Saw this report on the telegraph UK, that a married couple of 40 yrs separated and decided to saw their house into half. Is this how it works?

“The wife will stay put with the upright half while her husband has carried away his half to start again on the other side of the village.

Neighbours said the couple saw the radical action as the most cost-efficient and equitable way to avoid each other in a country where divorce lawyers can be expensive.”

Source - Couple saw home in Half