Finding homeowners.... Any more ideas?

... Guys... There is no sidewalk at all and we haven't seen any snow for three years :p:p

If you’re so interested in the house, invest a few hours on Sunday. You should know the name from the neighbors. Buy a bouquet of flowers and go to the nursing homes to deliver it. If he’s not there, Aunt Marta just explained it wrong, move on to the next one. Be a little creative :-)

I personally think that anything beyond writing a nice letter and possibly talking to the neighbors crosses the line. As difficult as it may be to find a property or an affordable house, ultimately one can only speculate from the outside about family relationships. When it comes to topics like care and the possibly imminent death of a relative, boundaries are crossed very quickly, and well-intentioned actions actually hurt the family, who may have only appointed a caregiver because the person in need of care lives far away or it is emotionally too close to have to make decisions about their own parents. If someone had left a note at my grandma’s house after she passed away, that candidate definitely would not have been considered months later when the house was actually sold. Therefore, in everything you do, I would always consider how you would feel if it were your own vacant house. Basically, these people have a good right to leave their house empty as long as they want and not to be pressured by interested parties.

Buy a bouquet of flowers and drive to the nursing homes to deliver it.

Or ask the neighbors what might please him more than flowers. But the basic idea is good: friendly contact with the person concerned (who, by the way, can usually still make decisions; a caregiver is not a guardian).

I wouldn't exaggerate it. You did everything that can be done unobtrusively.

By the way, we also had application mail in the mailbox of the house we bought. No one had looked in the mailbox for ages because the house had been empty for a while due to inheritance issues, and people were still putting things in there... The house was then sold to us through a real estate agent with the mailbox full, and I found some of the very nice letters.

Of course, you can keep asking around, but personally, I would find it really weird if someone looked for me the way some suggest here.

gave an example of how quickly relatives can feel attacked. In my circle of acquaintances, I also know opposite examples, where the relatives or the community simply wanted to get rid of the house as quickly and as uncomplicatedly as possible. So yes, keep searching actively. Better to fail trying than to not get it without trying. If a no comes, it must be accepted and then you stop. It is quite normal for interested parties to get in touch. I renovated a house for over a year. During that time, three letters with children's drawings also arrived. But they were just as impersonal as the real estate ads every two weeks.