Transfer of equity

ajj81

Hi,

first post but hopefully I'll make sense!!

My partner got her house with an ex who promptly walk out on her. they agreed that if she paid him some money that he would sign everything over to her (this was all documented through solicitors). Unfortunately she wasn't able to get the mortgage on her own so just let it run with his name on the deeds/mortgage. Now 3/4 years on we have got everything agreed and just need his signature, but we can't find him.

our solicitor has written to his and they said they had no response from him, we also gave his last known address and that too has had no response.

is there anything that we can legally do to get him off the paperwork? does this old agreement still stand?

Thanks

tyllwyd

I don't think you can just take his name off the paperwork - he owns a certain proportion of the house, he is jointly liable for the mortgage, it is more than just a theoretical involvement.

I think your best bet is to do everything you can to try to find him. Does she know where he used to work, any friends, relatives, old email addresses/facebook, etc? If he is on the electoral roll, and she has an idea of the area he might be living in, it is relatively easy to search online. Even try googling his full name - something might turn up to give you a clue.