Tennant in Common missing for 10 years

lovetotravel000

Hi there. I’d be really grateful if anyone can help with the following complicated situation. 10 years ago my Mum brought a house with her partner. After 1 month he left the home and we haven’t heard from him since and can’t trace him. He hasn’t paid a penny towards the mortgage, only the deposit. Sadly my Mum has now died. As they were Tenants in Common her 50% of the house has been left to me. The mortgage only has £33k outstanding on it and the property is worth around £80k in its current state. My question is how do I sell the house without him or how can I get him removed from the mortgage and/or deeds to the house? I can’t afford expensive legal fees and my knowledge of these kind of matters is very little as I am only 26 and haven’t ever dealt with anything like this before. I currently live in the property and am worried I could be evicted. Any help would be massively appreciated. Thanks.

tightasagnats

The solicitor dealing with your mother's estate should be able to advise about this, they then take their fees from the "estate" - but you must get proper legal advice and not try to deal with these matters yourself.

See:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/relationships/death-and-wills/dealing-with-the-financial-affairs-of-someone-who-has-died/

Others on here will have more experience.