Advice required on reclaiming money after relationship split

orion_illuminate

Ok thanks for the 'advice'

missmontana

If you couldn't afford to pay towards mortgage/bills etc, how could you afford to loan her all that money?

Do you have any written records of all these payments loans?

I don't think you can class it as an eviction, sounds like she kicked you out.

Emmzi

doesn't matter if she would have been paying rent without you, YOU got free accommodation.

Seriously I can't believe you are considering this after 2 years of sponging.

Small claims court if you must but you'll need evidence it was a loan which will be tricky as you were living together as husband and wife.

Toothfairy4

You lived in her house rent free, she paid for food, electric, water, gas etc and now you are quibbling over what, in the grand scheme of things is quite a small amount? (compared to what she has paid...) pushing it a bit i would say!

LucyLocket

I have no experience in these matters but suspect that a court might say that if the expenditures you describe do not exceed two years worth of shared rent, then you have not been disadvantaged.

orion_illuminate

Ok thanks for the 'advice'

shegirl

I really wouldn't waste my time taking that to small claims.

You were living together as partners.You didn't contribute to the household costs,just paid for a couple of things like a holiday and credit card debt.

I'm not sure what the point is to be perfectly honest.

suki1001

Do you have any idea how much living expences are? If I had covered the cost of living expenses/bills etc, I'd be a little miffed off if they tried to claim other expenses back. Bills/mortage alone per month are £1200 for us. This doesn't include food. I can only assume you have no idea what she was paying, otherwise you would be saying "well, she's contributed to the household bills, therefore if I pay for food, car, holiday at least I'm putting something in the pot".

Life is not cheap. You have got off lightly. You cannot claim it being her idea as an excuse. You were happy enough to move in.

tea_lover

It sounds like you got a lot more out of the last few years (financially) than she did. Personally I'd just let it go and move on.

scottishchick27

So basically you've paid £2700 plus occasional extras for two years accommodation plus bills? Sounds like she got the raw deal to me!

plumtreebabe

It still sounds like you think you were doing her a favour living there, just because the alternative was to live with your parents, just work out what it would have cost you for the two years to live in your own accommodation. If you don't share all living costs equally then working out tit-for-tat who pays what is always going to be difficult. Just move on and learn that it is far better to live on an equal footing with someone and pay your way from the start. By the way, if you paid for the holidays and meals out etc, only half of that is 'owed' by your girlfriend - and did you also benefit from the two of you having a car?

I don't think any court is going to judge in your favour, sorry.