If you own a property with someone else, you may be either joint tenants or tenants in common.
Joint tenants
If you own the property as joint tenants, it means you both own the property as a whole, and on your death, it will automatically pass to your surviving co-owner outside the terms of your will.
Tenants in common
If you own the property as tenants in common, you will both be taken to own a 50% share in the property. Unless, at the time of your purchase, you prepared a document called a ‘declaration of trust’ to prove that you own the property in unequal shares.
You will be able to leave your share in the property to a beneficiary or beneficiaries in your will.
Find out more in our guide 'What happens to my house if I die?'