Inherited house problem

Twoods

Evening,

my step dad left a house to myself and his two siblings. Shortly after he died the son moved in to do it up to a good selling standard.  We all paid for the works. This was over two years ago.  Although he’s being friendly and telling me it’s the agents fault blah blah blah.  I’ve asked him outright if he wants to sell and does he want to buy me out.  He says he does want to sell and can’t afford to buy me out.  His sister is now in a care home and the mum who is now appointee won’t want to sell as the care home will take the money. These people are strangers to me so they will stick together and not force a sale.
what are my options? Getting a solicitor involved will probably cost more than my share.  Can I sell my share (investor, agent etc) or any other way to get my share? 

My situation has become a bit more desperate as to why I need the money this year. 

Many thanks
Theresa 

Keep_pedalling

Who are the executors?

Twoods

The son who is living in the house

Keep_pedalling

Twoods said:

The son who is living in the house

You really need to put some pressure on him to get this sold. As long as the house is still in the estate and not been transferred to the beneficiaries, he is the only person who can sell the house and non of the beneficiaries can block the sale.

Do you know if he has actually obtained probate? If has, then I would just tell him that you need this sorted without any further delay. If that does not get you anywhere then I would write to him giving him a short period of time to get the house on the market otherwise you will take legal action to have him removed. Hopefully just the threat of legal action will get him moving.

Twoods

Thank you. I think he’s playing a good game as he’s had the house on the market but nothing has happened in 2-3 years. I live 300 miles away so hard to tell what’s going on.  He agreed to change from purple bricks to a local agent but I can’t find out which one.  It’s all legally in 3 names now that’s why I was wondering about selling my share to an agent etc or just the threat of that might speed it along.  Thank you for your advice

Martico

Twoods said:

He agreed to change from purple bricks to a local agent but I can’t find out which one.

If you look at the property on Rightmove, you should see which agent it's on with

Bookworm105

as above, if the property is with any agent at all it will be on one (or more) of the property websites. Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Prime Location etc etc 

Keep_pedalling

Twoods said:

Thank you. I think he’s playing a good game as he’s had the house on the market but nothing has happened in 2-3 years. I live 300 miles away so hard to tell what’s going on.  He agreed to change from purple bricks to a local agent but I can’t find out which one.  It’s all legally in 3 names now that’s why I was wondering about selling my share to an agent etc or just the threat of that might speed it along.  Thank you for your advice

That is unfortunate as it means nothing can be sold without the cooperation of all three owners or their attorneys. Not selling will not avoid the sister’s share being used for care costs the LA can simply slap a charge on the place.

This also means you can’t get him removed at estate administrator as the estate has effectively been administered and distributed, so the only legal option is to force a sale through the courts which is going to be expensive. What is the value of the house? Do you already own your own home?

Twoods

Keep_pedalling said:

Twoods said:

Thank you. I think he’s playing a good game as he’s had the house on the market but nothing has happened in 2-3 years. I live 300 miles away so hard to tell what’s going on.  He agreed to change from purple bricks to a local agent but I can’t find out which one.  It’s all legally in 3 names now that’s why I was wondering about selling my share to an agent etc or just the threat of that might speed it along.  Thank you for your advice

That is unfortunate as it means nothing can be sold without the cooperation of all three owners or their attorneys. Not selling will not avoid the sister’s share being used for care costs the LA can simply slap a charge on the place.

This also means you can’t get him removed at estate administrator as the estate has effectively been administered and distributed, so the only legal option is to force a sale through the courts which is going to be expensive. What is the value of the house? Do you already own your own home?

The house is worth about 250k. I rent currently.  Just can’t believe that there is nothing I can do. If I could buy him out I would