Buying with my partner: Partnership Agreement?

Catatonia

Not being married doesn't necessarily mean not being committed.

It's not something I'd do lightly either, which is why I'd be looking for legal security in the same way that OP is if I were in the same situation.

sonastin

Richard_Webster wrote: »

I have to ask what you are doing buying a house together if you are not sufficiently committed to each other for the money issue still to be a potential issue.

Lots of people are sufficiently committed to each other that they vow in front of god that they will spend the rest of their lives together. To some people, that is a much bigger deal than money. And yet divorces are still easy to come by. There's commitment and then there's pragmatism...

sp1987

sonastin wrote: »

Lots of people are sufficiently committed to each other that they vow in front of god that they will spend the rest of their lives together. To some people, that is a much bigger deal than money. And yet divorces are still easy to come by. There's commitment and then there's pragmatism...

I would not say in the OP's case downloading a quickie trust deed from google (or worse still, having a little go in word?) is taking pragmatism at its purest definition, though, lol.

The sentiment, however I do agree with.

B19jon_2

While I see your point, there are numerous people these days who live together without getting married, so making a judgement on the strength of the relationship on what little we know seems unfair. Surely it is just financially sensible to protect your investments?

OP, I would certainly be using a solicitor for this. It would appear you have additional complexities surrounding the mortgage payments so you need to be sure it is correct and fair to the both of you.

Good luck!

Jon