A couple of reclusive people have died near me leaving apparently no will and no known relatives.
If this is proven to be the case, then after a couple of years the case is referred to the Bona Vacentia Department , part of HM Treasury. They will then publish details on their website allowing Genealogy firms to try and trace heirs - heir hunters. Eventually the state will claim all the assets if no heirs are found.
I wondered what happens if there is a property involved, does it just sit there unused and unloved?
Well it turns out that our good friends in the local authority are responsible for safeguarding and maintaining(!) the property even to the extent of insuring it - all paid from our funds. But the properties remain unused /unoccupied, and that to me seems completely wrong when there is under supply of housing.
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I used to watch Heir Hunters on BBC1 years ago @meldrewreborn and the properties are just left unoccupied and not maintained. I suspect those heirs with common sense would be grateful that someone has taken the time, effort and money to maintain a property that they've then inherited. But there'll be an increasing amount of people who'd take the view '...you've no right to do that etc, I want compensation blah blah blah'.
leaving potentially valuable property empty is criminal in my view and I can’t see why such property couldn’t be refurbished and let while legal beneficiaries are being identified. In essence the council would become temporary executors. Heirs identified later would just have to suck it up.
having an empty property does nothing good towards the area it occupies.
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