I miss my father so much. Never take for granted that your parents will always be there for you. My father died 12-26-07 at 74 years of age and left us 4 kids with a mess. We all went through dads house taking or rather splitting up his belongings except for the eldest who gutted the garage with no regard for the other 3 of us who might need things too. We split his buriel expenses which was only 470.00 for each of us kids and my 3 siblings still owe me money which got put on my credit card.
My fathers house is a pig stie, his cat is homeless, and the bills are adding up on my credit card. Dad still does not have a headstone, the temporary marker at his grave had the wrong spelling on it every time I went to visit. I called the business office at the graveyard in Clarkston twice to get his name spelled correctly, the first time they changed a few letters phonetically. The sad part is my father is burried with his parents and their last names are all the same. All they have to do is look at out my grandparents names are spelled to get the correct spelling. I have to admit I have not been to his grave in a while, I need to fix a planter and put new flowers out.
Nobody has done anything to try and help with anything at the house. We all just sit, waiting for the state of Washington to take the house or demand that it be sold so they can get reimbursed for part of the $296,000.00 that they are owed for my step mothers long term care in the nursing home. My brother was going to try to buy the house, but here we sit a year later and I guess he has lost interest. We need to sit and talk about what to do with the house. It sure as heck will not sell as is, without new carpet and an interior paint job.
Does your stepmom have kids?
ReplyDeleteSorry you have to deal with this. Do you and your three siblings own the house now? Get them to quick deed it to you and sell, use the money to pay off the debt and divide the rest left over between you and your siblings.
My stepmother has one living daughter who did not come home upon her own mothers passing nor my fathers passing. She did not want anything especially since there is nothing to be had.
ReplyDeleteMy stepmothers and my fathers property is worth 121,000 or atleast that is what the taxes are based on and because of 2 leans on the property we cannot do anything but buy it or sell it right out. Then all the legal gargon has to be taken care of and who knows how it will all turn out.
The hard part about selling the house outside of family is my Grandfather built every part of that house with his own hands. My father grew up in that house. Now we all are left with what to do now. My sister and I do not need 2 houses, my oldest brother owns his home too, but my younger brother wanted to buy the house but ended up off work on an industrial and is currently on unemployment along with 70 other employees at his place of work. He is scared to death to buy a home at this place in his life. So here we sit, not knowing what to do next.