This Indian-origin teacher in the UK sold her house for just 2 pounds. Here’s why

Desi people and their jugaads are well known. Such case surfaced when a 43-year-old Indian-origin teacher in the UK has sold her home at a mere cost of two pounds. The house had the market value of 250,000 pounds. The move might look like a crazy one but there is a huge back end to the story.

Six years ago, Rekha Patel got into a feud with her neighbour over some building work and the court order had directed that the home be sold to recover legal fees and costs of around 76,000 pounds.

S0 as to ensure that she cannot be evicted from the property, Patel sold her home to two private companies recently and has signed a 10-year tenancy agreement with them to carry on living in the property for a monthly rent of 50 pounds.

"I realised I will have more rights as a tenant than the owner so I decided to sever all legal ties with the house in order to live in peace in my own home. I had tried everything possible and had no other choice. There are proper agreements in place with the two private companies and these are people I trust. The people of this village have been absolutely lovely. Many have taken days off work to come out and support me," she said.

The dispute landed in court, which ordered Patel to pay damages and legal costs to her neighbour. While she paid part of the amount, Patel disputes the remaining bill imposed on her. She was evicted from her home in June last year over non-payment but re-entered a month later and has since been fighting against a court order for her home to be sold. She applied for the legal bill to be quashed by Manchester County Court last week.

"Forgiveness is the way forward. It is between her and her conscience, she knows what she did was not right," she said, in reference to her neighbour.