Selling late father's house

smk77

user1977 said:

smk77 said:

HobgoblinBT said:

OP, I note that your bank account has been open for less than 12 months.  Do you hold any additional accounts eg with a building society that has been open for over 12 months that might be suitable to receive the payment?

I do have a savings accounts with the bank I used to have a current account. It does have a sort code and account number.

And does it accept BACS payments from third parties? If so, just use that! Problem solved.

Thanks. You solved the issue! 

Bigphil1474

Good to hear it got sorted. For info, when we sold my dads house, the solicitor wouldn't split the payment between the 5 beneficiaries or the 2 of us executors - they insisted on paying it to one nominated executor who then distributed the funds to the rest of us. 

smk77

Bigphil1474 said:

Good to hear it got sorted. For info, when we sold my dads house, the solicitor wouldn't split the payment between the 5 beneficiaries or the 2 of us executors - they insisted on paying it to one nominated executor who then distributed the funds to the rest of us. 

Wonder how that would have turned out for the solicitor if the one nominated did a runner?