The cottage was built in the mid 80's. My parents did some of the work themselves. It was not their primary resident, so my mom owes capital gains from it's sale. My dad was on the title, but passed away 2 1/2 years ago. How does she determine the original value of the cottage, without all the receipts (or does she just estimate), and how does my father's death (before the cottage was sold) factor in?
