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Entering my home without permission

62 replies

DancingOnIce · 16/07/2023 21:54

My partner and I bought a house together. He already has a house he lives in elsewhere in the country and he used money from a holiday home he sold to invest in this second house which is my only home with my 2 children. This meant there was a bigger house with a bedroom for his daughter to stay in. We agreed to keep the house until my children were 18. The relationship has now ended with a year still to go before my children have left home. We haven't spoken since February. He sent a couple of upsetting letters which have left me feeling distressed but has agreed to honour what we had said. He turned up this morning out of the blue and parked in the drive while I was out. He then entered the house with his key while my daughter was in alone then stole the back door key. He lied to me about stealing it and I had to be very insistent to get it back as I wouldn't have been able to lock the back door. He said he wants to keep the relationship but I have found this behaviour upsetting and invasive and I don't feel completely at ease in my home. I feel very trapped and upset by it all and am trying to keep things steady for another year until my children finish sixth form. Would you feel /do the same?

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NewtonsCradle · 18/07/2023 14:51

Qbish · 18/07/2023 14:41

This is batshit. It's his house too!

Should OP be putting it in writing too when she wants access to the house?!

Well done on your constructive feedback.

Qbish · 18/07/2023 15:21

NewtonsCradle · 18/07/2023 14:51

Well done on your constructive feedback.

Well done on your totally pointless "advice"

AlfietheSchnauzer · 18/07/2023 15:29

LadyJ2023 · 17/07/2023 01:50

So your complaining about him letting himself into a house he part owns lol

This is most definitely NOT funny Hmm OP is very clearly scared of this man Biscuit

NewtonsCradle · 18/07/2023 15:38

Qbish · 18/07/2023 15:21

Well done on your totally pointless "advice"

Grow up.

Qbish · 18/07/2023 15:43

NewtonsCradle · 18/07/2023 15:38

Grow up.

"Grow up"? Says the person who stated that a man *who part owns the house" might try to "coerce his way in".

NewtonsCradle · 18/07/2023 16:10

Qbish · 18/07/2023 15:43

"Grow up"? Says the person who stated that a man *who part owns the house" might try to "coerce his way in".

Let it go, let it go...

FartSock5000 · 18/07/2023 16:28

@DancingOnIce you need to speak to a solicitor.

You may be able to get an occupation order which would allow you to continue living in the house as agreed WITHOUT him legally having access.

You will need legal advice to work out how much from the future sale you are entitled to and if you want to break the agreement and sell early.

In the meantime, do not let him coerce you. Report him to 101 for any behaviour you feel is deliberate to cause fear and alarm. Get that paper trail started. If he has been abusive, you may even be able to try for a prohibited steps order to keep him away. Don't hide how he is behaving. There are new domestic abuse laws aimed to protect against non-physical abuse.

So, change the locks and see a Solicitor. You have to give him keys but you can always post them to the 300 miles away address so you know he cannot enter for now without your say so.

orangeleavesinautumn · 19/07/2023 05:41

The problem with changing the locks is that he is equally entitled to change them again, do you really want to get into that arms race?

Sell the house, take your share, go your separate ways

Flopsythebunny · 19/07/2023 06:55

Pawpatrolsucks · 17/07/2023 02:14

Coming into an ex partners house, taking things and intimidating them is grounds for getting the police involved and having the locks changed.

He is allowed to! If he wanted to, he could move himself back into the house and there isn't a damn thing the op could do about it

DancingOnIce · 19/07/2023 22:43

Thanks again. I have changed my mind as it is a terrible time to sell and this would benefit neither of us just now. He has a very large home elsewhere, this was just a side investment for him rather than leaving money in the bank after he sold his holiday home. It isn't that he needs to move in here at all or come in without asking first. He will benefit very nicely from having been able to invest in this property with me. The intention was to intimidate and take away my peace of mind - which it did.

I ended the relationship because of his temperament which has affected my health. We have a clear written agreement and are joint tenants in common so there is really no issue around that. Coincidently my son has been rather hamfisted with one of the locks so it will need changing. I will make my home more secure so that I don't have to worry so much. Of course, anyone is entitled to come into a property they part own but this would be done in a respectful way under normal circumstances.

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BMW6 · 20/07/2023 15:10

So you've got your son to break the lock so it needs changing, and I presume you do not intend to give the co-owner a key?

You need to be careful as I think you are skating on thin ice legally, and pissing him off is not sensible if he wants to sell and you want to stay.
YOU may think it would be beneficial for you both, HE may prefer to sever all ties with you and get it sold so you have no need for any future dealings.......

junglejane66 · 20/07/2023 15:38

Pawpatrolsucks · 17/07/2023 00:12

I would report it to the police, hopefully that gives you the ability to change the locks. I would move sooner rather than later.

😂

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