My partner and father of my baby is freelance and has always been at least £10,000 in debt due to cash flow, waiting on payments ect. However, he has always had work come in but never manages to get ahead. This year work has been scarce and he is further in debt. We are not married but now the time has come for us to move. I own my own flat and will make a healthy profit from it, which I will use as a deposit on a house. He wants to be on the mortgage for the new place saying work will pick up and he will pay half. As he will be looking after baby when I return to work I cannot see how he will manage to earn enough to pay his debt and make payments on a mortgage. Should he go on the mortgage and then find he has to declare bankruptcy on the debt will the house be seen as an asset and will we be forced to sell? Cheers