Whos in the right

[numnum]

This could be a long one and I'm interested in all comments but i can see how families can fall out over things

My partners brother was given their grand fathers house as a gift. Now the complicated side.... The grandfather is alive but living in sheltered housing so the house got signed over to the grandfathers daughter. As she lived so far away along with her children she decided at the time for easyness to sign it over to my partners brother as she lived so far away

The house was a gift for him out of easyness and was never something for him to make profit on, the gift was for him to live rent free.

Now, he is selling the house back to the aunt who gave it to him as a gift. They are too polite to say no. But this house would not sell on to open market due to the loacation, dampness, woodworm, asbetstos thats in it.

Now my boyfriend, (sellers brother) has now stepped in and said we're buying it. Much to my worry due to the problesm and the fact the house was a gift never to go out the family and now we're having to pay for it

What would you do?

I feel like saying to the family that said they'd buy it back they don't want it and we don't want it as it would never sell. and see what then happens. i could understand if he'd have done the house up and is worth a lot but he's done nothing to the house and itsn now like the rest of the family are paying for his new house that he's just built!!!

The grandfather is still very alive and alert and would be devistated to find out whats going on behind his back

[woofgang]

Is your money involved?

[joko]

was he told that he could have the house, but only under certain rules etc?

[bednobs]

if the house was "signed over" to him, the person that did that can't now complain they are doing something they don't like, as from what it sounds like the house belongs to him.
if the grandad wanted to retain control over the house he shouldn't have given it away - why would you give away a house anyway?

If your money is going into buying the house then surely you have a say over whether you buy it or not?

[numnum]

well, whats happening now is their mum is now giving us the money to buy it and we'll pay it back. she lives next door to the house so thats why there is also concern with the old house

its a strange one, they just signed it over as a gift not thinking he'd ever sell it for a profit. they just thought hed sign it back over to another family member if he ever moved on and not sell it to them.

it think it is a big regret on their part now that they signed everything over to him but at the time it was never discussed it was just a family home and he would live in it for easyness as he already lived next door and the actual gift was to live rent free whilst also keeping an eye on the family home e.g keeping it heated, council tax paid etc since they live far away

the grandad is now in elderly accommodation so the house is left to the daughter in the will and was then signed over to her once he could no longer live in the house alone