featured-image

For most people their house is their most valuable asset. It makes up the bulk of their estate and is the largest part of any inheritance they will leave their children. Some Press and Journal online content is funded by outside parties.

The revenue from this helps to sustain our independent news gathering. You will always know if you are reading paid-for material as it will be clearly labelled as “Partnership” on the site and on social media channels. This can take two different forms.



This means the content has been paid for and produced by the named advertiser. This means the content has been paid for and approved by the named advertiser but written and edited by our own commercial content team. For this reason, it’s obviously worth protecting.

However, many fail to do so. Perhaps it is because of fears over the cost of legal measures that protect your home. But that is a false economy.

It is currently estimated that one in four people over the age of 60 will end their days in care, with that rising to one in three by 2030. A particularly worrying aspect of this is that your property is included as one of your assets when the council assesses you for support with care home fees. With the cost of care as much as £75,000 annually and the threshold for council support set at just £32,750, the threat is clear.

Measures to take over care fees Measures such as Protected Property Trusts and Transfers can prevent your home from being counted as an asset. They are also less.

Back to Entertainment Page