The fact is, it was her home. What is your gripe?I don't know what a typical middle class situation is, but it's irrelevant. HMRC allow you exactly one home as a married couple. I suspect "like most ordinary people" that works out just fine. But no amount of special living arrangements changes the fact that she cannot dispose of a house that she is not living in and claim it was her home. She should have done that prior to getting married.