Hello,
I'm hopeing you can help,
On the 1st May 2005 I moved in with my new partner after seperating in a 17 year relationship a year before, and my partner after finishing an 18 year relationship 7 months before I met him.. Now when I left my ex, I walked away and didn't ask for anything. I just wanted to start a new life with my new partner...
Now my new partner and his ex had braught a house together, well I say that in a loose term, as my partner owned the previous house and when they sold up to by this house, his ex asked to have his name on the mortgage as it would make him feel secure... So my partner put his name on the mortgage. Five years later they split up, but my partners ex although he had his name on the mortgage, never paid towards it apart from buying shopping each week, which cost him about £50 a week and nothing else towards the house at all....
Now for the last 12 months he's been trying to get my partner to sell up and claim half the house, he's tried going through the solicitors with legal aid my partners ex, but my partner feels it's unfair that his ex should get half the house when he's never contibuted to the up keep apart from buying shopping..
His solicitor has said that he can claim rent from us, even though my partner is paying the mortgage and a few other things. Now we haven't herd from his ex solicitor for about 4 months and asummed his ex was unable to pay the solicitor his fees, so no longer can afford going through a solicitor, but my partner feels he's not entitled to the house anyway, which I agree his ex not paying aything towards the up keep shouldn't get half the house, but maybe what he's paid in shopping over the last 5 years, since they brought the house...
Anyway today we receive a letter from his ex, asking if this could be sorted out as he wants to move on with his life.... Again my partner thinks he's asking to much. I've now lived with my partner in this house since May lst year and find this all getting a bit too much with reguards to his ex keep pestering my partner about this house....
Now myself had debts which I gained when splitting with my ex, but have since gone through a debt management company and pay them monthly to sort out the companys I owe money too... I would like to know if their is a way to resolve this matter and how would I stand if trying to get a loan to pay his ex off.... My partner cannot remortgage the house as it's at it's limit..
Is the a law that if someone hasn't lived at the house after so long their name can be removed?
My partner and me love this house and want to make improvements, but this can't be done till this matter is resolved.... Please could you help.
By the way, we are a gay couple.
Paul

