Desperate to Sell but terrible Neighbours

felicityprice

We are desperate to sell our house but we have awful neighbours next door. The don't put out their recycle bins and I have to contact environmental health regularly and they have now begun to burn there rubbish. How can I possibly make my house look appealing to others when I live next door to the Clampits from hell.

:mad:

_Andy_

Aside from how it looks, your other issue will be that surely it would need to be disclosed during the sale process.

ILW

What has not putting out recycle bins got to do with environmental health?

Ivrytwr3

Bins overflowing, attracting pests, health hazzard etc

Bermuda_John

this is a nightmare scenario, through no fault of your own your house and your life is being devalued.

If the neighbours have become so bad it may pay to take less for the hosue jsut to be rid of the burden of living next to them.

If it is bearable jsut keeptrying to sell.

Maybe post a rightmove link on here to get soem feedback on the property itself.

felicityprice

The house is not perfect, i bought it from my nana when she moved in with my mum therefore it was very old fashioned and needed a lot of work. Since I bought it I have turned the front garden it to a pull on for the car and its nicely block paved. I have had it all double glazed, installed a new boiler, had it rewired and installed a new kitchen. It does however need some work doing in the bathroom but I am reluctant to spend anymore when I am so desperate to get out. The neighbours (who rent the house next door) have two children and the mother speaks to them with every swear word under the son and they are only aged 3 and 7. This weekend she told the 3 year old to shout "grass" at us through the fence...all because we complained to the council about their rubbish. I am just hoping to sell it to someone who buys it to rent it out!

puddy

sounds like you need to phone social services too, those children are being taught to be anti social and living in neglectful conditions

Fire_Fox

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

Bins overflowing, attracting pests, health hazzard etc

Recycling doesn't usually attract pests unless it still has food in, don't you wash your tins and plastic bottles out??

Davesnave

Bermuda_John wrote: »

Maybe post a rightmove link on here to get soem feedback on the property itself.

....Or a dog turd through the letter box! I think posting a link would be most unwise in these circumstances.;)

Many people have NFH. This site may be able to offer advice, and at the very least, you will know you're not alone.

http://nfh.org.uk/

However, it isn't just ignorant, aggressive slobs who can reduce the value of your house.

We had lovely neighbours on both sides, but I'm sure that they made a sale to certain viewers impossible, thanks to their rather obvious 'car restoration' and lax gardening habits. These were professionals in private houses worth £300k+, not people on a sink estate. Luckily, we were eventually able to sell to a family who'd been close neighbours of one couple at their earlier home!

Contacting the council when you see unacceptable amounts of rubbish is a reasonable thing to do and isn't a dispute in itself, but you may need to weigh the chances of success if you involve the landlord, against the obvious disadvantage of bringing a third person (witness) into play.
Even so, it seems to be a matter of some conjecture how much buyers can rely upon the 'Questions Before Contract,' where disputes are supposed to be disclosed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1177774/Householder-sues-seller-lie-nightmare-neighbour.html


(Sorry the reference is only the Daily Heil, but the case is genuine)

dan536

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Recycling doesn't usually attract pests unless it still has food in, don't you wash your tins and plastic bottles out??

Isn't that the point being made? That the neighbours probably don't and so it's an issue?

McKneff

Build a higher fence maybe