legal matter regarding house and partner!

[goddess72]

ok, in a bit of a mess, I bought a house which I now live in, its all in my name, however my partner lent me £10 grand to buy the house. The idea being he sells his house then would live here and the house would then be put in both our names. There is no mortgage involved.

However the relationship is not going too well, and I'm wondering what rights he may have if any to the property, will the £10 grand be seen as a personal loan? He pays nothing finacially towards this house, be grateful for any advice. Thanks

Why on earth would he be entitled to 50% equitable interest?

If the legal interest was in joint names, he would have an argument he owned 50% of the equitable interest as the presumption is that equity follows the law. The op would then have to go to the time and expense of rebutting this by saying, er well actually he only contributed a teeny part of the purchase price and I bought this as a home for my children.

I don't think he is anywhere on the legal title, it is in op's sole name so hopefully none of that will arise.

but it always gets tangled when you get into this sort of situation because very few people see the need to get anything in writing when the relationship is going well.