Hi guys. This is going to be complicated. I also hope it doesn't fall under Rule 9 (I think it doesn't?). I hope to get some impartial advice on the dilemma my partner and I currently face.
My partner has recently sold his old house, and he would like to give me part of the profit because, even though there was no agreement (neither of us thought about it when we got together six years) how the house sale money would be split when house was eventually sold.
First of all, we've lived together for roughly five years. The house was his and he was paying mortgage on it. He has now sold it for a tidy profit and would like to give me part of it. He's been trying to figure out 'what is fair' as I told him I'd ask for impartial advice on reddit.
The house was sold for 275,000€. He spent 150,000€ buying it (house price, other expenses such as notaries and real estate agent not included). 50,000€ of that he had 'before' he met me, so that's not money I'm 'entitled' to. In 2021, at the time of the sale, the profit, without the initial 50,000 featured in and prices adapted to the increase of value, was 128,000€.
Now, it gets complicated.
In the household, I was responsible for buying food, cleaning material, other household stuff, minus furniture, more 'expensive' items. My partner was responsible for paying all the bills, the mortgage, and so on. I worked three out of the five years, spending around 19,000€ on the above items (food etc.). The remaining two years, my partner paid for everything, including food and household items in the time I didn't work.
I earned about half of what he earned so that made sense.
In exchange for him bringing in the money, I did most of the household work. I ironed, cleaned, made food, went shopping, etc. However, he did his fair share of household tasks as well. If it comes down to it, he probably spent 2-4 hours a week on household tasks, me approximately 10-14.
He would like to compensate me for the food I bought as well as the household work I did. We didn't have any official or unofficial agreement, it only came up while we were in the process of selling the house, and now that it's sold he'd like to give me the opportunity to 'invest' in the house after all. We didn't think about all this stuff when moving in together, didn't discuss how I might also own part of the house, and now it's a headache we'd like to have an outside opinion on.
At this point, it's probably necessary to ask I did not ask for it or demand a part of the house, even though I felt disappointed that I wasn't able to invest in it while we had it (too young to think about it at the time), but he wants to let me have part of it anyway (he's a great guy), and yes, I like money, so no objection from me.
Could you let me know your thoughts on how best to 'split' the profit? I should by no means get 50%, however, we have been getting a headache trying to figure out what would be a 'fair' split. Any thoughts on this would be very much appreciated!
Submitted May 22, 2021 at 06:29AM by Calathe https://ift.tt/3fbGaQo
