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Can a lawyer/executor sell our house?

Hi, and thanks for reading my question. I hope you can answer it. My grandfather passed away and in his will he had left his 3 granddaughters a house. The lawyer who is also the executor says that it is him that has to list our house, we are not allowed too.. and hes trying to rush it. We do owe him 18,000$ in legal fees supposibly (he got 5% of all assets including house,car and bank accounts) , and we have to pay him outta the money we get when the house is sold. We plan to move but not for another 8 months, as 1 month is just unrealistic (which is what he wants). What Im trying to figure out is, if we paid the probate to have everything put in our names, why is it him that gets to list/sell our home? Thats not right to me..am I wrong?

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As far as I know, being executor of the will means you need to follow the instructions given by the deceased … if the house was willed to you, the lawyer should have no say in what is to be done with it. The problem is, without knowing the whole story (as there is always more to the story), we can’t give you a definitive answer. I highly recommend you contact another lawyer to find out what your rights are in this case.

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