I know we've got some landlords around gtam so I'm hoping someone can help get me on the right track. This is a two part question.
Part 1
My landlord passed away unexpectedly a few months ago. Now, his mother is collecting the rent cheques and without really questioning it I gave her some post dated cheques in her name instead of the original landlord's.
From a brief search online, it seems I should still be making the cheques payable to the original landlord and let the estate sort it out. Also, I haven't gotten any legal notices indicating who my landlord is now. I'm thinking of cancelling the cheques I gave her and issuing new ones made out to the deceased. Is this the right thing to do?
Part 2
As I mentioned, the mother is receiving the rent cheques but the sister of the deceased is also trying to run things together with her mother. I was fine with this but unfortunately they have started making life difficult on us. I won't get into the details but suffice it to say I tried to reason with the sister calmly today about an issue they raised but she screamed at me for a good couple min and hung up on me. Batshit crazy I tells ya. Do I even need to worry about anything she says? Having received no legal notifications, I believe I should only be dealing with the executor of the estate (which could be her I don't know). My plan is to tell her to provide me with this otherwise we will not speak to her. Is this a good idea?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Part 1
My landlord passed away unexpectedly a few months ago. Now, his mother is collecting the rent cheques and without really questioning it I gave her some post dated cheques in her name instead of the original landlord's.
From a brief search online, it seems I should still be making the cheques payable to the original landlord and let the estate sort it out. Also, I haven't gotten any legal notices indicating who my landlord is now. I'm thinking of cancelling the cheques I gave her and issuing new ones made out to the deceased. Is this the right thing to do?
Part 2
As I mentioned, the mother is receiving the rent cheques but the sister of the deceased is also trying to run things together with her mother. I was fine with this but unfortunately they have started making life difficult on us. I won't get into the details but suffice it to say I tried to reason with the sister calmly today about an issue they raised but she screamed at me for a good couple min and hung up on me. Batshit crazy I tells ya. Do I even need to worry about anything she says? Having received no legal notifications, I believe I should only be dealing with the executor of the estate (which could be her I don't know). My plan is to tell her to provide me with this otherwise we will not speak to her. Is this a good idea?
Thanks in advance for your help!