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Blackwell Out
03 Feb 10 11:55
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They are not married.........

Person A - putting 20K towards deposit from the equity of their house sale.

Person B - currently renting is putting approx 3K in.

Is it fair to get an agreement drawn up saying if they go their seperate ways later down the line, then person A gets the 20K back from the equity when the house is sold ?

cheers

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By:
canaryboy
When: 03 Feb 10 12:06
obviously
By:
Seasider.
When: 03 Feb 10 12:07
Surely only 17k back would be fair.
By:
positively4thsteet
When: 03 Feb 10 12:08
She'll stitch you up otherwise blackwell. don't be a mug mate.
By:
Capt__F
When: 03 Feb 10 12:08
negative equity cd prove tricky
By:
Capt__F
When: 03 Feb 10 12:09
jordan and alex ?
By:
Clockwork
When: 03 Feb 10 12:11
I would work on a percentage if I was you. 20K out of the equity in 5-10 years might not look too clever. ;)
By:
old ace
When: 03 Feb 10 12:14
yeah work out the extra % of the current value yer sticking in and say that if yiu sell you will get that % back first before the 50-50 split , assuming of course that you both chip the same into the mortgage repayments and get a solicitor to do it.
By:
sidthekid
When: 03 Feb 10 12:43
1 in 3 Marriages/Partnerships end in Divorce
By:
positively4thsteet
When: 03 Feb 10 12:47
if you don't need the 3k then just buy it yourself and pay the mortgage yourself and make her pay rent. That way the relationship will defo break up and you'll defo keep the house and she will have paid the mortgage for you in the meantime.
By:
Big Charlie
When: 03 Feb 10 12:53
Clockwork is correct
By:
Joe Jordan
When: 03 Feb 10 13:55
I take it she is paying an EQUAL cost of the mortgage + expenses ...
so it would be unreasobable for you to claim 7/8th of the house to her 1/8th ..(21k to 3k )..

What would be reasonable + very fair
would be for you to get the difference £17k multiplied by the factor the house has gone up ....before the rest is split 50/50..

EG:- You buy a house for £100k
...it sells in 7 years , or is valued at , =£150k ..

you get £17k x 1.5 times ....in this case = £25.5k ...

.then the rest is split 50/50 .. ;-)
By:
naydam
When: 03 Feb 10 15:33
Maybe it depends on whether you are person A or person B. :-)
By:
annie.
When: 03 Feb 10 15:39
I think you have to ask yourself ( do you feel lucky, punk? ) what is the worst that can happen. The girlfriend falls pregnant immediately you move into the house and then proceeds not to work anymore and have a further child. She then meets someone else and asks you to leave. The law is not the same as for married people but you still have to keep her and the children, so you will probably end up paying the mortage while some other man is living there and your children is calling them daddy. You, meanwhile can just about afford a rented bedsit.

I do not know what the answer is but I have known the above happen often. If you are talkin g about yourself and the girl you met not very long ago, I think it is much too soon to commit yourself in this way. Some women are desperate for children and a house of their own. My own brother married a pretty girl who wanted these things, not my brother. She is a nice woman and a brilliant mother but nags my brother constantly.

If she is renting and has only got 3k deposit, what has she got to lose. Whereas you can lose not only the money you already have but most of you r future income.
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