My now partner of 4 years was living with a lady for 9 years before we met, he is aged 55. However before he met her he was married (his wife left him) and this woman moved in some 14 months later in that time my now partner needed a mortgage to pay off his ex wife this was obtained by him and his new lady friend and they both signed for it! right heres where it starts, the relationship broke down and he moved out, met me some months after and moved in with me say 2 years ago, right, here we go, the ex lady friend is being awkward re property sale its been on the market for 2 years nearly (now off) there has been 2 viewings in all that time because no one can get hold of her! my partner has offered to sell to her at a very low price just to be shot! all this through a solicitor (3000 later) and no, she messes around cant get funds etc etc, basically prolonging everything all the time! what can he do to sell??? he is running costs up we cant afford, he has now only just stopped paying half the mortgage to try to push her into "needing to sell" no estate agents wont repossess, she has paid the mortgage! every thing he does she blocks! please has anyone got any ideas? any thoughts?

no estate agents wont repossess,

They wont do. Its the lender that repossesses property not the estate agent.

Now isn'ty a great time to sell.

I'd be looking to rent her the half of the property she doesn't own....or move back in...that might move things along a bit.

thanks for that interesting idea, he's going to run that past his solicitor, for what good she has been and see if legally he can rentbhis half! that wasnt even thought about, i suppose even though she "owns" half the half that he has he should be able to rent! if not to her i mean, i doubt she would want a total stranger moving in but at the end of the day its his half that counts and provided he does it legally i dont see theres a way to stop him renting his half out! the other thing like you say "push the hand" thanks for that one!!!!

Difficult to be able to advise without a full picture as to what is going on. I would first speak to your lender as a matter of urgency. It worries me that part of the mortgage is not being paid. I would also speak to your buildings insurers. If you are both not living at the property for more than 30 days, the insurance may be void.

If possible have a 3rd party acting for both of you at the same time. This will solve the arguments about other matters and just deal with the matter in hand.

Do it today. this looks like it could get serious and the outcome may not be what you want to hear.

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