Previous owner asking to buy back property!

user1977

Well, what's the reason for their time capsule being in that garden, and not the garden in their new place (or their sister's garden, or somewhere completely neutral)? And not sure why they couldn't be bothered burying it themselves! V bizarre.

Abbafan1972

Ducktard said:

Also, change the locks! You don’t want to come home and find them cooking in your (their) kitchen, etc!

The OP did change the locks - they said in an earlier post. 

spoovy

There's an odd level of emotional attachment to the place certainly, but it's highly unlikely to be part of some machiavellian plot as some seem to be suggesting. Just politely but firmly say no to their daft requests and move on with your life. You might even be doing one of them (I'm guessing the bloke) a favour by knocking it on the head once and for all.
The sister can choose to be silly about it or not that's up to her, but you'd have done nothing wrong and that's all you can control.

GDB2222

user1977 said:

Well, what's the reason for their time capsule being in that garden, and not the garden in their new place (or their sister's garden, or somewhere completely neutral)? And not sure why they couldn't be bothered burying it themselves! V bizarre.

I agree that it is bizarre. But, they left the time capsule behind, when they moved. It was only later that they asked if they could buy the house back.  

 I did give a plausible explanation several pages back in this thread.

What is really far more bizarre is how worked up some people are on this forum about an elderly couple behaving somewhat oddly. It doesn’t bode well for how they will behave when they get old.

trix-a-belle

Abbafan1972 said:

Ducktard said:

Also, change the locks! You don’t want to come home and find them cooking in your (their) kitchen, etc!

The OP did change the locks - they said in an earlier post. 

Front door likely, did they also do the back door and any patio doors? might the key be for one of those doors?

OP if you do bury it at their request and the summerhouse involves a concrete base..... personally i'd agree with others and tuck it in with the bits being collected (more work for you but i'd have it all ready for collection by the door or in the garage so there is no excuse or opportunity for whoever collects to have a nose around your house)

Silvertabby said:

They may even believe that the part of the garden where the tin is buried remains their property, to be visited whenever they want....

There is a house in my region that had a clause along this line in the EA details several years ago, a bench in the garden was to be accessible and not moved & able to be visited whenever they wanted, it was quite quirky all round & funnily enough never sold as far as I can see

lookstraightahead

GDB2222 said:

user1977 said:

Well, what's the reason for their time capsule being in that garden, and not the garden in their new place (or their sister's garden, or somewhere completely neutral)? And not sure why they couldn't be bothered burying it themselves! V bizarre.

I agree that it is bizarre. But, they left the time capsule behind, when they moved. It was only later that they asked if they could buy the house back.  

 I did give a plausible explanation several pages back in this thread.

What is really far more bizarre is how worked up some people are on this forum about an elderly couple behaving somewhat oddly. It doesn’t bode well for how they will behave when they get old.

So do you think they're acting oddly because they're "elderly" 

Flugelhorn

trix-a-belle said:

Silvertabby said:

They may even believe that the part of the garden where the tin is buried remains their property, to be visited whenever they want....

There is a house in my region that had a clause along this line in the EA details several years ago, a bench in the garden was to be accessible and not moved & able to be visited whenever they wanted, it was quite quirky all round & funnily enough never sold as far as I can see

I remember that - there were some newspaper articles about it

Abbafan1972

Flugelhorn said:

trix-a-belle said:

Silvertabby said:

They may even believe that the part of the garden where the tin is buried remains their property, to be visited whenever they want....

There is a house in my region that had a clause along this line in the EA details several years ago, a bench in the garden was to be accessible and not moved & able to be visited whenever they wanted, it was quite quirky all round & funnily enough never sold as far as I can see

I remember that - there were some newspaper articles about it

I remember this also. 

Skiddaw1

GDB2222 said:

user1977 said:

Well, what's the reason for their time capsule being in that garden, and not the garden in their new place (or their sister's garden, or somewhere completely neutral)? And not sure why they couldn't be bothered burying it themselves! V bizarre.

I agree that it is bizarre. But, they left the time capsule behind, when they moved. It was only later that they asked if they could buy the house back.  

 I did give a plausible explanation several pages back in this thread.

What is really far more bizarre is how worked up some people are on this forum about an elderly couple behaving somewhat oddly. It doesn’t bode well for how they will behave when they get old.

Hmmmm..... I'd like to think I'm pretty tolerant all told but I think it's more than bizarre. I feel sad for them- they're obviously struggling to move on (let's hope things settle for them in time)- but I'd feel really manipulated in relation to the time capsule. It makes no sense to me that they didn't bury it themselves. Leaving all else aside, I wouldn't want a complete stranger burying personal items of mine in a garden I no longer owned- who would?

Seriously, OP, I'd (politely) have nowt to do with it.

Abbafan1972

@JuanBallOfWimbledon Don't forget to update us, if the relative turns up to collect the stuff!

Blooming heck, you could write a novel about this!