is my partner entitled to a share of my house?

MoneySpendingExpert888

This is just my own opinion, but if you openly offered him x amount of money when you do split up or move then it might just open a can of worms.

I guess a reasonable person wouldn't put a 'claim' on something that isn't theirs, when you pay someone 'rent' your just paying for that time that you live there, not for an equity stake in something, i'm sure 99% of people understand that. So if you openly just tell him that I want to give you £x amount because of XYZ he might start to think if he should/could get more, or is 'entitled' to an equity stake in the property.

This isn't a case of trying to do someone over of what they 'could' be entitled to, its a case of 'intent', if he intended for that money to be worth a % stake in the property in the future then i'm sure you would have had that conversation together before he started paying you the money.

Now i am not judging him as a person but from what you describe him to be, he might well need to take advantage of such a situation in order to keep that lifestyle that you both are accustomed to, something which it seems he might not be able to uphold by himself?

If it was me i wouldn't offer anything at first, knowing that he might ask for a little help to get on his feet, agree to maybe helping out with a deposit and 1st months rent and that's really more than should be done.

if you were living in your partners house, rightfully contributing to your share of the living expenses and then broke up and they offered a small sum of money to help you rent your own place, i'm sure 99.9% of people would be grateful. I guess you just got to hope he is that type of person