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Originally Posted by Nick
My neighbour left her house to her 3 children, she no longer lives in it but her grandaughter rents it. The grandaughter wants to buy the house from the three aunts (two are sisters and one is the wife of the now dead brother), she, the sister in law doesn't want to sell for such a low price (she wants her children to have more of an inheiritance. She also lives in Paris and this property is in Brittany)
Did I read somewhere that you now only need two thirds to agree to a sale?
We have a vested interest as we want to buy a small piece of their land and the ones that live here are agreed we can buy it.
Anyone with any knowledge on this subject?
Nick
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Assuming your neighbour is dead and the 3 children inherited the house in indivision, there's nothing you can do. The last third of the house actually belongs to the children of the dead brother - not to his wife. Though, if the children are underage, their mother controls their interest in the house in their name.
If the children of the deceased brother were adults, you'd have to get the agreement of each one of them for the sale before the property could be sold. (Though it would eliminate the influence of the sister-in-law.)
French inheritance law is a real mind blower to us anglo-saxon types.
Cheers,
Bev