Tenants in Common

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Been advised to change our home from joint tenants to tenants in common to "protect" 50% of it from means testing for care fees, to leave some inheritance to the children. Are there any downsides to doing this, such as selling the home that's in trust when my wife or I pass, accessing the trust in any way prior to the survivor also passing? Thanks.
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Only for the taxpayer and your comfort in old age, so don't worry about it.
I would watch last nights Martin Lewis show, it did touch on this subject.
However it can depend where in the UK you live as to who inherits if one of you dies without a will.
For comparison, the average length of stay in a care home is around 12 months. Self funders would pay around 50K. If their house were worth £200k that still leaves a not insignificant sum for their children.
You can certainly do this to avoid inheritance tax on second death though and it's a common thing to do.