A while ago my ex and I parted ways, this was fairly amicable at the time. We own a house together which I have continued to live in (and pay the full mortgage on) as financially I can afford to do this on my own where as he would not be able. We are not married.
He has moved out and as we agreed I have taken on paying the mortgage in full and all the bills as this was the fair way to move forward in the situation. We both now have new partners, my partner spends most nights with me at the house as I have pets which doesn’t really allow me to spend many nights away from home. He does not provide any financial aid to me for staying at the house as he is paying his own bills elsewhere and I do not want to muddy the waters in terms of the house ownership.
My ex is unhappy with this and does not believe that I am paying for the house on my own. He has requested to receive rent from me to go towards paying his living expenses elsewhere or he will be moving back in to the property. I know he is well within his rights to do this as it is still half his home etc and as I am not paying a full mortgage and then rent to him on top then this is what will happen.
Does anyone have any advice how to handle living with my ex partner whilst we wait for sale? Can I restrict access to things such as the internet (which is my subscription in my name from my previous address and he has never paid a penny towards.) With the exception of a few items all the furniture etc in the home was provided by myself at my expense. I would like to set some ground rules regarding visitors etc (his partner and my partner only for example) to try minimise any conflict however I know from living with him before he will not respect any requests. Help!