Hi, I need to rant a bit sorry! Have been separated for over 2 years and about to start divorce proceedings. The main disagreement is over the "family home" which me and dd are still in; we need to sell it, as I can't afford to keep it up on my salary, and I need to get somewhere I can afford on my own. However, we agreed that it needed work to sell it and the estate agent suggested some key things, most of which I've had done over the last couple of years and paid for on my credit card . There's only a few things left and one of those is replace the hall landing and stairs carpet as the last one was disgusting and stank of cats pee (don't ask) so I ripped it up when I had the hall landing and stairs decorated. However, I really really don't want to put anything more on my credit card plus I think that as it's still half his house, he should contribute to the doing-up-to-sell costs.
I found out this morning when he came to collect dd that he's just had new carpets put down in several rooms in the house he's now in (which was his anyway but he'd been letting it out). I'm really cheesed off as I DO want to sell this place and move on but I can't afford to fund anything more.
Hrmph. What do I do? We have a meeting with mediation solicitor in a couple of weeks so I'm likely to bring it up there (not whinging specifically about the carpet but the fact that he should help if he wants the place to sell).
I'm not expecting any replies to this totally innane thread but writing it down has helped
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Pissed off with the ex and his feckin' new carpet!
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aimeesmummy · 24/01/2009 14:53
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