Money, Homeowners and Home improvement: Poisoned chalice

Poisoned chalice

By Anonymous - 30/01/2022 05:00

Today, my great aunt left me her house in her will. She probably thought she was doing something nice, but unfortunately she has no head for practical matters and ownership included both her mortgages, so by the time I sold her house and paid the mortgages, I’m now £140,000 in the hole. FML

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Money hole

By Anonymous - 15/07/2020 17:00

Today, my uncle kept his promise and left me his holiday house in his will. What he didn’t tell me was it’s been unmaintained for 14 years and is unfit for human habitation, has 2 mortgages, and now it and all its issues are now mine. Old, dead bastard. FML

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Not a leg to stand on

By Anonymous - 19/06/2023 03:00

Today, I found I'd inherited money through the death of my childless aunt, enough to be debt free and pay my entire mortgage. My cheating ex girlfriend found out and is demanding half, since my aunt died when we were still living together under common law. She’s getting solicitors involved. FML

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Poisoned chalice

By Anonymous - 27/04/2020 08:00

Today, I inherited a lot of money from a great aunt that I had forgotten about. Her immediate family are all scumbags who were only after her money, so she willed it to me and my mom to say "fuck you" to them from beyond the grave. Now I keep getting threatening phone calls. Thanks auntie. FML

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Generosity

By Anonymous - 22/08/2020 20:04

Today, my granny died. My aunt wants to throw away all her books and furniture. When I offered to take care of selling it, or giving it away, like granny would have wanted, my aunt said she would let me "keep a percentage" of the few bucks I’d get for my troubles. FML

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Poisoned chalice

By Anonymous - 01/12/2023 20:00 - United Kingdom - Gillingham

Today, I learned that just because I inherited a house doesn’t mean I get to move into it to escape my crappy neighbourhood and asshole neighbours. Thanks to inheritance tax I have to sell the house to afford the taxes. FML

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Embezzlement

By Anonymous - 09/07/2024 23:00

Today, I got an inheritance, so I was planning to put most of it in savings, and maybe buy two new cars. Alas, my wife instead decided we really needed to pay off the secret credit card debt she’s been hiding from me. Not only is the inheritance gone but so is an additional 3 grand from our savings. FML

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My new house

By Anonymous - 22/01/2013 08:27 - New Zealand - Wainuiomata

Today, I bought my first house, blowing nearly all my savings on the deposit. I had left myself enough for just a couple of necessary bits of furniture. It turns out the previous owner completely stripped the house when he left, taking the oven and even the toilet with him, amongst other things. FML

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By BenjiFurImmer - 12/06/2019 00:07

Today, I found out that when my uncle died, he left me and the rest of my family £2000 each. Only my parents kept and spent my share on themselves. FML

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Vultures circling overhead

By Anonymous - 07/08/2023 16:00

Today, I inherited several buttloads of money from my grandmother, including property, and by gosh did so many relatives appear from the woodwork to remind me of money granny owed them, or how they just needed an investment to kickstart their business venture. The whole lot of them can screw off. FML

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Pipe dream

By Anonymous - 07/05/2023 12:00

Today, I lost my dream house because my mortgage advisor, who I literally paid to take care of the complicated legal stuff, fucked up at every stage until the seller just sold it to someone else. My advisor admitted I'm his first customer, and that he didn’t think it would be this hard. FML

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sirrubberduckie 35

Sunday 30 January 2022 6:49

Couldn't you have just let them foreclose before you took over the mortgages? I don't think you can will someone a debt without their consent.

poeserpursche 11

Sunday 30 January 2022 15:07

Obviously never heard of "renouncement of inheritance"... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Comments

RichardPencil 30

Sunday 30 January 2022 6:02

Or maybe she hated you.

sirrubberduckie 35

Sunday 30 January 2022 6:49

Couldn't you have just let them foreclose before you took over the mortgages? I don't think you can will someone a debt without their consent.

poeserpursche 11

Sunday 30 January 2022 15:07

Obviously never heard of "renouncement of inheritance"... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Brightside86 30

Sunday 30 January 2022 21:19

I feel like this must happen all the time. Weird that no one alerted you that the property was underwater.

bigredmonkeybutt 28

Monday 31 January 2022 0:40

Didn’t have to accept the inheritance.

Mjskywalk 5

Monday 31 January 2022 3:36

You don’t inherit debt. You can’t inherit the house because your aunt doesn’t own in-the bank does and it will be sold to recoup some of what she owes. However, there is no way you are responsible for debt your aunt took on and don’t let any shady creditors tell you otherwise.