Not sure which subject - But wondering about splitting and getting my money

[Whatca]

So come close quite a few times now to splitting up with my partner. Mortgage we have on our house is in the name of his brother as partner had bad credit and i was working part time and it was originally his brothers house. So we pay the mortgage monthly send it over to brother and he pays it.
Problem is if we split up he said he would have to sell the house or raise the money to give me which i think would be around £20K i have proof i send the mortgage money over every month. Where do i stand if we split up id basically be stuck waiting for him to decide he is giving me the money. He paid the house deposit but weve both paid for work to be done. Im aware its a big mess

You're renting now. You've been putting money to improve the property you're renting.

You're not going to get any money out of them unless they decide to give you some out of goodwill.

Are the children your partner's kids?

I'd get out sooner rather than later as you're just throwing good money after bad to stay longer.

I agree that unfortunately you wont get anything out of this at all, unless you can get your partners brother to put something in writing to the effect of him giving you a monetary gift on moving out. I know you think you can prove you paid the mortgage but you have just paid him rent for him to pay his mortgage. You have no right on the house or to get anything back you have put in unless you have prior written agreement. Sorry, I know thats not what you want to hear.

you say you don’t want to rent. You’re already renting. You don’t have any entitlement to money from the house you’re in and I’m really not sure why you think you do

This is a messy, very complicated situation @Whatca . You should seek legal advice ASAP!

Brace yourself for the worst.

feel like id just like to get my own place and buy somewhere in just my name even if not as nice that i can rent out so i have something.

This actually sounds like a very good idea.

This isn't true. You can still be a de facto tenant without a written tenancy agreement if you've paid regular payments to live there.