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dicey2
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Hi new guy here so please bear with me
I have a really sensitive situation here.
My mother and her partner at the time (not married to each other) purchased the house I am currently living in with my mother about 23 years ago. She did not put any money towards the purchase but when they bought the house, her partner put both of their names on the deeds of the house.
A year later, a loan of £10k was secured against the house for home improvemnts. Some time later he left her and went to England. He stopped making repayments on the loan. To stop the bank from taking the house, my mother paid £20 a week into his current account which was used to pay off the loan. As the current account was in his name she cant get details of the account but suffice to say the loan was paid off in full.
The deeds of the house still reside in the bank and can be recovered if she instructs her solicitor to do so.
However, we feel it is now time to do something about this sitaution and take over ownership of the house in full. In my mind she is entitled to at least 50% of the house as her name is on the needs plus whatever money she put into the house over the years in running costs and maintenance.
However as he has not been in the house for 16 years, lives in England (but has returned occasionally for funerals etc) she feels he is entitled to nothing as he walked away and is making this assumption claiming entitlement under adverse possession
I would like to buy him out for her piece of mind as in theory he could come home and start living in the house and there is nothing she can do about it. Obivously the less I can pay the better for me but what exactly are my rights and how should she/I go about getting the house for ourselves as we have lived in it most of my life
I have a really sensitive situation here.
My mother and her partner at the time (not married to each other) purchased the house I am currently living in with my mother about 23 years ago. She did not put any money towards the purchase but when they bought the house, her partner put both of their names on the deeds of the house.
A year later, a loan of £10k was secured against the house for home improvemnts. Some time later he left her and went to England. He stopped making repayments on the loan. To stop the bank from taking the house, my mother paid £20 a week into his current account which was used to pay off the loan. As the current account was in his name she cant get details of the account but suffice to say the loan was paid off in full.
The deeds of the house still reside in the bank and can be recovered if she instructs her solicitor to do so.
However, we feel it is now time to do something about this sitaution and take over ownership of the house in full. In my mind she is entitled to at least 50% of the house as her name is on the needs plus whatever money she put into the house over the years in running costs and maintenance.
However as he has not been in the house for 16 years, lives in England (but has returned occasionally for funerals etc) she feels he is entitled to nothing as he walked away and is making this assumption claiming entitlement under adverse possession
I would like to buy him out for her piece of mind as in theory he could come home and start living in the house and there is nothing she can do about it. Obivously the less I can pay the better for me but what exactly are my rights and how should she/I go about getting the house for ourselves as we have lived in it most of my life