Simple question, from a Newbie...

[davidft]

Sit tight and so nothing is my advice.

If you have registered your claim with the Treasury Solicitor they will not release any information until such time as they decide who is going to get admininstration of the estate. At that time they will tell you who that is and the projected value of the estate.


....... or at least that is my understanding of how it works.

[Notaclue]

Sit tight and so nothing is my advice.

If you have registered your claim with the Treasury Solicitor they will not release any information until such time as they decide who is going to get admininstration of the estate. At that time they will tell you who that is and the projected value of the estate.


....... or at least that is my understanding of how it works.

If they do tell us even a projected value, that would be great.  I doubt the precise value would normally be known ahead of the administration being done, since full valuation is all part of that process from what I can gather.

[geoff_43]

Hi,

I used to know a chap who worked for an heir hunter. Lost contact now so can not ask him. However, I recall he said that it is easy to claim. Just contact the Treasury informing them you wish to claim on the estate of xyz. They understand not all are in to family history. Any documentation, proof etc will then be requested.

DO NOT sign with these companies, what they do not tell on TV is they claim 60% of your payout!!!
At least that was 6 years ago when he worked for them.

Geoff

[dawnsh]

If both your parents are still alive, then one of them is the beneficiary not you.

Dawn

[geoff_43]

Sorry should have said.

These companies work on a percentage. Hence they look for what they feel is a "high value estate". They do not know the value either, but look at the person's background etc. and decide which to persue.
The fact they have contacted you points to a "high value estate" in their opinion. Assuming it is not a scam.

Good Luck

Geoff

[Notaclue]

If both your parents are still alive, then one of them is the beneficiary not you.

Dawn

Oops, sorry Dawn, I can see my comment about my 'parents' could confuse things here.  To clarify, that's my Dad and step mother.  Our own mother has been dead for several years, and our inheritance is via links through her, her being a close blood relative to the person whose estate has been left.

More precisely then, the HH contacted my father only in order to locate me, as we share the same surname.  I'm ex-directory but he's not, so would be easier to track down I'd think.     

[Notaclue]

Hi,

I used to know a chap who worked for an heir hunter. Lost contact now so can not ask him. However, I recall he said that it is easy to claim. Just contact the Treasury informing them you wish to claim on the estate of xyz. They understand not all are in to family history. Any documentation, proof etc will then be requested.

DO NOT sign with these companies, what they do not tell on TV is they claim 60% of your payout!!!
At least that was 6 years ago when he worked for them.

Geoff

Yes, we already did register a claim with them thanks Geoff (mentioned in my OP) and we've spoken with them.  But scant info to show from that so far.  Apparently they're now "waiting for the file to come up from downstairs" before they can tell us anything at all. 

It's been more than a week so far.  Trouble is, we're now finding it hard to wait & see what the situation is - pure impatience of course!

[dawnsh]

And although the television programs make it look easy and quick, you may have to wait quite a while for all the missing entitled heirs to be located and contacted and then for your application to be processed.

Don't go out and order that brand new Ferrari just yet 

Dawn