WWYD sister's boyfriends scamming my elderley mother

[Incredulously]

Sister's boyfriend moved himself into my mums house years ago.
He would treat my other siblings and I with utter contempt and never talk to us. We would try and engage him and it was so uncomfortable. He would sit in silence eat dinner and leave the table even at christmas without saying a word. One christmas not giving a crap that we saw,he sold something illegal from the front.

Funnily enough whenever there was a sniff of money or that he could take advantage he suddenly found his voicebox. The brass neck is actually astonishing.

He is now in my opinion taking advantage of my mother who is a heavy drinker. He is trying to buy her house from her for 100s of thousands below market value and then comparing it with houses that are not even comparable and have so many less bedrooms which are on for a lot more than he is offering.

What would you do?

Police and the safeguarding team of your local Adult Care social services.

What is YOUR relationship like with your mum? Any chance she could sign power of attorney over to you, so that you can protect her and her assets?

Also can you convince her to get an estate agent round to value the place, so that she understands its true value? You could even ask the estate agent if they have advice on the situation and also if they can recommend a solicitor, as your mum would need one to make the sale anyway. You could ask the solicitor if they would allow an alcoholic to sell their house at much lower than market value.

If you can speak to her in a sober moment (maybe take her out to lunch and withhold drinks until you’ve spoken) point out that if sister and boyfriend buy her house, where will she live, if they don’t want to have her there?

Finally, ring every official body you can think of (social services, Citizen’s Advice, police on a non-emergency number) and explain the situation.