, you were the one using the utilities, so why would the estate pay for them? If there's no provision in the will (?is there one) to cover this, then it seems reasonable that you should pay them.

Keep_pedalling

Marcon said:

GoonhillyGirl said:

Hi

My father passed away 7 years ago.
I have paid the council tax, electric and water rates for the 7 years on the property, and expended money maintaining the gardens. How do I reclaim this from the estate when administered ?Thanks for any advice.

Council tax is personal to the occupants, so no reclaim there. If you've been living there, you were the one using the utilities, so why would the estate pay for them? If there's no provision in the will (?is there one) to cover this, then it seems reasonable that you should pay them.

The opening post has been edited, it originally stated that there was no will.

Marcon

Keep_pedalling said:

Marcon said:

GoonhillyGirl said:

Hi

My father passed away 7 years ago.
I have paid the council tax, electric and water rates for the 7 years on the property, and expended money maintaining the gardens. How do I reclaim this from the estate when administered ?Thanks for any advice.

Council tax is personal to the occupants, so no reclaim there. If you've been living there, you were the one using the utilities, so why would the estate pay for them? If there's no provision in the will (?is there one) to cover this, then it seems reasonable that you should pay them.

The opening post has been edited, it originally stated that there was no will.

Thanks - annoying when people do that. Makes it much harder to answer helpfully when relevant facts are removed! 

p00hsticks

Obvious question (perhaps answered in the OP before it was editted) is - why has the estate still not been administered after seven years ?