My husband and I both own a flat. We've been living in my flat for a year as its bigger than his flat. He's currently renting his flat out. My flat is now too small with dd and we've decided to sell both our flats first but my husband's flat is in negative equity. So we decided we'll only sell my flat as it will fetch more than his property. (and I've paid off wee bit more than him)
So my question is...is it normal for a married couple to say that the amount that I made/paid off on my flat will be mine if we split up - £40k
or if you're married then all properties will be shared equally when we split up??
I really dont like to discuss these kind of things to him as we're trying for the second baby and happy family... my parent went through a hell of bad time with properties when they split up and my mum wants to make sure I get it in writing before we buy new place since my husband is keeping his flat...
I work freelance but I dont bring much income from it so we're living off my husband's income mainly. However I paid the estate agent cost and home report etc with my savings and he wants to pay other fees (solicitors fee etc) with the amount we make from the flat...which will decrease our deposit towards our next place, which i'm not happy about.
What do you think I should do??