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**Chris** · 29-01-2021, 15:28

Your obligation as executor is to see that outstanding debts are paid, but these must be paid from the estate's own resources. You are not obliged to spend your own money to clear the house and the council cannot come after you if you don't.

If the council has to clear the house, they may well sue the previous tenant (or their estate in this case) for recovery of the costs, but if the deceased's estate can't pay, then the debt has died along with them.

As always however, don't take an amateur internet lawyer's word for it, phone the CAB and ask them.

29-01-2021, 15:28	#5
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,294	Re: Tenant advice please? Your obligation as executor is to see that outstanding debts are paid, but these must be paid from the estate's own resources. You are not obliged to spend your own money to clear the house and the council cannot come after you if you don't. If the council has to clear the house, they may well sue the previous tenant (or their estate in this case) for recovery of the costs, but if the deceased's estate can't pay, then the debt has died along with them. As always however, don't take an amateur internet lawyer's word for it, phone the CAB and ask them.