Probate - grateful for a sanity check !

spongebobbrownpants

Scenario: Parent A and Parent B now deceased. The house deeds show them as 'Tenants in Common' with a life interest trust if I've understood the terminology correctly. Somewhat simplified by having a single beneficiary (child) who is also the executor and trustee.

When Parent A died (Feb 2026), as far as I can see no action was taken by Parent B to update land registry etc, basic assets such as bank cash transferred as surviving partner.

Parent B sadly now also deceased (Sep 2026), hence now looking at this board …

So, as far as I can work out I need to do the following:

• Apply for probate for Parent A, using house value as at Feb 2026 (50% value)
• Also apply for probate for Parent B using current valuation (100%)
• Both sets of probate should then give the authority to sell the property / deal with assets etc. No need to update the Land registry as this will be released on sale anyway.

Have I missed anything ? Seem relatively straightforward and will be no IHT tax to pay (house estimate £250000, other assets mostly cash, approx £30000). I think I can just apply for probate as an 'excepted estate'.

Very grateful for any comments etc - cheers