A member of the family has died and we're now the Executors of the Estate.
The family member was not wealthy, but did own a house in one of the most run down areas of the country which they were living in together with 2 to 4 (depending on the day of the week
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Those two grandchildren are still there and are occasionally joined by their siblings (who are not all adult) - hence my "2-4" comment.
AFAIK, there has never been any formal arrangement about this, they just live there while "in between" looking for alternative accommodation and have contributed towards shared costs.
Now we don't want to evict them while their grandmother's body is still warm but, looking forward, as they have limited incomes and, frankly, prospects, as we will ultimately need to sell the property in order to conform to the terms of the will, I'm wondering what we might have to do if they won't - or can't - find somewhere else to live.
(One is a priority for social housing anyway, she has two young children. But the other is not. To complicate things a little, both will inherit small sums from the sale of the property; enough to pay the deposit on a rental flat, but not enough to do much else with.)
There is no formal tenancy agreement and the house is not fit for rent anyway as there's no gas or electrical certificates.
Where do we and they stand? What is the process if they can't find alternative accommodation without actually being "homeless"?
Or alternatively, we do have the option under the terms of the will to postpone the sale. Thing is, the grandchildren aren't really grown up enough yet to take care of the property and we live too far away to drop in often to chivvy them up about it. If they were to just "stay on" and to keep the property in a reasonable standard (despite my reservations that they're not capable), does that set us up for problems further down the line?
Thoughts? Honestly, the sums of money involved here are not huge by the standards of many on this site but for people who can't always afford a £10 phone top up, they're enormous so we're not only grieving the loss but we feel this is likely to be a great deal of hassle and a lot of pain when all we really want to do is the right thing for everyone involved.