Selling share of property to ex - giving him my personal details

[katmunchkin]

Following a recent split with my partner of 11 years, I have moved out of the family home and he is in the process of buying out my half. He has sent me a message asking for a ton of information - my bank details, national insurance number, new address etc, which he says is for his solicitor for the transfer of the deeds in to his name. Only I'm not comfortable giving him these details directly (especially my new address, as he doesn't know that) but he won't tell me who his solicitor is to deal with them directly. Can anyone provide any advise etc as to what I can / should do?

Don't give any of the information to him. He is not bound by GDPR whereas his solicitor is. Have you instructed your own solicitor?

We brought a house from someone who’s ex didn’t him to know her details. Everything went through the ex’s parents. Is this an option?

Nope

Dear ex please give me details of the solicitor so I can pass the information along ASAP so it does not hold up the sale of the home

If he won't give you his solicitors details then he can't have the information can he!

Have you not received any letters from his solicitor before now?

No, we have agreed a value for the house, he has got his own mortgage approved, so the solicitor is only for the transfer of the deeds. I didn't think I needed one, from everything else I've read? No children, not married, no joint assets (apart from the house and a dog). He says it's none of my business who his solicitor is - I've gone back and said it is my business when he dealing with the 'sale' of half my house!

The only thing I don't want him knowing is my new address, as it's not a million miles away from where we lived previously and I wouldn't tout it past him doing random drive bys etc... I might just put my mums address down as 'correspondence address' and ask that all correspondence is by email and phone rather than by letter.

Good for you!

Why does he need your national insurance number? Is he reporting the money transfer to hmrc?