If I move out should I still pay my partner remt

User1278

I’ve decided to move out of my one year joint rent with my partner and have agreed to continue to pay until the contract is over.

However, my partner does not want to move out of the flat but can’t afford it on their own so has asked if I can contribute £200 to £300 a month.

I’m not sure what to do as my decision to move out would impact his ability to afford the flat, and I’ll still be spending some weekends there. But I’ll also be paying board to live with my parents again so even though I’m moving out to save money I’d be paying out the same amount, so wont be able to save.

sk2402005

Is it a 1 or 2 bed propery?

If a 2 bed, you have agreed to keep paying until the conract is over, so you are giving your partner some time to find a housebuddy.

If a 1 bed, then they have little choice but to leave once the contract has finished if they cant pay for it.

TBagpuss

Is the tenancy in joint names? If  so, you have joint and several liability, and if you both moved out, you would still both be liable for the rent.

If you are moving out by choice and still going back and forth it is not unreasonable to continue to pay the rent. (or a proportion of it) It would be reasonable however to get any utilities into their sole name and inform council tax you've moved out so they can claim the single person's discount 

Annisele

Did you decide unilaterally to move out, or was it a joint decision with your partner? The "I've decided" suggests you decided by yourself, but the "I'll still be spending some weekends there" suggests you're not intending to split up. That's confusing to me, because if you're not splitting up I think it's a very surprising decision to have made by yourself.

If you moved in together and want to continue to be a couple, then I think this is more of a relationship question than a finances one. Ideally I think the two of you should talk to come to some mutually agreeable outcome. If he'll be seriously disadvantaged by you moving out, and yet you do something that says, in effect, "tough", your relationship might not last too long.