The death of the father of the family in November 2024 was the starting point of a confrontation between his two children, heirs in equal parts (proindiviso) of a house valued at 400,000 euros in Honfleur (Normandy). One of them wants to keep it, and stay to enjoy it but the other requires that it be sold immediately. The reality is that at the moment the matter is blocked, between continuous threats to take the case to trial.
The property that is disputed is a house of 200 square meters, which has a landscaped land of 450 meters from which the two brothers are now co -owners. One of them resides in Paris and the other in Lyon and since the death of the father began the problems, so they have distanced themselves. “They barely have a relationship,” he told Figaro Nathalie Couzigou-Suhas who is a spokesman for the Parisian Notaries Chamber and works for the family.
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The one who lives in Paris has continued visiting the house, in summer and on weekends, but never warned his brother. And he is the one who wants to keep it. “The problem is that it does not have enough economic means to buy its part,” says the notary.
Surprised while they spent the truth in the house
The brother who lives in Lyon decided to go without warning the house of which he was co -owner. He knew that his other brother was visiting her on weekends and in some holiday periods. But he had never told him anything.
When he realized what was happening, he got angry and demanded that he compensated financially for the months in which he had enjoyed the house. To understand it, he requested the payment of a rent or an income. Moreover, the amounts were clear. It had to pay 500 euros per month or 4,000 euros for the period of November 2024 until June 2025.
The doubt that arises is, was he entitled to it? According to French legislation, you should not pay a euro. The reason is that this ‘rental’ fertilizer is contemplated when one of the co -owners prevents access to the other to the house, for example, changing the locks. In this case, the brother retained his keys and in case of wanting to go to the house, he would have no problem.
They ask for 450,000 euros for the house, because one of them “does not want to sell it”
The Parisian brother has set the sale price of the house in 450,000 euros, something that the other brother recriminates him, since he points out that “it is not because he does not want to sell it” and acknowledges that he would accept that they pay 410,000 euros for the house. “He wants this matter to end as soon as possible.”
Therefore, as the notary said “the negotiations advance at a very slow pace” and although it is something that the two want to avoid, “the only solution in case this continues to reach the court.” But, if this happens, “the risk of appraisal to leave the house in a lower value than the market appears.”
A situation that could be given and that the two heirs should take into account because “in the end it would mean a direct economic loss for both of us.”
How is the cast of an inherited house between brothers
When an inheritance is received among several brothers It may be that the family house is in it. Like the rest of the heritage, it must be distributed among the legal heirs, as marked by the Civil Code and is established in the will.
To begin with, in the case of homes or other goods, it must be taken into account whether or not it has been done. If the answer is that yes, it will be done as it is said in this document, but when there is no, each of the brothers will correspond a part of the house.
For example, if there are two, 50% and if there are three, 33.33% and so on. Each of them will be co -owner of the house, holder of a part of the same call.