Buyers complaining of non-disclosure about neighbours

DVardysShadow

business_man wrote: »

Section 2 of TA6 covers it.

I think you are taking an excessively broad interpretation of those questions.

DVardysShadow

business_man wrote: »

Yes there have been noise related issues with immediate neighbors

A dispute regarding property is not 'a noise related' issue

dispute regarding property would be 'There is a dispute regarding our neighbour's breach of covenant protecting <XYZ>'

DVardysShadow

tbs624 wrote: »

The standard queries on the SPIF would cover an OO calling out the police about a neighbour's behaviour

See here for the potential pitfalls in getting it wrong including problems with trying to give "vague" answers

Not as I read the plain sense of the questions.

bananah

It does seem to be open to interpretation! That's the difficulty. We answered the questions honestly. There were no ongoing disputes.

amcluesent

If you state that you called the bizzies as you were concerned there was a burglary in progress, you may get away with saying this was neither 'dispute or complaint'.

Sounds like OP has a much higher tolerance than most peeps !

societys_child

What amclusent says ^^^

Calling the police about the sound of breaking glass should not come under "disputes or complaints" IMO

princeofpounds

I second that. If you called about a suspected break in then that is not a complaint against your neighbours.

I do feel for your buyers a great deal, mind you.

go_cat

Did the buyers ask you about the neighbours and or noise specifically and how did you reply?

Yorkie1

I agree with many other posters.

If all you did was to report a crime in progress in the neighbourhood once, that is neither a dispute nor complaint about the neighbours.

If your tolerance for noise is different from your buyers' tolerance, that is hardly your fault.

I would speak to your conveyancing solicitor before responding, but my instinct would be to write back to deny that you had any dispute with or made any complaints about your neighbours, particularly that you deny calling the police 'numerous times'; confirm that you rang the police once to report what appeared to be a crime in progress in the neighbourhood i.e. a broken window.

I would also be writing formally to the police to ask why they have given false information about you to another party, and to confirm to you in writing that they have no record of you having rung the police numerous times about the said neighbours.

robatwork

This is a very interesting thread, and I would ask the OP to please come back and update it when there is more news or a final resolution...
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