I want to leave my partner. I live in his "tied cottage". I am on the council tax but no other household bills. I have no tenancy agreement, we pay no rent and my partner has no contract of employment. He has lived in the house for nearly twenty years, I have been there for 18 months. I do have bills of my own and bank statements at the address (so can prove I live there) and a letter (about something else) from his employers stating that I live there.
I own my own house and obviously want to return there. It is currently tenanted and I know I have to give 2 months notice to them.
My fear is if he finds out I have given my tenants two months notice he may kick off and decide to kick me and my son out leaving us homeless (even though I own my own house) until my tenants move out.
Do I have any rights to stay there if he is reasonably pleasant about it?
If he is abusive, where can I go? I have no family or friends who could put us up even temporarily.