Force of a Sale

phoenix1837

How long were you together in the house? Has all the money her parents put in to the house been listed in a deed of trust? If you've been together a while and no deed of trust I would mention to her that you could take 50% of the equity but if she sells now you'll walk away with your 20K. Might work, you've nothing to lose.

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relts23 wrote: »

Hi all,

I know I need solicitors advice, I have an appointment soon for this.

Basically me and ex bought a house together, we broke up, she kicked me out changed the locks etc. I'm crashing at my parents again for now, bit inconvenient but.. Trying to now buy myself a flat as wont be able to afford a house.

She is refusing to sell, she has tried to get her own mortgage and got refused apparently, now she has taken to ignoring me when im asking her to please sell the house because I am trying to move on with my life.

I will not move back in because I simply cant be bothered with the stress of it.

I spoke to a solicitor previously, they said they couldn't help me, however I really am unsure what to do.

Surely its a straight forward process for the court to force a sale of the house, we are both in our 20s, no kids, she has somewhere else to live if she needs. She is being very selfish and very unreasonable in all of this, she can pay me off as her parents have the money too but the problem is she cannot afford it from a banks perspective (On a 20-25k salary) and the mortgage amount is roughly about £180,000 including the equity loan scheme.

Does anyone know how I actually apply to the court without a solicitor, I know I need a N208 form, however unsure how to actually apply. Do I just send this to the court via mail?

Does anyone have experience of going to court to force a sale of the house? Without children etc as understand if children were involved it would take the place where they are living into account and make it a hell of a lot more difficult

Thanks,

The first step in resolving these situation is mediation. Give her the option of mediation and if/when she refuses it will make you look better in front of the judge for trying to resolve the issue before brining it to court.

This is a step by step guide on how to force to the sale.

https://www.slatergordon.co.uk/media/2347003/land-disputes-a-guide-to-procedure.pdf

The problem we have on the forum is that lots of people start threads asking how to do this and then never come back to share their experiences of forcing the sale with the forum so all we can do is tell you the mechanics.