What's your experience of going 50-50 or not?
We're only just separating. OH earns 10x what I do. I've been the homemaker and stay at home parent working part-time for over 20 years; we focused on OH's career. We both put similar cash amounts into the house originally - me a little more, but I realise this has little bearing in mediation. He can easily get a small mortgage, I cannot. He will get an inheritance, I will not. In fact financially he will be more than ok even if we went for a 60-40 split but I will struggle if I go 50-50 which I am being pressured to do. I need a home with a studio-workshop for work with 3 beds for 2 teenage kids, one who's at uni, but still needs a base in the holidays. We live in London where tiny 60's 3 bedders - which I happen to like, start at £599k, which is 50k more than 50-50 split. I've looked at 2 bedders with largish reception rooms for the workshop where DD would have to sleep too and it's pretty unworkable, the spaces are just so small. Or I move away from my work contacts and friends and live somewhere else? Panicking very badly here please help. We are going through Mediation over next few weeks months.
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50-50 or not - your experiences of settlements
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BrigidOShaughnessy · 23/07/2019 10:28
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