Beware of Property-Related Pillow Talk
May 20th, 2008
Are you an unmarried couple living together and have no idea who owns the house?
Maybe your parents put up the deposit that made it possible to buy the place so you feel that it’s really yours. But maybe your boyfriend, Mr. Fixit, added two rooms onto the place and he thinks that you own it equally. Perhaps, however, you are making most of the mortgage payments so you feel it’s not fair that he should own as much as you do. Equally, it may be that your boyfriend pays the utility bills and that allows you to pay the mortgage. Who owns the house then and in what proportions?