Question about wills

[ImJustMadAboutSaffron]

I just remembered something when writing a post a few minutes ago. My friend has been "talking" to (but never met) a guy for around 5 months now and I can see he's a bit of a weirdo.

Amongst a lot of other claptrap he told her that his father died 10 years ago and his mother a few years after that, and didn't leave a will, but his brother "bought more of the family home" than he did (they apparently share the house). He's told her he doesn't want to upset his brother and he doesn't like his brother to know about his girlfriends. Also that his brother asks him what is arriving through the post for him.

I thought if someone died intestate the assets were divided equally between heirs, or am I missing something here?

Hmm. Maybe, but if the "bf" wanted more ready cash the brother might have invested more in the property to release it for him. So for example, if the property was 100k, 50k each, the brother might have given him 25k ( from his share of other assets or his own account) in exchange for a 75:25 split on the house.

@LIZS

Hmm. Maybe, but if the "bf" wanted more ready cash the brother might have invested more in the property to release it for him. So for example, if the property was 100k, 50k each, the brother might have given him 25k ( from his share of other assets or his own account) in exchange for a 75:25 split on the house.

Ah yes thank you. Didn't think of that scenario. He is telling her a lot of rubbish, though. Apparently the brother owns more of the house so the brother gets to tell him how to live his life and that is a constraint on why he can't see her.

Two possibilities there -

1. He's telling the truth in which case it sounds like a situation nobody would want to touch with a barge pole
2. He's lying in which case he sounds like a man nobody would want to touch with a barge pole.

I once sexted a guy for 5 months before we met. My God it was a let down when we finally got together, and I went into a bit of a tailspin. Being embroiled in a fantasy for so long isn't good for anyone.