What to declare to sellers regarding neighbours.

Davesnave · 11 July 2017 at 1:14PM

sevenhills wrote: »

How much in the future, some dogs only live eight years.

You're on the wrong thread there, mate.

PhilE · 11 July 2017 at 1:28PM

eddddy wrote: »

The questions that your mum will routinely have to answer on the Seller's Property Information form are:

Having a discussion with a neighbour about a problem isn't a dispute or complaint.

As for writing a note - it depends what the note says. If the note is complaining about something, then I guess it's a 'complaint'. If the note is disputing something, then I guess it's a dispute.

So you could choose your words carefully. But you might get a response which is clearly a dispute or complaint.

Edit to add...

Your mum has to answer the questions to the best of her knowledge, so I guess arguably, if you have a massive argument with the neighbour, but your mum never finds out (and the neighbor never tells her), your mum cannot declare it on the form.

It seems to be a grey area. 'Had a discussion with the neighbors,' could turn into 'made a complaint,' when put into note form. But then 'left a friendly note,' is different to 'sent them a formal, signed letter.'

What I would like to point out in the note, is that if this were to turn into a dispute, its going to affect the value of both our properties. If I can't appeal to their morality, perhaps I could appeal to their wallet.

Ultimately I've got to put my mums safety first, and if I were to lose 5-10k as a result its obviously worth it.

Davesnave · 11 July 2017 at 1:49PM

PhilE wrote: »

What I would like to point out in the note, is that if this were to turn into a dispute, its going to affect the value of both our properties. If I can't appeal to their morality, perhaps I could appeal to their wallet.

Only if they take the same view on things as you do.

You've spoken to them and they've ignored you. Your Mum's neighbour has spoken to them, and been similarly ignored.

They're just as likely to ignore a note.

After all, from their point of view there's no problem; just a couple of guys in the road behind, hassling them, possibly racially motivated, but they and their mates can deal with it if things get heavy.

You don't really expect this person to go to the computer, key in 'TA6' and then study the ramifications of what they see?

This is assuming they're owner-occupiers. I'm not clear we know about that.

Red-Squirrel_2 · 11 July 2017 at 2:49PM

Davesnave wrote: »

You're on the wrong thread there, mate.

It might help if the OP was edited to say 'my mum's neighbour' rather than 'my neighbour' on the first line.

moneyistooshorttomention · 11 July 2017 at 5:18PM

and the $64,000 question sometimes might be as to whether the problem in question would bother everyone...

Some people (ie those that let dogs bark themselves) presumably wouldnt be bothered about it - but most of us would.

My ****** vendor of current house could have argued that some people wouldnt be bothered by finding the neighbours trying to use their garden - but most of us would and I duly "dealt with it" firmly.

So there is sometimes a subjective element possibly? That being that, presumably, everyone would object strongly to a neighbour trying to nick part of their garden. But a few people wouldnt object to barking dogs or finding neighbours in their garden for instance.