Ruth O'Hare on Nostr: Short rant. When my dad died probate taking a long time didn't really matter, mum and ...
Short rant. When my dad died probate taking a long time didn't really matter, mum and him had joint accounts and bills and stuff and I guess we didn't notice how long it took. It was a technically, no biggie. Now it's my brother and we need to sell his flat and sort out his finances and we can't even start without Letters of Administration from the Probate Registry.
The LA don't charge council tax for the first 6 months, which on the face of it sounds reasonable. Housing crisis and all that, we don't want homes being left empty for no good reason, but they started the clock from the day he died. With the kind of delays that seem to be typical (see below) we could be facing a 100% council tax bill before we're even allowed to put the place on the market! How the 🤬 is that fair?! I'm thinking we just refuse to pay. Incompetence by one branch of government shouldn't give another branch the right to rob us. 😠
https://www.theprobatedepartment.co.uk/probate-delays/
The LA don't charge council tax for the first 6 months, which on the face of it sounds reasonable. Housing crisis and all that, we don't want homes being left empty for no good reason, but they started the clock from the day he died. With the kind of delays that seem to be typical (see below) we could be facing a 100% council tax bill before we're even allowed to put the place on the market! How the 🤬 is that fair?! I'm thinking we just refuse to pay. Incompetence by one branch of government shouldn't give another branch the right to rob us. 😠
https://www.theprobatedepartment.co.uk/probate-delays/