Ten years ago my uncle ( A British national) died in Australia. He had
lived in Hong Kong from the age of twenty and had bought a piece of
land in the then New Territories.
He shared this piece of land with a friend & built four flats on the
site. One for him. One for his friend. The two others were sold at a
profit & the proceeds split between him & his friend.
When he died he bequeathed the flat to me to sell. It?s the first
floor flat. As the other gentleman was slightly disabled and my uncle
was not.
During his lifetime there was no animosity and they both remained
friends until he died.
Before he died he came to England and gave me all the leases &
ownership details of two flats that he owned, the other being in
Thialand. Plus details of a retirement farm that was to be sold &
given to his illegitimate daughter who he loved very dearly.( Not the
daughter of his friend)
The flat in Thialand was owned through the friends daughter and he had
told me to ask her for the money when he died. She at the time had
married a thai & run a restaurant, the flat was above it. She never
paid me. She betrayed his trust and there is nothing I can do.
Ten years on the flat has been hi-jacked by the daughter of his
friend, She has put 3 viscous dogs outside & extended her fence to
include the access to the first floor flat , where previously it had
been a corridor or pathway through the front garden.
She also had built another two flats on the side garden somewhat 2 ft
from the side windows of the flat, without permission of my uncle or
his estate.
She has butchered the flat so it is uninhabitable.
Friend of my uncle visited the flat a year ago & they are the only
people who have had access in the last ten years. They reported that
the flat is derelect & empty.
All the furniture removed & the door left open, though the lock has
been replaced three times in that ten years by our agent out there.
No estate agent is allowed in as they intimidate them. The solicitor
says that her hands are tied. The daughter says she will buy the flat
off us but to date wont reply to any correspondance.
My question is as follows.
Can we somehow recover the flat in Hong Kong ? and if so how do we go
about it. Bearing the total disregard for his wishes by the daughter
of uncles friend.
& How do we recover our money from the sale of the property?
My Uncle held a British passport & was Chief of the water police in
Hong Kong during his working lifetime. He was a genuine man & always
told me that this was my inheritance. |
