House Selling Help

Butterfly99

Hi there.

I'm after any help or advice that you can give.

I'm recently broken up with my partner, we live together and have 2 young children (one 2 and one 7 months).

The house is on the deeds in joint names but all of the deposit was put forward by me and the mortgage is in solely my name. I had a trust deed drawn up prior to moving in to say whole of deposit comes back to me and after fees, any profit is split 50/50.

He is still living in the house (which obviously makes for a lovely atmosphere!!) and he recently said he didn't care what i did with the house and I said so I can lower the price then to get it sold and he said to do what I wanted. Therefore I dropped the price slightly to encourage a quicker sale (it's not a pleasant environment for my children) and text him (as my solicitor suggested I do) to say I had lower the price and he replied to say that was fine.

However now, as we have had several viewing and a couple of parties making offers he is refusing to sell the house saying he will sign nothing as he didn't agree to lower the price and I'm ensuring he gets no money back at all (I'm actually going to make a loss on the house coming out of my deposit) which is not the case at all. I would have loved to have made some money however it had been on at the original price for 9 months and attracted no interest. He also said he will tell anyone that views the house that he wont sign it to sell.

I just want to move on with my children and get myself and them settled in a new home in a happy environment.

Any advice would be greatfully received. Thanks.

Kayalana99

Hiya I can't help you legally but if he is still living thier do you think he is still holding onto the relationship or the fact he might just be worried he will have no where to live once house is sold which is why he wont sell?

pmlindyloo

Time to get a solicitor involved and ultimately force a sale.

Would he agree to mediation?

As previously said he may be worried about his future. Any chance of your discussing what you are both going to do and how you are going to survive?

A mediator would go through everything with you and look at your options. Sometimes you need a third party to make everything crystal clear.

Google Family Mediation Services + your town and see where your nearest one is.

If he won't go to mediation then a solicitor is your best option but is obviously pricey.