My family has just had its 3rd financial assessment for our mother. her liquid assets up to about £25K (rounded up from the upper limit i know). This one takes in the value of our mother's house. I have become increasingly curious and concerned at the given idea that we should obtain a free valuation from an estate agent. Although this might sound like a good idea I am concerned about the sort of message this would send out. My sister and I hope to live in the house for as long as humanly possible and i think that asking an estate agent for a free valuation on the house assumes that we will at some stage wish to sell the house. That implicitly we would be saying "Give us a free valuation and when the time comes we'll use you to sell it". Although this sound fine if you want to strike that kind of bargain intentionally I am concerned that we would be using this tactic for wholly the wrong purpose.
I'm sure many people have been down this road and either managed to hold on to their familly home, had definite plans to leave or even a change of heart.
I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has used this tactic without any planned intention to move, whether in should be considered acceptable and would not lay our familly open to unwelcome advances.
Thx
I'm sure many people have been down this road and either managed to hold on to their familly home, had definite plans to leave or even a change of heart.
I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has used this tactic without any planned intention to move, whether in should be considered acceptable and would not lay our familly open to unwelcome advances.
Thx