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Goodness - I am in the same boat, probate through a couple of weeks ago, off to see estate agents and get the house ready for sale next week. I assumed that I would have had 6 months before paying CT. But reading this sounds like I won't.
I don't feel that "This applies when there are no circumstances which prevent the beneficiaries using the property for their own use" is particularly fair - house is wrong end of the country for me, have a perfectly good house near where I work and wouldn't have chosen to have second house. Hope sale goes through quickly.
Edit: just reading the bit about the property being transferred - I am not transferring the names on the property. Many people will be selling i to divide the proceeds and never all owing the property
Originally posted by Flugelhorn
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I wouldn't panic Flugelhorn. We put FiL's house (local to us & 3 of the 4 other beneficiaries) on the market 'subject to probate', buyers found, the house remains in FiL's name. No council tax charged from DoD.
Told the council probate grant dated 26 March & I expected the Class F exemption to commence. It has, no problem, no argument, no questions asked. Exactly like 26 months ago when we did this before.
There is a difference in OP's case, she lived in the property while her mum was in a hospice & for 1 week after she'd died (don't know how long in total). It doesn't take much for a local authority to try to weasel out of giving anyone something for nothing!
Personally I'd appeal, nothing ventured & all that. Good luck OP.
Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it.