His mother had capacity to the end and refused to have anything done on her house, which is all he has inherited, with some money, which will be absorbed by works. It's taken him some time with grieving, and the probate procedure, and she left it intestate. At last he has been thinking about things seriously, and just at this moment, calamity.
Across the road is a man with a family and a nasty landlord, who has upped the rent by three times. So he says. He has consulted EAs, investigated the house on the corner, also affected by probate, and is desperate. He has demanded that my friend, outright owner of his place, vacate it by Christmas, because there's pressure at his end. Judging by Homes under the Hammer, it couldn't be made liveable by June, and that's if desperate man over the road has trades in his family. Which I doubt.
My friend as now back in the state he had been in, but blaming his mother for some aspects of the situation, as well as expecting costs of all his money, and he wouldn't have much of a pension left after dealing with things. The neighbour next door is complaining about a tree over his garden and my friend thinks that's going to cost £20000 - which I and a friend who deals with property assure him it won't.
My friend now thinks they're acting together to drive him out from what has been his home for most of his life. His parents wanted him to be support for his mother when his father left with the demand to do that and "You can't always get what you want." as he went off for what he wanted.
I'm being as much of support as I can, but it's draining. Over the road man is fearing being homeless with his family, but is prepared to make my friend homeless instead. Greedy landlord has some other plan in mind, HMO perhaps, there is at least one in the road.
No matter how much we say that he can't be expelled from ownership as if he's a tenant. He is panicking.
Advice is needed. Shelter for Mr over the road. A skip.