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Probate question / no access to house

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LakesLovely123 · 17/08/2025 10:10

I was just wondering if anyone knew about this. My parent died and didn't leave a will. Probate was granted and my sibling is executeur. Communication is difficult. They leave a pile of rubbish they've sorted and get angry if I haven't taken it away but aren't allowing me to see the house or access it. It's been left as 50/50 ownership. They've always been money-minded and greedy. Said parent would buy them Christmas presents and birthday but not for me. They have grown up thinking they always deserve more.

Anyway I was just wondering if I had any rights. I can imagine they're taking/have taken anything of value, but I don't actually have photos of me as a child and I'm keen for the house to be sold and not have to have anything more to do with her.

Does anyone know? Have any advice?

OP posts:
Wot23 · 18/08/2025 09:06

LakesLovely123 · 17/08/2025 14:03

I thought parent had a will. Me and sibling weren't speaking. They didn't contact me until probate had been issued and I was informed that we were joint beneficiaries through a solicitor.

as someone else has said, contact the solicitor and establish exactly what are the circumstances, not least who is paying for the solicitor, and what is the solicitor there to do ?

I'd also register your details on the Land Registry "property alert" service in case sibling changes ownership of the property into their sole name
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/property-alert

(PS make sure you are always on a .gov website as there are a lot of commercial "land registry" websites that charge you for things that are free or much cheaper from the official .gov Land Registry website)

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