You can not only buy a house, but also inherit it: inheriting a house - is it always good
Many people today strive to spend more time outside the city. And especially - to have a private house in the countryside. But prices for private houses are growing by leaps and bounds. Therefore, not everyone can afford to have a house in the village.
However, there are those lucky ones who inherit the house and do not need to save anything for it, take out a mortgage and make other expenses. Here we are, of course, not talking about tragic cases when the inheritance is across the throat. Now we are talking about happy occasions.
Is it always good to inherit a house?
And here it is worth knowing how to properly formalize the inheritance, so as not to get problems for yourself and not to lose the inheritance, which can radically change life for the better.
First, you need to strictly observe the terms of accepting the inheritance. From the day of the death of the person from whom the inheritance is transferred, no more than 6 months must pass in order to receive the property that previously belonged to him. Many have heard about 6 months. But for some reason they are waiting for this term, and after its expiration they go to the notaries and they will learn from them that the term has expired! This is the main mistake! 6 months are given to present their inheritance rights. And only then its registration begins.
In recent years, a number of changes have been made to the legislation on inheritance and previously controversial issues have been concretized. And they just tightened the requirements for meeting deadlines.
Until recently, the heir could come to court and say that he did not know about the death of a relative, therefore, he began to claim the property too late. And the court restored his terms. Now this reason is not considered valid. The courts now believe that future heirs should know about their promising testators and be interested in their fate. Like this. In this regard, there is even a ruling of the Supreme Court No. 46-KG20-28-K6 dated 02.02.2021.
For example, if a person expects an inheritance from his grandmother, with whom his relationship did not work out, then he must still monitor her condition in order to submit documents for the inheritance on time.
Secondly, there are risks such as inheritance of credit obligations. The heir thinks that he inherits an apartment from a relative, enters into his own rights, and he is presented with several loans that will need to be paid for many years, or to sell the inherited property for them repayment.
Therefore, it is worth contacting a notary in advance with a request, what are the obligations of the testator in order not to get into a similar situation. And decide for yourself whether it is worth accepting such an "inheritance".
Thirdly, you need to understand that the person from whom the inheritance is transferred could have a spouse who is the only owner of the property according to the documents. But at the same time, it was acquired during the years of marriage. This means that the second spouse has rights to him. This means that the heir also has rights to a part of this property.
These are the useful things to know when a situation with inheritance arises.
Recorded from the words of a notary with whom I recently had a chance to talk.