Has Ex got a claim on my house

Guest101

Cheeky_Monkey wrote: »

Not if he's in prison :eek:

Tax evasion is a criminal offence isn't it? I can't see the Courts going lightly on him if he hasn't paid any for 15 years

He won't go to prison.

On the very slim chance he did, he can still bring civil action from prison.

worried2bits

Sorry, posted whilst 2 other replies came on board.


Every bill that this house generates has always come from my bank. I'm even paying his mobile phone bill as its in my name and the contract doesn't run out til June.


Yes he has contributed towards the work done in here, cant say if the work has increased the value as most jobs he undertook now need finishing.


He removed the render from the front of my house (as a nice surprise for me) and 6 years later, I have had to pay for it to be re-done. The lack of render has resulted in damp to all rooms at the front of the house which I am now trying to resolve. So yes, house has probably gone up in value but not for what he's done. Lets just say, at this moment in time, my house has absolutely zero kerb appeal.


He is claiming for plastering, painting, he laid a patio in the garden (unfinished), built a wall in the garden (unfinished). Its probably going to cost me best part of £5,000 to get it all done. We have water running in the living room window every time it rains as I have gaps in the brickwork which was underneath the render.


I feel like I should be claiming off him..

fairy_lights

worried2bits wrote: »

He has now told me he is going to take me to court as he wants £10,000 for all the work he has done, his contribution towards food and bills, a holiday we went on 4 years ago and the banger parked on my drive which he calls a car.

Why on earth would he be able to claim money off you for food he also ate and bills for utilities he also used?
As for trying to get money out of you for his car - I'd tell him he's more than welcome to collect it, and that if he doesn't you will have to start charging him rental for it's storage costs on your driveway.

TrickyDicky101

worried2bits wrote: »

So, in the eyes of the law, he can carry out works with good intentions whilst living here but when he decides to leave, he can then send me a bill!

No. As I understand it, he would need to demonstrate to a court that there was an intention that he would benefit financially from the works he performed and thus he has a beneficial interest in the property. Did you agree up front that you would both share in any 'profit' from property? Did you agree that the work he was performing was a 'loan' which you would repay?

He is making empty threats against you - as already said, this isn't going to court. At most you might get a solicitor's letter demanding cash. Just ignore.

Guest101

worried2bits wrote: »

Sorry, posted whilst 2 other replies came on board.


Every bill that this house generates has always come from my bank. I'm even paying his mobile phone bill as its in my name and the contract doesn't run out til June.


Yes he has contributed towards the work done in here, cant say if the work has increased the value as most jobs he undertook now need finishing.


He removed the render from the front of my house (as a nice surprise for me) and 6 years later, I have had to pay for it to be re-done. The lack of render has resulted in damp to all rooms at the front of the house which I am now trying to resolve. So yes, house has probably gone up in value but not for what he's done. Lets just say, at this moment in time, my house has absolutely zero kerb appeal.


He is claiming for plastering, painting, he laid a patio in the garden (unfinished), built a wall in the garden (unfinished). Its probably going to cost me best part of £5,000 to get it all done. We have water running in the living room window every time it rains as I have gaps in the brickwork which was underneath the render.


I feel like I should be claiming off him..

I think it's simple, we don't decide. A judge does. So you need to balance out the likelyhood of him going to court, over the cost of paying him off.

Also u haven't said if he have u money towards the mortgage, which over 6 years I'd imagine he probably did

EmmyLou30

He definitely has no claim whatsoever so you can stop worrying. What's in your name is all yours no matter how long he lived there and what he claims he did - I researched it before my boyfriend moved in - didn't want him laying claim to the £70k I had tied up in my house I owned before I met him if it all went wrong! Plus the additional fact he's commited a crime in evading tax his threats are empty ones as he knows you'll shop him to HMRC. Ignore him and carry on with your life and be glad he's out of it by the sounds of it.

worried2bits

ok, cant give you a definitive figure as he would give me money each week which I would use for food, getting through the week etc. He'd also give me enough money so I could go pay his and his ex wife's mortgage as he didn't have a bank account, once a month (always found it strange that he didn't have a bank account).


Anyhow, works would mean plastering bedrooms, painting a wall, tiling walls in the kitchen, general stuff. No extensions have been built.


I think the £10,000 he's talking about actually includes every penny he spent in here regardless of what it went on, food, a night out etc.


No, I didn't expect him to do work and then I be the only one to benefit but if I'd known he may be able to claim money from me for it, I'd have thought twice about him lifting a paint brush.


If he'd have left alone, I wouldn't have a leaking house!

timbo58

I think he's just chancing his arm.
It sounds like he's done as much damage to the value of the house and he could possibly claim he's increased it.

I'd sit tight and try not to worry too much (easier to say than do I appreciate however).


Don't respond to silly claims and idle threats he just trying to blame others for the tax demands he now has through his own fault by the sounds of it.

Go & get some free legal advice from your local CAB, in fact you might wish to contact them anyway just to set your mind at rest in the meantime -it does concern me a little that there is some confusion that might be caused by the paper trail of you paying his other homes mortgage via your own account.

An unkindly HMRC might see this as you 'money laundering' for him IYSWIM?
I would be very surprised if he is under investigation if they do not contact you as a matter of course.

NYM

Imagine for a moment what action you would take if you had 'employed' someone to carry out those works and it remained unfinished or that you had to employ someone else to remedy the work.

Put together a *bill* for the remedial works and send it to him. Then suggests if he wants to pursue his claim, he takes you to Court

worried2bits

I never said he would have a beneficial interest in the house. He never asked. He also still owns a property with his wife so him going on my mortgage was never an issue as he had his own mortgage.