Do I have any rights?

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Hey everyone,

This is my first post and I have no idea what I'm doing or if it's in the right place so I apologise in advance.

Me and my partner if 5.5 years have split up - his decision. He's moved out and is living with his mother.
Our mortgage is solely in his name, when we bought the house I was recently self employed and had crap credit. However I have paid more than 50% of everything since we've moved in and we now have a 14 month old daughter. I also have a 20 year old son from a previous relationship who lives with us + his girlfriend.

I paid him my half of the bills each month (mostly into his bank account) I paid for 90% of the decorating, carpets, furniture etc. I paid for a new bathroom to be fitted and the deposits for both the new kitchen and the new car. I pay for everything for our daughter including nursery fees, clubs, clothes, nappies etc and the food shop most weeks.
He had debts previous to our relationship which he pays off, he also pays for the car payments.

At the moment things are pretty amicable, but I'm not naive and I know things can get pretty shitty pretty fast. Usually it's always been My House and My car but I feel like I gave up everything when we got together and I feel like a total fool. I'm 38 and feel like I have nothing.

My question is where do I stand? Do I have any rights at all where the house is concerned? Am I entitled to anything if he decides to sell?

Thank you in advance to anyone who offers any words of advice 🙂

If you are not married then I don't think you have any claim on the house. Best to get legal advise.

Yeah get some legal advice as PP said. Not married, house only in his name...I'm not a solicitor but it doesn't sound too good.

On the other hand, I'm sure you still have proof of these payments coming from your bank account and receipts for all the work you did in the house...that should amount to some kind of evidence I guess.

Honestly no you don't.

The amount of women that still put themselves in this position astounds me.

You aren’t married and five and a half years isn’t really very long. How long have you lived in the house together?

Have you been paying towards the mortgage OP? I wasnt sure if mortgage is included in "bills"

Have you been paying him any money towards the mortgage? If you paid him directly, he could claim it was rent. Paying the utilities gets you nowhere.

You could possibly claim something for adding value to the house ie the new bathroom and anything else (so not furniture but anything structural).

It's complicated though, you'll need to speak to a solicitor.