mf1,
I take your point, and appreciate you taking the time to reply, but firstly I should have said this is a very small property, and only worth about 180,000 gross, and my mothers will specifies that it has to be sold. So in 18 Months , there was only one offer, and apparently two of the five beneficiaries thought that the offer of 90% was not enough,( one executor and one other)
Now we all know that the executors have the final say in such matters, but is it really a NECESSARY PREREQUISITE, that in order for a completion to take place, that all 5 would have to agree on a final sale price.
Wouldn't that be a bit like getting 5 cats to walk in a parade, or if there was a large family, would every member of the family have to agree whether each offer was enough to close the deal, and if so couldn't that take forever and a day, just one or two could disrupt every offer because they were better off than the rest.
I did try to raise the matter peacefully, over the Christmas period when people were in a relaxed mood, but the reason for refusal to complete was because two of the beneficiaries are quiet well off and said they didn't mind if it took another 10 years to complete, or until the market picked up.
Actually I am not disappointed with the value of the house at all, because whoever buys it will have to spend approx 80,000 to bring it up to modern standards, so personally I would be willing to take less just to have my mothers will completed.
The point I was making about the solicitor, is that My mothers solicitor is an honest broker in all of this, and if it came to a challenge say over purposeful delays, would it be necessary for the executors to get their own solicitor, or could the deceased's solicitor protect the wishes of my mother and defend the actions of a purposeful delay, on the part of 2 beneficiaries at the same time.