Protecting your house from future Girlfriend

paddedjohn

I wouldn't worry about it too much, just get on with your life and buy your house. If in the future you move a girlfriend in then aslong as she isnt contributing to the mortgage or maintainance of the house then she wont be entitled to anything, unless you have a kid, but thats an all-together different barrel of fish.

thewinkshow

Hazbo - thanks for the info. I am sure your right and these things will just work them selves out, with the right person, at the right time.
I was just seeing where I stood legally before anything actually happended.......nothing sinister.

Willie - okay.

gethro

thewinkshow wrote: »

Perhaps you'd be better off just finding one who charges by the hour?

wee willy harris - Do you think the question I am asking is wrong or something? why the negativity?

What's wrong with paying by the hour , the rest of us pay for the rest of our lives :rotfl:

olly300

OP aside from all the comments the issues where the girlfriend would try and claim on the house are:

1. If she added value to the house - make her a lodger as already stated. Yes she can pay her share of the council tax, utility bills etc but she cannot pay for any improvements to the house or should even be involved in doing them, plus anything you buy for the house has to be completely brought by one person who then owns it. So if the fridge breaks down and she buys the fridge then the fridge is completely hers not yours jointly. (I was told years ago of a woman in my area whose ex-boyfriend was able to claim because he did a lot of the DIY on her house.)

2. If you live together for years and years, and also have children - to be honest here you should be looking out for the children's interest from the beginning and it's normally easier if you get married.

In regards to your best mate having to give everything to his ex-wife - the courts take into consideration the fact that a wife/husband provides support to their working partner. So if you want to put an amount on this support then get a pre-nup however remember it may not be valid particularly if children come along.

Running_On_Empty

thewinkshow wrote: »

Hazbo - thanks for the info. I am sure your right and these things will just work them selves out, with the right person, at the right time.
I was just seeing where I stood legally before anything actually happended.......nothing sinister.

Willie - okay.

Your best mate was married and the law has a keen interest in the setting up and the dismantling marriages. Especially where there are children.
You aren't married and you have no children.
Stop worrying and when you meet someone don't ever let her know you posted this message on here. Trust me on this.

Person_one

Maybe the hypothetical future girlfriend will already have her own place, it might even be nicer than yours. I wonder if she's already planning how to stop you getting your hands on it...

suited-aces

I think a general rule of thumb is, if they have male genetalia, turf them out onto the street, if they have female genetalia, of course they have a right, you selfish pig.

Errata

OP - nothing wrong about wondering what might happen if a GF moves in. You've clearly read the stats on the length of live-in relationships.

thewinkshow

Yes indeed, I am aware of the percentage of relationships that fail...........thus my concern is not unwarranted.


yes who knows she may have a much nicer place than me, either way if the worst happens I would NOT even dream of making a claim on her place even if I had lived there a couple of years.........but not everyone is like this.

Suddenly I am a selfish pig, for not wanting to sign over half the wealth I had ALREADY BEFORE I met someone.....Can I ask for what reason do you think they have a write to claim, legally or morally?

Wee_Willy_Harris

thewinkshow wrote: »

Yes indeed, I am aware of the percentage of relationships that fail...........thus my concern is not unwarranted.


yes who knows she may have a much nicer place than me, either way if the worst happens I would NOT even dream of making a claim on her place even if I had lived there a couple of years.........but not everyone is like this.

Suddenly I am a selfish pig, for not wanting to sign over half the wealth I had ALREADY BEFORE I met someone.....Can I ask for what reason do you think they have a write to claim, legally or morally?

Because a relationship is, usually, a series of compromises, and compromise implies sacrifice.