Woman Accuses Brother of Stealing Her Dream Home After He Purchases Their Grandparent’s Property, the Whole Family Gets Involved

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jul 31, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Inheritance can be an ugly thing. Money mixed with family dynamics creates all sorts of tensions, and you really see someone's true colors. Though this story isn't exactly about inheritance itself, there's an element of that in their frustrations. 

In this Reddit story, the original poster (OP) is a married man who's always dreamed of buying his grandparent's home. After they passed away, it was put on the market and purchased; it wasn't left in anyone's will, but it was a huge symbol of family and love for him. He's talked about it with his wife their whole relationship, and always knew they'd buy it when it became available. Little did he know that his sister was thinking the exact same thing. The only caveat, she doesn't have the money for it. So 20 years after the grandparents passed, the home is put back on the market. A great family complication ensues, as the sister causes a hysteria around the home, demanding that she's entitled to it, yet can't afford it. 

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    r/AITAH 12 hr. ago Cold-Brilliant-4578 AITAH for buying my sisters dream house?
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    My (27 F) wife (30 F) and I recently closed on our dream house and it has the family torn. Years ago my grandparents owned "the family home”, but when they died unexpectedly with a LOT of medical debt and expenses our family had to sell their house. It was heartbreaking
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    and sad and I decided as a small child that one day I would buy the house back. I shared those dreams with my sister.
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    I met my wife when I was 18 and she was 21. Her parents owned a small rental that they allowed her to live in rent free, just paying for the expenses. She invited me to live with her a year in to our relationship and we got married a year after that. I told her about my dreams of owning my
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    grandparents house and she fully supported me. We began putting large amounts of money back for a down payment in the hopes that the house wouldn't go on the market before we could afford it.
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    Because we didn't pay rent and both had good jobs for our ages and the economy we lived in we were able to put back a very very large sun of money. My in laws. also offered us a sum of $75,000 for the down payment and in total we put back about $185,000.
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    About 20 years after my grandparents passed away their house finally went back on the market at a massive price. The house itself is huge with 6 bedrooms, a large lakefront estate, and several features including a pool and small guesthouse. We knew that this
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    house would have a huge price tag and we skimped and budgeted for nine years to afford my dream house.
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    My sister was also house shopping at this time but with a much smaller budget. Her and her husband have children, student debt, and rented for the past several years and were not able to put back money in the same way my wife and I were.
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    When our grandparents house went on the market I sent the link to my sister and said that we were finally getting our grandparents home back in the family. She was very excited and said as much and that was that.
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    My wife and I moved forward, visiting with the owners and real estate agents, having it inspected, and made an offer. They accepted and we were absolutely over the moon. Throughout this whole process my sister kept saying how excited she was to have the house back in the family
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    and how nice it will be for her children to know this house and grow up in it like her and I did. Our grandparents house was the location of every birthday, holiday, gathering, and reunion. And my wife and I planned on making it that way again. Which was why what my sister said
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    didn't raise any red flags. Weird that she'd phrase it that way but not concerning.
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    We had a bbq at my parent's house to celebrate the final closing of our house. During the dinner my MIL offered to kennel our dogs while we were in the stages of moving to keep things easier and them safe and that was when my sister piped up. She asked why our dogs needed to
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    be watched when the real issue was her kids. My wife asked what she meant and she said that her kids will need more supervision than our dogs and that she was confused as to why we'd be so busy that our dogs needed watching.
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    I told her I was the one confused. I didn't know she was helping us move and that if her kids couldn't reliably be left to their own devices then she absolutely did not need to help us pack. My sister proceeded to ask why my wife and i would be packing. I told her the obvious, we just
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    closed in a house? For length reasons I'll leave out a lot of the back and forth but here's the gist of it.
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    My sister had it in her head that we were buying the house to either A. Rent to own it out to her family or B. Transfer the title to her name and have her pay us back in time. Yes that is literally what she was thinking. Despite us never discussing anything like
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    that once. When I told her that was not happening my sister threw a fit. She was because "this was her dream too". And that it wasn't fair that only one of us could live it. That since she had children they deserved to grow up in the family home and
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    what did my wife and I even need all that space for?
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    My wife told her that it isn't "the family home" anymore. It wasn't left in a will, we purchased it and now it is our home. And we decide what we will do with it. My sister told my wife to shut up and that she had no say in this "family discussion". I informed my sister that if she spoke to my wife that
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    way again we would not be having any kind of contact with her anymore. That she doesn't get to assume we're giving her a HOUSE and then throw a hissy fit when she's put in her place. And we left.
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    My in-laws spoke to us on the matter a few times but all told us we were in the right and that my sister was very out of line. I assumed everyone would agree but if they did i wouldn't be on this thread. I got texts and voicemails from my parents saying that we were out of line
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    threatening my sister. They told me they were disappointed in me for taking my sister's dream from her and that I don't have kids so I can't understand her want to provide them with a good home and childhood like she had. That it's only fair we set up a way to give her the house and that we
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    could afford to find something else. Even my more distant. relatives have said that it was cruel of us to "take that from her".
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    I'm honestly super shocked and taken aback. I've seen stories similar to this on Reddit, entitled people thinking they should get their relatives houses, but i never expected to live it. This feels surreal and I hate that we're starting this new chapter out on such a sour note.
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    AITAH for buying my sisters dream house? Edit: wow this blew up in such a short amount of time! Thank you for your support and if this continues to be interesting and not blow over I'll definitely update. Yes this unfortunately is a
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    real situation. And in case anyone is curious. Yes the house is big and expensive but it's severely outdated. Which is why the size and features don't exactly match the price in today's housing market. Like I don't think any owners after my grandparents renovated a single thing.
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    EvryDayGal • 11h ago NTA: Your sister is delusional and has made up a narrative in her head that she is "owed" or entitled to certain privileges. Your parents are crazy for reinforcing that narrative to her. Good on you for taking your wife's
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    side and not standing for the disrespect.
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    Livid Western7133 • 11h ago NTA. Do not ever give your parents or sister a spare key or the door code. Ever.
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    Tannim44 • 11h ago NTA, put cameras up ASAP. It doesn't sound like the crazy is going to fade away so be prepared. You haven't done anything wrong. Congratulations on your
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    new home! I hope you and your wife are very happy there!
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    writing_mm_rom... • 11h ago It sounds to me like any future barbeques and family gatherings should be with your wife's family and your family should be excluded until they can understand how delusional they're
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    being. The idea that your sister just assumed that you would buy her a lakefront home is irrational. I would seriously question her mental state if she actually believed that would be happening.
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    DifficultWing2453 • 9h ago ΝΤΑ Why don't your parents care about YOUR dream to own the grandparents' house? Why don't your family members care about your sacrifices to be able to buy
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    the house? Is your sister the 'golden child' who can do no wrong?
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