General Chat

It is your house and your new partner moves in but isn´t comfortable. would you sell up and buy together.Or would you buy a new house in your name. ?

You have your house but your new partner wants you to move in to theirs and sell yours so you can put the money into improving the house for the children.

If it's going to be fair - sell up both houses and, buy one together.

Personally, I think you have to be VERY certain that the new partner is going to be a long-term partner


Nothing would be worse than selling your property, and putting everything into a joint place (whether it is a new one or his) and then finding within months that he was not the one and only ............ only you had "lost" all your equity and money.

It works both ways!


Surely it makes sense to take decent financial advice, digest that advice and move on accordingly

I'm with Maggie.

Well,.... i'm not "with" her exactly. :-D

I agree with what she said.........phew!

I would take qualified advice rather than something a person says on a website - a person I have never met

No 1, that way its equal shares,,,,,,

I wouldnt entertain either option, he could live in his house I would live in mine and meet half way :-D

I'm with Hayley..............don't live together fulltime, just date and have sleepovers :-D :-D ;-)

Im too old for all that stating a fresh Kitty my house and savings are my childrens ( if I dont spend it first ) ;-)

:-D :-D <3

always keep the roof over ones head
and safe guard your kids future :-D :-D


risk nothing for a new partner ;-) ;-)

Believe what you are told or believe what is true

I would never trust a new partner
only one that had proved his worth over a long long time



and I would beware of men with short arms and long pockets ;-) ;-)

Kay no 1 wasn't equal share it was your house they felt unconformable in it you sold and bought a houet together maybe but how much of your money is in the house _

edit whoops brain faster than fingers that should read house

Errol do note I have only said you or them and not he or she. I am well aware that this situation works 2 ways/

If we all just rented our homes, would life be so much easier?

No cold calls about home improvements, no worry about being conned by cowboy roofers and driveway layers, no inheritance chasers etc etc :-)

Gosh Errol, I wasn't giving advice - just my view, and I'm sure Uzzi can make her own mind up!!

Perhaps we should all just not bother giving opinions.....leave it all to 'those who know' - but then it wouldn't be a chat board would it?

Rent your house out then get one together. At least then, if things go wrong, you will always have your original property and somewhere to live. if they go swimmingly......you will have lots of spending money :-D

This is not what this is about but it did make me think ..a friend of mine's daughter sold her house and put everything into her new partners home which was in his name. 2 children aged 13 and 8 and 20 years of "marriage" later he has put her out of the house. A solicitor has told her "common law " doesn´t count. As nothing is in her name she owns nothing.