Husband doesn't want to sell house

[Wontsell]

I finished my 25 year marriage in March. My husband has been angry, moody and totally switched off from family life for years. He does absolutely nothing around the house and has exhibited extremely controlling behaviours towards our teenage daughter. I am also 99.9 percent sure he has been unfaithful, possibly on numerous occasions.

The problem is, he is burying his head in the sand and continously refusing to acknowledge my decision. Just as I think I am getting some sense out of him, he backtracks. I have had estate agents to value the house and he said he does not trust me and wants an agent of his choosing to value the house. This was apparantly booked for this week, then at the last minute he said he had to work and has rearranged for next week. I called the agent he said was coming and as I strongly suspected, there is no record of a valuation booking.

I have had a meeting with a solicitor, but to be fair, he wasn't that helpful. Does anyone know where I stand if he refuses to sell or buy me out? If I move out and rent somewhere, will I loose rights to our property. We own the house out right if that makes any difference. The situation is becoming unbearable.

Its just happened to me. You go to court and he gets ordered to.

You'll need to get an order of sale from the court.

You do t lose your right to a fair share of the asset by moving out. You could lose your right to ‘that’ house if you are housed elsewhere but as you want to sell I dont see that as an issue.
If you do move out though you’ll be incurring rent while he stays in he house rent free - and he could make selling even more problematic by refusing g viewings etc so I’d advise you not to move out if you can avoid it.

you need to work out the overall financial settlement prior to selling the house really so you know what monies are due and how that is to be realised. If he won’t negotiate and reach agreement you’ll have to follow process and end up in court , hopefully it won’t get that far

Have you actually filed for divorce ? I’d consider a new family solicitor and start court proceedings to force the sale, make sure he knows that court will cost money.

Dont leave your home.