Natalie Wood's million-dollar property in Surry Hills, Sydney, is still empty, especially after it became embroiled in an ownership dispute. Natalie Jean Wood had died at 86 years old. It was only in July of 2011, eight years after her death, that her body was found by the police when they searched her property.
The Kippax Street property was originally listed to be inherited by Enid Davis, Wood's sister-in-law. Davis's husband, Vane, the late Wood's brother, had also died three years before her body was even discovered.
Allan Darley Matthews of Bondi Junction has come forward after hearing about Wood's death on the news. According to his claims, he is a legitimate cousin of the dead millionaire. However, he did admit that he had not seen her since he was only seven years old.
"I met the deceased once in about 1936 when I was about seven years old on a family camping trip in Jibbon Beach in Bundeena, New South Wales," Matthews said during the property's will proceedings. Wood's was father was the brother of Matthews's mother, which simply means that they are first cousins. This only means that he is legally entitled to the expensive Surry Hills property.
His claim may have superceded Davis, but the coronial inquest into the death of Wood revealed that she had actually died in early 2004. This means that both Mr. Davis and his wife were still alive. Michael Barnes, the State Coroner Magistrate, has declared that Davis would be the rightful inheritor of the property that Wood has left behind.
The property was believed to have originally been valued at $82,000 back during in 1930. In the past 12 months, properties in this suburb have been selling for an average price of $1,219,900.
Wood reportedly did not leave a will for her property, as well as her bank balance that has a remaining amount of $79,270.40. If only she had, the proceedings would have been much easier to settle.
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