Thank you - hopefully that is what they will do themselves!

 

The ideal situation would have been if he stood down & I applied to be the administrator of the estate. It would have helped in so many ways but he stood firm over not standing down. One of my cousins K was only too happy to renounce as the other executor despite being retired!

 

Thank you @Marcelle123 I’m very grateful for the house & very happy how it is coming along & that so far everything is working out very well, we just need this DWP business to sort itself out! Xx

 

Thank you that is really useful information. I still don’t know why the DWP would look into the value of the house in 2003 especially as it isn’t relevant when it comes to disregarded capital. That’s even more baffling!
To be honest the executor wouldn’t know what he was looking for in the bank statements as he didn’t have any handle on what benefits my mum was getting or what she was entitled to. Another reason as to why he isn’t the best suited for this duty!

 

Ah I see why it is relevant then to that date but they have specifically asked to look at her assets meaning the value of her bungalow in 2003.

 

It looks like they want to look at her financial situation back in 2003 as you say & her assets which basically mean her bungalow. She didn’t own any other property.
And then they are looking at the last year of her life & that seems to be it. I have chased up the executor & he said he has chased the bank up & I have urged him that it had to be sorted ASAP now.

 

So I’m packing more stuff, sorting through stuff to bin & for charity & then helping to renovate the house as well.
We are doing well, lining paper now on in 2 rooms so next up finishing off painting & then applying actual wallpaper. I was painting doors today - there were good, wooden doors in the house, expensive ones which we have painted white & still painting.
I have nearly ordered all of our kitchen now plus ordered 2 wardrobes today, we don’t have any at all & a few bits like a new light pendant for the master bedroom & new curtains for the master bedroom - we hope to be moving the bedrooms across for next week & then we will concentrate on getting the lounge ready..... my poor boyfriend is shattered after this week. He’s been working on the house before work & today he’s worked all day ( with breaks!) on the house. Next week he is on his early shift & finishes at 2pm so he’s looking forward to really cracking on with the house.
We are doing a bit more tomorrow morning & we need to go shopping for some more decorating stuff but we are taking the afternoon off for a well deserved rest! Xx

 

Well we were going to stop & have the afternoon off but my boyfriend decided not to - it was his call but I’m making dinner in about 15 mins so it is time to have a good break away. He had to swap his mitre saw for another one as it seemed faulty & it was so that was a good call as the new one is working perfectly so he got some more tools as well & is working happily away.
My duties are painting doors & helping with lining paper hanging & then tomorrow we will be doing real wall paper hanging! I will definitely do before & after photos after we finish each room as we are also doing the flooring too.
But for now, my quarter Bengal tabby loves to follow my boyfriend & I around & well she’s made herself quite at home in her new home with us!

 

ah Lola is beautiful! Yes Kali the tabby is a massive diva but she spent most of the day with us at the new house. She now knows when we are going across the road & will eagerly wait for us & then lead the way to the house. It’s diagonally opposite we live now in our rented place.
We are just trying to figure out where to move everything! The cats are pretty cool & great companions for us both but we hope to add to the family & get a pug too as soon as we can!

 

I did wonder about how Kali will take to living across the road but she seems to have accepted that we spend time over there & then come back here & then I think when we are in finally across the road then she needs to spend a few days inside so she gets used to the fact that it is her new space. Kikki our other cat is more an indoor cat now at nearly 17 yrs of age so she is happy to just potter around the garden as long as it is safe for her & she can’t get out so we will ensure that’s the case.
My boyfriend was brought up with cats but also had a dog later in life & has missed having a dog. I have always liked both cats & dogs but it was better for me to have cats over dogs. With a pug, we would be able to leave her with his parents. Or the cats might be ok with the pug & they can be left together with my cat sitter as she also has a dog. I’m sure we can work it out at some point!
The main thing at the moment is getting renovated & moved in. It’s a bit of a construction site at the moment downstairs but upstairs is coming along, the wall paper is getting on the wall in the master bedroom. We had our kitchen worktops delivered today & more stuff coming tomorrow - it’s going to be all go for the next 3 or so weeks!

 

We were talking about this yesterday that we hope to have everything sorted by Christmas & hopefully that includes the conclusion of the DWP stuff so we can all move on. We just need the electrician to come round either today or tomorrow to isolate the sockets where the wall is coming down on Thursday - we removed the kitchen cabinets from the wall. Just the cooker left now to remove but the builder will have a gas engineer with him to sort that out. Luckily the pipe is very close to where the new cooker will go so that should save us money.