Moving dont want to give EA forwarding address

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Due to circumstances surrounding my Divorce which im not putting it all on here. Our jointly owned house has sold. Im now in the process of securing a new house with my share of property. I am moving to another area away from my stbx and wont be telling him where. The EA want my new property address. I appreciate this for the chain. However there was domestic abuse involved. I dont want to have to discuss it with them nor do I want my new address passed on. Does anyone know the legalities of this. I do have a conveyancing solicitor However have not instructed yet. Any advice. Im not telling anyone where im moving except close family.

Have you completed the sale or is it under offer? What is the position with the new property? Do the current owners of the property you are buying need to buy somewhere or is it chain free?

If it is under offer and you are buying in a chain the EA will want to work to make the chain happen which is in everyone’s interests.

if there is no chain then just provide a contact address which doesn’t need to be your home address.

Im buying a new property a new build. Regardless of who's buying what domestic abuse is the issue and i dont want my new address passed on. My husband jointly owns this property that we are selling so he will go his way im leaving the area. I dont want the purchaser of my home having my new address , nor my husband as its a risk to me that he may come looking for me. I was wondering if anyone had been in this situation and how did they get about it.

Give either your solicitors address or a friend or family member.

This. Or a PO box.

Use an accommodation address, po box parent friend etc

The Estate agents are saying they need the address im moving into to keep the chain going. I appreciate that however what if one of them slips up and gives out my new address ? Do I legally have to give them it.

The legal situation will be set out in your agreement with the EA. You will have to check that.

The easiest way to avoid this is to make yourself chain free. That would mean you move regardless of the availability of a new home purchase. For example you could move in with your parents or temporary rented accommodation.

What you need to consider here is that your buyers might start to be worried the chain will break. They could pull out and go with another property. I don’t know if that is likely outcome - the local housing market is a big detriment of that.

Unfortunately buyers don’t like buying from divorcing couples. There are additional potential risks that the sale will fall through if the parties don’t agree on completion dates or the sale price or the divorce proceedings interfere with the sale.

LemonTT Ive been honest with the buyer and they are OK with it. The divorce is not the issue. It's me not wanting to give the EA my new address due to divorcing due to donestic abuse. I do not want my STBX following me to my new home.