My family has owned a local shop for the past 80 odd years, originally run by my great aunt, who ran it until she died in her late 80's. When she died it passed on to her sister, then my great aunts daughter. When she died 3years ago she left it to her husband. Now he wants to retire and sell up for redevolopment. Now, you might think I'm being bit selfish, but I'd like the shop to stay in the family, theres only him and me left on that side of the family, is there any way I could stop him from selling up, the shop is well known in the town, and I hate the idae of it being pulled down and the land built on. If it helps, his wife, (my great aunts daughter) ws a bit of an outcast family wise, my mum was closer to my great aunt than her daughter was, and it was often said that if my mum had been around when my great aunt died, she would have got the shop instead.

So if anyone knows anyway I could stop him selling, I'm not in a position to buy it myself at the moment.