OK, complicated one - a "friend" has become executor for the will of his Grandma. A fellow executor (the Grandmas son-in-law) is dealing with most of the will legal stuff, so no problems there, except... Grandma made a will a few months before she died, leaving an equal amount of her estate to her three daughters. This comprises a nice nest egg and a house (owned from new since 1920 something). Complicating factor - one of the daughters has learning difficulties and cannot live on her own, so social services are in play finding her a place in a suitable home, she can live under supervision, so had no problems living with blind Grandma with the odd visit from health visitors etc. So, with the will leaving the house to all three it's fairly obvious where most of one daughters money will end up - in the hands of a care home. While the estate is being sorted out (probate not yet been granted) will the social take notice of this, or is it only when the estate is closed that this becomes relevant? The nest egg can't be messed with too much, but there is the possibility of delaying the sale of the house, or possibly developing it and renting it. The house currently has double glazing and central heating, but will otherwise need gutting and modernising - rewiring, new floors, new plastering etc, might be worth it for a steady rental income rather than chucking a third of it to the care home. House is probably worth about 70k (3 bed semi in Doncaster), and neighbouring properties in top order are fetching around 140k, so there is some scope as the nest egg could cover the redevelopment. Will social services care that the executors are delaying and the other two daughters want to rent[1]? Have they any power to force the sale of a joint owned house? Bit of a cockup by the other executor really, although it made for a simple will, leaving the majority of the estate to the more capable daughters would have made more sense. Social interview on 12th where most of this will be answered, but forewarned is whatchamacallit. In an unrelated note, this "friend" has found out that his Grandad did Lands End to John O'Groats a few months[1] before Champ set his record. I have a picture and I'll be posting a "for fun" identify the bike and location tomorrow. Same Grandad that did the R101 trip which I posted a pic of a couple of weeks ago. [1] No issues with the family, they'll go for whatever the executors recommend as nobody in the family is in need of the cash. [2] Somewhere around 1930
