Married, but want to buy a house on my own

foxy-stoat

Leasville wrote: »

I haven’t spoken to him about it yet as I want to know where I stand on my own first, but to be honest I think he would be cooperative about it. He’s quite proud when it comes to money and I don’t think he’d be the kind of person to try and claim something that he knows is not his, even if we did have a bad breakup, but obviously I can’t risk £80k on an assumption!

Where is the £80,000 at the moment?

Slithery

Divorce before you buy.

If you decide to get back together later down the line then make further arrangements.

Annisele

Leasville wrote: »

We may end up staying together and if we do then great, the house may eventually be in both our names, but given that only I will be paying for it, I want to protect it.

I know you've asked about the finances rather than your relationship, but if you've any hopes of saving your marriage I think you should be very wary about buying a house on your own now.
Even if the financial part goes fine, if you and your partner do stay together then the house will always be "the house that Leasville bought on their own whilst we were separated". If I was in your partner's shoes, I think I'd really struggle to ever see it as my own home. And if I had any hopes of saving the marriage, I'd be upset that my spouse made such a huge financial decision without consulting me.

steampowered

If it has been a short marriage, and you have kept your financial affairs separate, and you bought the house with your own money - then I think it is very unlikely that he could claim a share of the house.

But you might want to wait just to be safe.