Nitty gritty of best way for couple to split assets ?

jimmmy

If a couple decide to split assets of the personal home 50 : 50 ( luckily it does not affect me ), how best is it done. Both have items of joint monetary and sentimental value accululated over many years. Would it be best to make out a list of items eg television, dvd, painting, antique , stereo, ornament A, ornament B, ornament C, coffee table, telescope, book collection, household tools, picture album A, picture album B etc and then the 2 people involved take turns picking items ? ( "you pick something, I pick something, you pick something, I pick something" etc and so on ) . Or should a valuer pick out items over say 50 euro and list them ? It may be hard to value some items eg the painting and the antique ( which cost about 200 pounds ten years ago but is mostly of sentimental value and which they may both want ) ? The couple do not get on . If both people listed items they wanted from the house its likely the same items would be near the top on both lists. The contents of the house have to be split. One is a friend - whats the best piece of advice I can give on the best way to divide everything ?
Sorry if this is not the correct forum but someone must have experience like this before + know the best thing to do ?

Tom Young

Sorry we don't do legal advice.