T hanks kg. on the house - I do have an L. I am waiting on stbx's financial info. I have already talked to some mortgage brokers and I know about where I need to be. The question is whether it will look like I owe him money or whether there's an offset of his stuff or property.

As I feared/predicted, now that the house cat is out if the bag, he doesn't want to pay for the small reno we have planned. I'm trying to appeal to the logic that it increases the value of the house which is a win either way for him. Sigh.

On an whim i googled "divorcing a narcissist" . . . interesting stuff there.