I’d love to hear your stores of what your/partners living arrangements were after divorcing and if you would do anything differently.
For context I am considering separating from my husband and we have 3 children (2 in primary, 1 in secondary). I’d like to be able to stay in our current house but that would leave my partner with only enough to buy a 3-bed flat locally. If we sold the house we could potentially both get a run down 3-bed house each. We are in an affluent area where house prices are crazy.
I’d like to keep the house for stability for the children, I would be here for them every day after school and they’d go to their dad’s once he finishes work on his days and every other weekend. I think they need their own space, especially for studies.
I’d love to hear your opinions based on your experience. Is this better for both parents to have a house, albeit pokey and not enough bedrooms for everyone to get their own space? Or keep a largish house where everyone can stay settled in their space but the other parent has a smaller flat.