Advice on buying a probate property with ongoing inheritance claim

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Does anyone have any experience of probate sale - I have seen a property that come on and off the market - it a probate sale. I looked up case. It currently in court: Probate Part 8 Claim - Inheritance (provision for family/dependants). It like the property may HMO but has adaptation. Does any one have any advice for this type of property - does it affect the value and feasibility of the sale.

Friends bought one. It took a year to go through with no family dispute and there's a dependency on the land registry being updated I think which took months.

The first point is that it can't be sold by the executor(s) until probate has been granted, the will may then be contested, are you prepared/able to wait? The second is that they are sold as seen, if there are any queries ( does the boiler work, when was it last serviced etc) the seller will just say "not known".

I was involved in a dispute. It took four years before we could get probate and sell the house.

Thank you for the replies - it’s sounds like I should run from this property. Apparently probate has been granted but they got a hearing next month.

Did this affect the value?

I thought it couldn’t be sold unless title was free and clear? If it isn’t then I wouldn’t touch it. I’ve bought probate houses before but only after probate granted. The hold up might be the agreement of possibly several parties to the sale price.

No, once we could sell it it sold at expected value.

You can buy a property once or probate is granted. I did and it all went through very smoothly.

It sounds like the claim is against the estate, not attempting to prevent probate being granted. I would enquire of the agent but it's likely that you can buy the property and then the claim would be against the executor for a slice of the proceeds - i.e. not affecting you at all

Yep, if probate has actually been granted the executor can sell the property, they will have to hold the money pending the outcome of the case.

However if the executor is a family member rather than a solicitor they may prefer to hold on to the asset until it is concluded to avoid any potential dispute over the sale price.

I have looked up the case online - it doesn’t give details part 8 claim - inheritance (provision for family/dependents. It list an administrator vs another person who I assume is a family. I queried again with estate agent who confirmed previous sale fell through due to legal issue and is going back to court next month.