Landlord selling house - tenants dispute

LEP

I have an issue with tenants wanting to move out of a property I let to them due to the noise levels of their neighbours.

Should I decide to sell the property in the future would I need to declare this on the sellers pack?

Or is this question not relevant as I do not reside there so cannot in effect have had a dispute with the neighbours.

Thanks

G_M

What form does the 'dispute' take? Have Environmental Services need involved? Has there been an exchange of letters? Between the nighbours and you or the neighbours and your tenants?

If all that's happened is the tenants have handed in their notice, or requested an Early Surrender, and mentioned noise as a or the reason, that is not a dispute.

LEP

They have written to the LA I use complaining about the noise and want to break the contract 3 months early as the LA is not helping them to sort out the problem!

The LA has told them they have no power over how other neighbours behave and for them to contact the EH if is it that bad (from what I can gather they have not contacted EH).

I have no idea if there has been any contact between the them and the neighbours.

Fire_Fox

Contact the tenants and advise them to contact Environmental Health at the local council, maybe explain that they have to power to get a noise abatement order from the courts. This could be an excuse to get out of the contract, equally it could be an issue that the next tenants will face so must be addressed with EH. If they do lodge a complaint with EH and start a noise diary you will know it is genuine and can release the tenants from the contract if you wish.

You are not party to a dispute unless you get involved, so don't - might not even go as far as a dispute anyway, initially EH will approach the neighbours and try informal mediation. This might be enough to get the neighbours to quieten down.

LEP

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Contact the tenants and advise them to contact Environmental Health at the local council, maybe explain that they have to power to get a noise abatement order from the courts. This could be an excuse to get out of the contract, equally it could be an issue that the next tenants will face so must be addressed with EH. If they do lodge a complaint with EH and start a noise diary you will know it is genuine and can release the tenants from the contract if you wish.

You are not party to a dispute unless you get involved, so don't - might not even go as far as a dispute anyway, initially EH will approach the neighbours and try informal mediation. This might be enough to get the neighbours to quieten down.

The LA has told them already to contact the EH. Obviously neither the LA or myself can force them to contact the EH so if they don't it would be down the next tenants to decide if it was that bad it warrented it. Perhaps it doesn't....I know some people are very sensitive to others noise.

My question is though from a legal perspective if I decide to sell the house in what circumstances, if any, do I need to declare on the sellers pack a dispute between any neighbours and the tenants that have resided there in the past?

One for any conveyancers/solicitors out there to answer maybe.....

Fire_Fox

LEP wrote: »

The LA has told them already to contact the EH. Obviously neither the LA or myself can force them to contact the EH so if they don't it would be down the next tenants to decide if it was that bad it warrented it. Perhaps it doesn't....I know some people are very sensitive to others noise.

My question is though from a legal perspective if I decide to sell the house in what circumstances, if any, do I need to declare on the sellers pack a dispute between any neighbours and the tenants that have resided there in the past?

One for any conveyancers/solicitors out there to answer maybe.....

If I was a tenant unhappy with the noise I might feel like the letting agent was fobbing me off. If the landlord contacted me to say the same, I might feel that there was good communication between agent and landlord and that I was being taken seriously. Up to you.

G_M

The simple answer to your question, based on what you've said, is that YOU have no dispute with the NEIGHBOURS, so it will ne affect any future sale.

Whether you decide to release the tenants from their contract is a seperate matter. You are under no obligation to do so. If you DO decide to release them, you can impose conditions (eg they compensate you for the extra costs like marketing that you incur).

LEP

G_M wrote: »

The simple answer to your question, based on what you've said, is that YOU have no dispute with the NEIGHBOURS, so it will ne affect any future sale.

Whether you decide to release the tenants from their contract is a seperate matter. You are under no obligation to do so. If you DO decide to release them, you can impose conditions (eg they compensate you for the extra costs like marketing that you incur).

Thanks, that's all I needed to know.