Watty's Awakening

Bargainhunter30

Imagine all the cleaning that you'd need to do 🙈 at that price tag there'd be no money left over for a cleaner!!

greent

I think if sister lacks capacity it will be a Court of Protection Order, rather than PoA - I had to do one for my nan when she was in a home with dementia. More expensive and takes longer to sort than PoA

daisy_1571

Thats what was at the back of my head greent,  I knew there's something that takes ages and that must be what I half remembered.   I hoped it wouldn't be too much work to get it started then it could chunter away in the background for a couple of years.

Watty1

Thanks @greent  I have been reading and yes it would seem a court of protection order should be in place, however I also checked the will and the letter of wishes with it.  Now I know letter of wishes are expressions rather than legally binding but it seems VNM's mother wished VNM to "put aside" the house money until sister's death so that if sister needed anything it would be there for her, provided by him from this pot.   She wished him only to access the pot after sister's death.  (I think she wanted to provide a safety net for her daughter's housing and care but did not want to impact her current arrangements by leaving her the bulk of the estate).

We can worry about the practicalities of this "wish" later.   In the short term then just getting the house sold is the thing for me to deal with since I have now checked that the accounts his mother opened in his sister's name have less than £10 in each.   So I will just let those go dormant as the effort to retrieve the small amount is not equal to the win for her.  It would seem the money she had put aside she moved into her own account and that has been used for the financial gifts she left in her will.

Watty1

In other news bonfire night over with and all good.  There were distant sounds and sights but only one neighbour startled Most Handsome  (the other two just ate hay).  All fine but pal down the road upset as she had a close neighbour letting them off.    Just this weekend to get through and then it is down for another year.

Maybe next year I will be far from people! 

Finally Lamb Paddock has been overtaken by this in my late night property browsing as a dream house
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/165124499#/?channel=RES_BUY

I know very little about the area but I did think that was gorgeous, I know it will be months before we really can move but a gentle browse through 'property !!!!!!' is a harmless way to spend a little time

WelshmansDaughter

You mean you're not tempted to build a 21st century castle a la Grand D? 🤣🤣🤣

Watty1

WelshmansDaughter said:

You mean you're not tempted to build a 21st century castle a la Grand D? 🤣🤣🤣

Step away from the keyboard, of course I am tempted LOL
but if a castle is wanted, and this is only the same price as the Welsh property
https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbedrugls210210

I dread to think of the upkeep costs of that however!

Cherryfudge

That's amazing! One feels Jeeves might appear...

greenbee

Watty1 said:

WelshmansDaughter said:

You mean you're not tempted to build a 21st century castle a la Grand D? 🤣🤣🤣

Step away from the keyboard, of course I am tempted LOL
but if a castle is wanted, and this is only the same price as the Welsh property
https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbedrugls210210

I dread to think of the upkeep costs of that however!

But think what you could do with a ballroom!

WelshmansDaughter

Accessible by regular ferry service
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Might sell that to someone who has never seen a Scottish winter