Any experts on shared ownership with housing assoc?

[emc]

Hello

just looking for some advice. My late father moved into a Housing Association property around 2001 - in 2003 he purchased a share of the property, around 42 per cent, paying rent on the part he did not own. He told us that he had purchased a further share, we think around 2007, bringing his share to 65 per cent. However, now that we have sold the property, the Housing Association say they have no record of him buying this extra share. Initially we accepted this as perhaps Dad getting confused but now, having gone through the selling of my Dad's flat and having to deal with their incompetence in all sorts of serious matters and them not really seem to know what they're doing my brother and I are concerned that Dad was right and they've just lost the paperwork. We are about the release the money back to the Housing Association for what Dad did not own but there's still a niggling doubt that he did indeed own 65% and we are just giving his money away. I know this is a long one but is there any way we can check and double check he definitely did not buy that extra share? thanks so much to anyone who can help.

[KalamityKel]

Which housing association is this?

[emc]

Hi - it's Mole Valley HA - they deal with properties in Surrey (Dad's was in Leatherhead) and the surrounding areas I think

[Romeo Jones]

God that's awful, I really wish I knew what to suggest. My Mum's good at things like this, so I'll ask her. Has your Dad got absolutely no records of his own for when (if) he bought the other share. Believe me, I understand how incompetant such organisations are. Southwark has been nothing but a nightmare with my housing benefits, nothing but mistakes made on their behalf, lost paperwork of which I've sent them, having someone else' information in my file including someone else' bank details!, and the list goes on. Agh! is all I can say and that I really sympathise. Don't take any action until you can find a way to make sure.

[Burbage]

Have you been through the bank statements? If you haven't got them, banks should be able to produce at least six year's worth of statements for a small fee (you'll need grant of probate and a death certificate, but presumably you've been through that already). Even if the account's been closed, they should still have the records.

If a large payment to Mole Valley isn't there (which might be the case if he'd paid from a different account that he later closed), a sudden decrease in the rental payments would suggest he had bought an extra share. If you find neither, then you'll have a clearer mind.

[emc]

Thanks for that advice - we are now looking at bank statements...hopefully will turn something up!

[zeban]

Asked my Mum and she said exactly what emc has just said. Good luck with it all.

[womanofdulwich]

will the Land Registry record this?

[emc]

No, unfortunately it doesn't record it. In the process of looking through bank statements etc.