My partner of 15 years has decided he wants to call it a day. we have no kids. Problem is, we are in my dream house (which we bought together 3 years ago) and I want to stay. Right now, I'd definitely like to stay for at least the next 6 months whilst I process the break up and decide if/where I want to move on to.... Is this practical and is it fair to expect him to allow this? I've just come through a major bout of depression and an early menopause, so not sure I can cope with a major move right now. On a more unemotional note - if I wanted to buy him out of the house, is there any way of financing it? We bought the house 3 years ago using the equity from our previous jointly owned property. We've had it valued recently at £450k. We bought in summer 2013 for £335k and have done some work to it, but still staggered by this! The mortgage is £125k and he put in £40k for our first property, so we've calculated that his share would be approx £195k. The mortgage is currently split 50/50 and I can afford my half, but could not afford to take over the entire mortgage as it currently stands. I have no savings as such, and after taking a £10k pay cut last year for a job that I love, only earn £20k so am guessing I am probably just going to have to put up and shut up whilst we sell up and move on - if anyone knows any way at all that I might possibly be able to stay I'd really appreciate your advice.