Am I entitled to property!!??

zoominatorone

MUMZ2BEE wrote: »

I have the evidence to show that I paid for the kitchen, which cost me £5000, the water, gas tv licence are all in my name, I also paid £500 for the cost of the bathroom suite and wall tiles, and I paid for windows, facia sofits and guttering which altogether cost me £3000.

I will be seeking legal advice of course; thanks for the advice!!

All on Incapacity Benefit? :eek::eek:

FBaby

If there is one person to be angry with, it should be yourself. You didn't protect yourself when you had a chance to do it. That's what deeds of Trusts are for, for the exact people in your situation. You can't have failed to looked into it and now blamed others. If you chose to trust your partner then and now realise for whatever reason that you shouldn't have, that again was your choice.

It might indeed be that you've been treated very unfairly by your partner, but the law (even nature) doesn't do with unfairness much, only you can protect yourself as much as possible against it. I think your best position (without knowing the details of your situation) is to try to negotiate with your partner, using guilt or whatever other feelings so he agrees to give you something if you were to separate or draw a deed of trust now if the reason for asking here is not linked with a potential separation.

thegirlintheattic

Nicki wrote: »

You are right to be worried as your partner has already lied to you! If you contributed to the purchase price of the property of course you should have been on the title deeds as a joint owner and no solicitor would have advised that this was not possible.

You do need legal advice, but the short answer is that yes you do have a legal interest in the property, and this will be calculated by looking at the value of your initial contribution to the property price and your contribution to the improvements of the house and comparing that to the amount your partner has contributed by way of deposit, mortgage repayments and any improvements he paid for. The equity in the house should be split in the same proportions. Unfortunately, the amount you have paid towards bills, etc will usually be disregarded. But you do need detailed legal advice on this as it can be tricky.

The likely situation was that the bank would not have the OP on the mortgage because of her benefits situation. Therefore she cannot be on the deeds. The OP really should have done her own research 10 years ago and got a deed of trust drawn up.

Improvements may make her entitled to a share but it is complex and she needs legal advice.

tattycath

I lived with my now ex for 10 years and wasn't on the deeds. i could show that I had paid bills, decorating etc, however, my solicitor said they were all bills I would have paid anyway if I'd lived on my own. In short I ended up with a nominal amount-and we had children together-but that made no difference. This was about 13 years ago-so I don't know if things have changed since then.