Hi all, looking for some advice on what to ask my ex partner for now she's decided to leave me,
Setting the scene, she has decided to leave for unknown reasons? We are still friends and I believe there is no one else.
Until (and still) this point I have always been the higher earner, so I have been funding our lives in the house inc all bills and luxury items to a cost of £1600 with her contributing £350 towards this.
The mortgage cost is £900 give or take.....
Now we are no longer together she hasn't decided if she is to stay or leave the house.
Am I morally/legally right to ask her for
A) if she stays, half of the costs of the house, services, ect....Excluding food with some consideration against bills as I work from home 2 days a week.
B) if she leaves, then half of the mortgage only costs.
As it stands we both hold around £10k of equity in the property, I have maybe over the course of time "paid" more in by maybe £2000 but I'm not wanting to argue over that as I don't think it will help either of us mentally.
As she is jointly on the mortgage, its been her decision to leave and I'm happy to at this point share the equity.
Also when it comes to selling the property, there will be a £4000 early repayment charge with the bank, should I be looking for her to fund this out of her equity, given its been her choice?
Any help, advice welcome.
Of course once a decision has been agreed upon between us i would be insisting it is created as a legal contract by solicitors.
Setting the scene, she has decided to leave for unknown reasons? We are still friends and I believe there is no one else.
Until (and still) this point I have always been the higher earner, so I have been funding our lives in the house inc all bills and luxury items to a cost of £1600 with her contributing £350 towards this.
The mortgage cost is £900 give or take.....
Now we are no longer together she hasn't decided if she is to stay or leave the house.
Am I morally/legally right to ask her for
A) if she stays, half of the costs of the house, services, ect....Excluding food with some consideration against bills as I work from home 2 days a week.
B) if she leaves, then half of the mortgage only costs.
As it stands we both hold around £10k of equity in the property, I have maybe over the course of time "paid" more in by maybe £2000 but I'm not wanting to argue over that as I don't think it will help either of us mentally.
As she is jointly on the mortgage, its been her decision to leave and I'm happy to at this point share the equity.
Also when it comes to selling the property, there will be a £4000 early repayment charge with the bank, should I be looking for her to fund this out of her equity, given its been her choice?
Any help, advice welcome.
Of course once a decision has been agreed upon between us i would be insisting it is created as a legal contract by solicitors.