In December, we discovered a vacant house in the neighboring village. According to a neighbor, the owner was suddenly admitted to a care home and now has a legal guardian. There is a disputed acquaintance involved in a northern German city, and the house is supposedly going to be sold through a real estate agent.
I have contacted all the agents working in this area, but without any success. I also asked other neighbors and villagers, but they didn’t have any additional information. The mail carrier is still delivering letters to the house’s mailing address, and there is no forwarding order. After that, I sent a letter in the hope that the guardian still checks the mailbox regularly. Finally, I wrote to the guardianship court, but they are either unable or not permitted to help me. My ideas are running out... this is really frustrating 🙄
I could try calling nearby care homes, but due to privacy regulations, they probably can’t share any information with me either...
Does anyone have any other ideas?
I have contacted all the agents working in this area, but without any success. I also asked other neighbors and villagers, but they didn’t have any additional information. The mail carrier is still delivering letters to the house’s mailing address, and there is no forwarding order. After that, I sent a letter in the hope that the guardian still checks the mailbox regularly. Finally, I wrote to the guardianship court, but they are either unable or not permitted to help me. My ideas are running out... this is really frustrating 🙄
I could try calling nearby care homes, but due to privacy regulations, they probably can’t share any information with me either...
Does anyone have any other ideas?
SumsumBiene26 Jan 2021 15:18... Guys... There isn’t even a sidewalk, and we haven’t seen any snow for three years :p:p
If you are really interested in the house, invest a few hours on Sunday. You should know the name from the neighbors anyway. Buy a bouquet of flowers and visit the retirement homes to deliver it. If he is not there, then Aunt Marta must have explained it to you wrong—move on to the next one.
Be a little creative :-)
Be a little creative :-)
J
JuliaMünchen26 Jan 2021 15:29Personally, I believe that anything beyond writing a polite letter and possibly talking to the neighbors crosses a line. As difficult as it may be to find a plot of land or an affordable house, from the outside, one can only speculate based on family connections. When it comes to topics like caregiving and the potentially imminent passing of a relative, boundaries are quickly crossed, and well-intentioned actions can actually hurt the family. They may have hired a caregiver only because the person in need lives far away or because it is emotionally too difficult to make decisions regarding their own parents. If someone had left a note in my grandmother’s house after my mother passed away, that person certainly would not have been considered as a buyer months later during the actual sale. With everything you do, I would always think about how you would feel if it were your own vacant house. Ultimately, these people have a rightful choice to keep their house empty for as long as they want and not be pressured by prospective buyers.
Alex124 schrieb:
Buy a bouquet of flowers and visit nursing homes to give it away.Or ask the neighbors what might please him more than flowers. But the basic idea is good: a friendly interaction with the person involved (who usually can still make decisions themselves; a legal guardian is not the same as a conservator).https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Winniefred26 Jan 2021 16:03I wouldn’t exaggerate it. You did everything you could do discreetly.
By the way, we also found application mail in the mailbox of the house we bought. No one had checked the mailbox for ages because the house had been empty for a while due to inheritance issues, and people had been dropping mail in... The house was then sold to us through an agent with the mailbox full, and I found some of the quite friendly letters.
Of course, you can keep asking around, but personally, I would find it really odd if people were trying to find me in the way some suggest here.
By the way, we also found application mail in the mailbox of the house we bought. No one had checked the mailbox for ages because the house had been empty for a while due to inheritance issues, and people had been dropping mail in... The house was then sold to us through an agent with the mailbox full, and I found some of the quite friendly letters.
Of course, you can keep asking around, but personally, I would find it really odd if people were trying to find me in the way some suggest here.
@JuliaMünchen provided an example of how quickly relatives can feel offended.
In my circle of acquaintances, I also know opposite examples where the relatives or joint owners just wanted to get rid of the house as quickly and as easily as possible.
So yes, keep searching actively. It’s better to fail while trying than to not get it because you never tried. If the answer is no, you have to accept it and then you stop.
It’s perfectly normal for interested parties to get in touch. I renovated a house for over a year. During that time, I also received three letters with children’s drawings. But they were just as impersonal as the real estate ads every two weeks.
In my circle of acquaintances, I also know opposite examples where the relatives or joint owners just wanted to get rid of the house as quickly and as easily as possible.
So yes, keep searching actively. It’s better to fail while trying than to not get it because you never tried. If the answer is no, you have to accept it and then you stop.
It’s perfectly normal for interested parties to get in touch. I renovated a house for over a year. During that time, I also received three letters with children’s drawings. But they were just as impersonal as the real estate ads every two weeks.