Ex partner living in house but refuses offers to sell

Voyager2002

Personally, I think the ex is being extremely reasonable, in that he is in a favourable situation and wants it to last as long as possible. Selling the house would obviously make life more difficult for him, and since he is an 'ex' he is unlikely to be motivated to suffer inconvenience in order to make things easier for the OP.

A rational solution would probably involve one of the ex-partners buying out the interest of the other. In order to make this possible, several strategies might work. For example, the OP could be removed from the mortgage yet still continue to be registered as a joint owner of the property: for this to happen, the 'ex' would either need to have a sufficiently high income to cover the entire mortgage, or find a guarantor. Alternatively, perhaps the OP's new partner could use his salary to obtain a sufficiently high mortgage to buy out the 'ex'.

All of these solutions would require a certain amount of cooperation, and of course there is a need to offer the 'ex' something to make him willing to give up his present cushy situation. Mediation could well help: provocative measures such as moving back to the former home and raising tension would not.

chalky625

Lots of mixed reviews. He is an ex for a reason and we had an unhappy relationship for a few years and i could not accept that he was a big drinker which caused issues but he would not accept the relationship was over and did not do anything to make it better. I got somebody else whom he knew so is very bitter towards me!!

The solicitor advised that it is very unlikely he will take me to court for not paying mortgage as it is very costly and even if he did they would most likely agree that i hadd no choice as he was being unreasonable!!

I agree that it wouldnt be a great idea moving in as this would possibly lead to violence but i could threaton to do this to scare him.

I may look at getting a buy to let mortgage however i would have to use the equity as a deposit so not sure if this is a possiility.

At the end of the day he has to move on sometime so he only making it worse for himself.

anybody have ideas of court costings?