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    CAT and valuations

    I had similar situation with similar amounts. I rang tax office about this recently for clarity, and yes you are liable for CAT on the difference of probate value of house and sale value. Expenses are allowed against this, so conveyancing fee, estate agent fee, house clear out costs and bills to...
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    Solicitor wants to charge €600 for confirming that they witnessed a will?

    I recently completed probate for my late mothers estate. It was tricky, and time consuming, but very achievable, and I'm so glad I did it myself - we saved between 6 and 9K doing so, so persevere with it. I wasn't asked for this myself (Mam and Dad used free legal aid to make their wills) but...
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    CAT on inherited parents house

    I'm a little further along this process since I first asked for help (and thank you to all who helped) so know a little more now. You are liable for capital acquisition tax on the difference between quoted sale price in your probate filing and the actual sale price. In your case (and mine) this...
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    CAT on inherited parents house

    Thank you, that's great to know. I'll call revenue to see how to do that. I appreciate your help.
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    CAT on inherited parents house

    I am joint executor on my parents estate. I have processed probate myself and that was signed off. The only thing in my parents estate is the house, which is to be divided equally between the 4 adult children. The house was valued at 420k and sold at 450k. I've been advised that I have to pay...
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    Where to keep title deeds?

    Thanks for all the advice. We aren't selling any time soon, so solicitor won't be involved. I had expected tthat the deeds were just a few sheets of paper , but it's quite a full folder. The house is about 55 years old, and the deeds included maps of area before it was built on (on size A1...
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    Probate with only one beneficiary

    A little longer, about 14/15. But much quicker than the solicitor who advised me not to do myself!
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    Where to keep title deeds?

    Not sure this is correct forum, but... We recently paid off mortgage and got deeds of our house. It's quite a bundle of documents, not what I was expecting. Where is best to keep them?! If anything happened to them, I'm guessing it would be quiet the legal process to replace them. I wouldn't be...
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    Probate with only one beneficiary

    Thanks all. I did myself, was a little longsome, but all in all very manageable. And I too found the probate officer very helpful. We had our meeting about 9 weeks after submission and then had the probate document 2 weeks after that, so it was very quick. I am glad I did myself, so thanks for...
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    CLearout of house post sale, what to do with "good" furntiure

    Thanks for the quick reply, I'll look into that. I have to clarify that all bar 1 or 2 aren't antiques, but investment pieces my mother and father bought when they built their house, so only maybe 35-40 years old.
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    CLearout of house post sale, what to do with "good" furntiure

    Hi. We have recently sale agreed my deceased parents house. There are some really love items in their house, not to any of my siblings or my style and most wouldn't fit our houses. Ornate carved inlaid ding table and chairs, marble topped curved cabinets, Waterford crystal chandeliers. etc...
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    Future proofing home

    Hi, we are in our mid fifties. Mortgage is just about paid off. Kids in college and have college funds more or less saved/budgeted for. I've come into a small inheritance, and wanted to invest it in future proofing our home, for our later years, (for now, we don't see ourselves moving from this...
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    Indication of timeline, market to close?

    Would anyone be able to give me an indication of how long from putting house on the market, to closing? The house has to go through probate (all advise indicates this will take 10-12 weeks) We have been advised to sell in summer (beautiful garden and view in summer will show it at its best)...
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    Probate with only one beneficiary

    Thanks for prompt reply - very interesting note re solicitors errors!
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    Moving/changing will to a new solicitor

    Thank you, both for replying so quickly and for the advise.
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    Moving/changing will to a new solicitor

    My husband and I made a will 12 years ago, when our children were small, with a local solicitor. I have had cause to consult this same solicitor twice since over those years. The advise was bad advise and thankfully I sought a second solicitor's opinion and thankfully took that advise. Given...
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    Probate with only one beneficiary

    We have just started on this and are deciding Solicitor v ourselves. The will is very straightforward - estate left to 4 children, spouse is deceased and no assets apart from house. Solicitor told me that doing probate ourselves is an option but we could be waiting up to a year for an...
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    How do I rent movies now that DVD rentals are gone?

    Thanks folks. Particular thanks for "The Cinema" recommendation! We have actually been forced out of our living room to the cinema which is great and all, but I love the PJ's/fire/wine/movie combo a little better. I'll work my way through them of the suggestions. I'd never thought of the...
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    How do I rent movies now that DVD rentals are gone?

    Since the death of the DVD rentals shops, we haven't been able to find a successful way to watch new release movies. We have Netflix, which is great, but not a lot of new release movies on there. Virgin on demand is the same, very little choice. Then we got a TV box for streaming movies (a...
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