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    Dilemma: Buy property now from parent or wait for will?

    We signed new wills yesterday and all this stuff is covered. Perhaps that is the difference between a "one size fits all" will and one drawn up by a solicitor who knows his stuff?
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    Dilemma: Buy property now from parent or wait for will?

    If it is able to be done by "buying" half (either you or your mother) with your grandmother as the other half, held as joint tenants, then it means there is nothing in the estate (unless there are other assets). Of course, your grandmother must be protected from any possible future falling out...
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    Dilemma: Buy property now from parent or wait for will?

    I would definitely get some legal advice before doing anything.
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    Dilemma: Buy property now from parent or wait for will?

    If your mother was to buy half the house, and if it could then be held as "joint tenants", then when your mother's mother passes away, the house automatically goes to your mother. I won't touch on the implications of leaving your mother's sister out of the will, because that is a whole other...
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