Forcing House Sale Advice

Bluesmurf

Hello, Posting under a different username

I left my partner in May 2010, moved into renting property, and left him in the jointly owned family home. All kids over 18 now, things got nasty I ended up having to take out a police injunction, due to harrasment and threats.

I went to a solicitor, he decided he wanted to stay at the property, it was valued and he agreed to pay me £14,000. As he could not get the full amount I said I would take 10k now and 4k in 3 years. All the sale transfer papers were drawn up, and signed by me.

He then refuses to sign, and says I need to pay half of his legal fee's, which I agreed to.

He then asked for half of the money to get the boiler fixed, and half of the money to repair a roof. Which I agreed to.

His latest demand is to go and collect my deceased mothers possessions, before he signs the papers. My solicitor said that I should go through and collect the belongings. He is a nasty piece and there is an injunction so the police said they would escort me.

The solicitor contacted him saying police would be present and also he would need to give me the transfer docs. He blew his top, saying he didn't want the police to be there.

I feel that I will never get my money and that he will continue to make demands.

Has anyone any advice on forcing the sale, how much it would cost etc...

Thanks In Advance

N79

If your share of the equity is only 14000 and given the state of the relationship with the joint owner then if you try to force the sale I doubt if you will receive a penny after all the fees.

Bluesmurf

Thanks for your reply, I am entitled to legal aid as due to the amount I am earning, but not sure how much it would cover.

At the minute the way things are going, it looks like either way I am not going to get anything.

Its taken 15 months of letter backwards and forwards, and I am no further forward.

Slinky

While he keeps asking for things and you keep agreeing, he's going to keep asking for more. Stop saying yes to him.

Bluesmurf

I thought by saying yes to his demands that he would sign the papers.

I realise now all of this is a controlling game to him.

He is a total control freak, and the only way forward is to force the sale.

poppysarah

You probably need to make him realise you're prepared to walk away with nothing just to make sure he doesn't.

Mind you that's the game he could be playing too?

Richard_Webster

I just wish that couples who buy together would read threads like this one to see that sometimes there are no easy answers and that they need to seriously count the cost of what they are doing before they do it.

BigAunty

Accept the offer of a police escort to collect your possessions, then get a court order to force the sale of the property since he is playing games by pretending that he'll buy our your share of the property. Perhaps the threat of the loss of the property and the swallowing up of it's equity in legal fees will make him come to his senses on the promised financial settlement?

Not sure why others are suggesting you just give up on your share - take back control and put the risks back on him...