How long?

[missprim]

When you die and leave your house to someone, how long is it usually before that person gets the deeds and can sell it on.
I know it probably should be asked somewhere else but not sure where.

[Dee Sa]

I think it all depends how straightforward it is and how good your lawyer is but if u ask in the Law section under civil they are more "qualified" to tell you, I reckon around 6 months.

[dotty.]

the beneficiary can sell the house as soon as the will has gone through probate i think, the deeds location isn't an issue, with Dad the will was read a week after he died and the bungalow went up for sale after probate was granted.

[bednobs]

by convention, executors have a year to distribute the estate in accordance with the will (although it can be longer or shorter)

[missprim]

Ok Dee Sa. If I don't get many answers here I will ask there tomorrow.

[missprim]

I'm asking on behalf of a friend as I don't understand anything like this as it it has never happened to me so please excuse me if I ask if you can explain a little clearer as I don't know what it means to say 'when a will goes through probate.'

[dotty.]

probate is the legal process used to settle the estate of a deceased person based on the content of their last will and testament. if there is no will after someone dies, then the estate is settled legally by applying for letters of administration from the probate registry.

[ubasses]

It all depends on how straightforward or complex the estate is, if your friend is using a professional as an executor they should be able to give them some idea of how long it will be.

[FredPuli43]

The executors get grant of probate, which is only granted after HMRC have had a first lot of inheritance tax paid; a sum will be calculated for that (on a house any inheritance tax is payable in 10 annual instalments). The house won't be the beneficiary's until grant of probate, when it is the executors' to transfer in accordance with the will. Even if the estate is quite complicated, the grant can usually be obtained fairly quickly, once the Revenue have had their first chunk of tax. The delays are generally in the years to follow, with arguments about what is and is not taxable and for how much, sorting out companies the deceased owned and so on.