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Partner moving in, need to draw up a tenancy agreement
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You're right, there is n o such thing as "common-law husband or wife in England (I believe that it might be different in Scottishland) but yes, I know of a few cases personally. Luckily I'm not one of them, myself. If a person can persuade a court that they have made contributions towards the mortgage-payments they could be able establish a claim on the equity. Maybe not 50% if they didn't put in any of the deposit and they didn't live with the other person the whole time the property was owned, but it has happened and it does.0
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what if anything is your BF doing to protect his interests .
He could move in and in five years you could chuck him out with nothing ."Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"0 -
There lots of good advice on here - https://www.advicenow.org.uk/living-together/ - about most aspects of living together.0
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what if anything is your BF doing to protect his interests .
He could move in and in five years you could chuck him out with nothing .
He would have had five years of living with no housing costs, hardly 'nothing'.
If he has not contributed to the mortgage/rent it is quite right that he should not gain a proportion of the value of the property. However the law is an (donkey) and might well deem him to have contributed just by living there or by buying half the groceries or whatever.0
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