Any way to find out if there have been neighbour disputes?

Nynaeve

We've received our property information form today and are trying to becareful and double check as much as we can.

I'd like to contact the council and ask if they have ever logged a disputewith the neighbours but I can't find anything on Google. Can this be checkedand is there a department name I should try, or a place to look?

Thanks

Mr_Thrifty

I'd just knock on the doors of the neighbours and ask them. If there are any disputes, they will surely dish the dirt.

VfM4meplse

I thought the vendors had a legal duty to disclose this information?

Nynaeve

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I thought the vendors had a legal duty to disclose this information?

Yes, I think they do. I don't have any reason to suspect there is anything to worry about, but if I can double check then I should. Biggest commitment of my whole life and all that jazz!

sophieschoice

Try these:
http://data.gov.uk/

and
http://www.police.uk/

On the data.gov site, look for your neighbourhood police station, find our your area bobby/cso and speak to them.

Also, all Councils have an Anti Social Behaviour Unit and a Neighbourhood Anti Social Behaviour Unit so speak to them. One deals with council tenants and the other with private tenants and owners.

G_M

Why are you not knocking on the neighbour's doors anyway? I always do.

They will tell you much more, and more openly /honestly, than the vendors about the property, the street, the neighbourhood, the crime, the local shops, the local doctor........ and more.

And every street has a 'know-it-all'. Identify him/her and you'll get a wealth of information. OK - you have to weed out the meaningless gossip etc, but too much info is better than not enough...

ricewasher

Knock on doors at least on either side and speak to the people. God forbid you be in the same situation I was in when I moved into my flat. The neighbour was a psycho and screamed at me for walking past her door (and I had no choice if I ever wanted to leave the building). Also threatened to call the police when I knocked on the door to introduce myself after moving in. She was clearly insane and I later found out from another neighbour that she had mental issues. She passed away a few months after I moved in and now there's the loveliest single mum living there.

Nynaeve

To those that have said knock on doors, I did, many actually. But on the two occasions I've been there I've not managed to catch our would-be immediate neighbours at home.

Thanks, I'll check out those websites.

ashfan83

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I have some information that might be important to would-be buyers.

A relative of mine has been in a dispute with her neighbour to the point she decided to sell her house. She told the estate agents EVERYTHING. However, when it came to the paperwork that she had to SIGN before advertising the house for sale, they made no mention of the dispute, and tried to persuade her it was best to keep that back until things got further down the line!

Thankfully it didn't get to that stage as she is now staying put but I just wanted everyone to be aware at how misleading some estate agents are, I would definitely take the advice above and go directly to the neighbours and ask. I would suggest if you get a door slammed in your face that's your answer :rotfl:(as you probably would from this individual my relative has the misfortune of living next to)