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Complex In-Family House Purchase/ Transfer of Ownership (Scotland)

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foxlycett
foxlycett Posts: 8 Forumite
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Hello, I'm looking for advice from anyone who can help me make sense of this situation:

- My dad and his (soon to be ex) wife are divorcing and selling their house, it's on the market for a fixed price.
- My partner and I want to buy the house to AirB&B the main part of it, my Dad wants to remain on the property but living in a small cottage adjacent that belongs to the property.
- We would be buying it using some of our own savings alongside my dad's 50% share - he wants his money/estate to be put under my name. We would therefore be seeking a mortgage in myself and my partner's name to cover the remaining cost of the property.

What is the best plan of action for us to take to buy my dad's ex-wife out of the property, and transfer the ownership into our names + set up a mortgage? This is in Scotland, I know we have different property laws.

TIA
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  • Pixie5740
    Pixie5740 Posts: 14,515 Forumite
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    foxlycett wrote: »
    Hello, I'm looking for advice from anyone who can help me make sense of this situation:

    - My dad and his (soon to be ex) wife are divorcing and selling their house, it's on the market for a fixed price.
    - My partner and I want to buy the house to AirB&B the main part of it, my Dad wants to remain on the property but living in a small cottage adjacent that belongs to the property.
    - We would be buying it using some of our own savings alongside my dad's 50% share - he wants his money/estate to be put under my name. We would therefore be seeking a mortgage in myself and my partner's name to cover the remaining cost of the property.

    What is the best plan of action for us to take to buy my dad's ex-wife out of the property, and transfer the ownership into our names + set up a mortgage? This is in Scotland, I know we have different property laws.

    TIA

    Firstly I strongly suspect you will need commercial lending since your intention is to operate the main part of the building as an Air BnB business. Have you approached any mortgage brokers to find out if it's even possible?
  • foxlycett
    foxlycett Posts: 8 Forumite
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    We will also live in it for some of the year, does commercial lending still apply in that case?

    Essentially, would we need the ownership of it to be transferred from my dad and his ex-wife's names into our own names and then we re-mortgage it to buy his ex-wife out? I'm unsure as to what the correct process of completing a task like this would be.
  • davidmcn
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    foxlycett wrote: »
    We will also live in it for some of the year, does commercial lending still apply in that case?
    I expect that would still be a complication, yes.

    As is the property including an annexe.

    As is some of the funds coming from a non-borrowing resident.

    One to ask a broker I think.
  • sheramber
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    Is there currently a mortgage on the property?
  • foxlycett
    foxlycett Posts: 8 Forumite
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    They have paid off the mortgage on the property.

    I will ask a broker, thank you. Mortgages aside, in terms of how we would process this task, would the best route be to complete a transfer of ownership from their names to ours, and then we mortgage the property in order to buy his ex-wife out?
  • Pixie5740
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    foxlycett wrote: »
    They have paid off the mortgage on the property.

    I will ask a broker, thank you. Mortgages aside, in terms of how we would process this task, would the best route be to complete a transfer of ownership from their names to ours, and then we mortgage the property in order to buy his ex-wife out?

    No, you'd apply for a mortgage and buy it from them the same as if you were buying any other property.
  • foxlycett
    foxlycett Posts: 8 Forumite
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    Thanks for getting back to me. Problem is I would need to take out the mortgage using some of my dad's capital from the 50% share of the property. Does that make sense? The deposit we would put down on the property would be using his capital and our own combined. That's where it becomes confusing.
  • Pixie5740
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    foxlycett wrote: »
    Thanks for getting back to me. Problem is I would need to take out the mortgage using some of my dad's capital from the 50% share of the property. Does that make sense? The deposit we would put down on the property would be using his capital and our own combined. That's where it becomes confusing.

    I know you want to use your dad's equity as a deposit. As an example, if the property was worth £100k you would apply for a £50k mortgage.
  • sheramber
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    Will your dad's ex wife be prepared to sign over the house to you with only a promise of money at a later date?
  • davidmcn
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    sheramber wrote: »
    Will your dad's ex wife be prepared to sign over the house to you with only a promise of money at a later date?
    I don't think that's what's proposed. It's a purchase like any other, she'll only be signing it over in exchange for however much she's meant to be getting.
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