Selling my mums property

Mancmanman

Hey. Basically me my brother and sister are executors of the will 
My bother and sister are trying to bully me into selling the property cheap. 
I've said no. 
They have threatened to try and get me removed as a executor as well 
On top of this my brothers wife who isn't named as a executor is dealing with the estate agent. She acting like it's her house. She's the one trying to tell me what to do. 
Does anyone know if I can get her removed from the estate agents and removed from even getting involved with it at all
Also how do I stand about them trying to get me to sell the house cheap at auction 
Thanks 

Flugelhorn

How long has it been for sale and how is the marketing going? are you getting viewings? any offers? 

If not then maybe the price is too high? Have you spoken the agent for advice?

There can be occasions where some of the beneficiaries hang on for a bit more money for one reason or another when in fact it costs more to do so 

elsien

The fine art of compromise?
for what reason are they wanting to sell the auction? And as above, of interest, have you had so far with the traditional viewings?

As far as your brother’s wife being involved, it’s not unusual for an executor to delegate tasks to people who may be more suited to do them. Or in her case, maybe just have more availability.

elsien

Bills and council tax should be coming from the estate. if the estate is just the house and nothing more than the council and everyone elsewill have to wait for their money.

Your brother‘s wife is not acting as administrator. She is acting informally on his behalf. Probably because he finds it easier to get her to tell you than do it himself. He is  passing the buck so if anything it’s him you should be getting cross with, not her.

It’s going to cost them a lot more to try and get you displaced than it is to wait another couple of weeks as per the estate agent suggestion. But you can’t say you will offer them the same price as at auction, because until the auction happens, you have no idea what the property will sell for.
if you are serious about buying it then get a proper RICS valuation. 

Olinda99

It sounds like a difficult situation but as long as you are an executor they cannot do much without your agreement unless they get you removed

My advice would be for you to have a think about time scales and what you would like to happen - for example maybe you would like to have the house with the estate agent for another month or six weeks (Easter period is a good time for buyer interest) and then go to auction if it does not sell

Communicate your plan to the other executors in the nice way and then ignore any hassle from them.

If it does end up going to auction then you are able to bid in the same way as anyone else

elsien

Obviously, the wife is seriously getting on your nerves. But I think you are misreading her position. She’s not a formal administrator, she’s calling herself administrator to the executors which is basically a posh title for secretary.
They have delegated the legwork to her, and then they would make the decisions and sign the paperwork alongside yourself. That’s really not unusual if a solicitor is a professional executor - quite often family or someone else are doing the legwork and finding information.
You need to let go of your issues with her because she has no legal authority, and concentrate on the situation with the formal executors. 

Mancmanman

I've had to remove my comments cos someone emailed me about it. 
If you have any legal advice that would be great. I don't want the post to turn into a who's right who's wrong 
Thank you 
It wouldn't let me delete the whole post 

elsien

You can’t delete your original post but you can contact the forum team to have the thread removed or to take out anything identifiable if you prefer. 

And for what it’s worth, you won’t get proper legal advice on here. That needs to be paid for. What you will get is suggestions and opinions from people some of whom will be qualified IRL and some of who are posting from their own experience. But on an anonymous forum not everyone is who they say they are and advice can be variable.