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Misrepresentation by landlord/estate agent
newtonorwich
Posts: 1 Newbie
Hi all,
I recently moved to Norwich to have some peace and quiet after a stressful job. Finding an affordable house to rent in the right area was difficult a the market is very competitive here. I found a perfect terraced house in my favourite area, applied and was successful. I noticed a notice in the kitchen window of my neighbour saying "loud, deaf musician lives here". As peace and quiet is my primary concern I asked the estate agent to contact the landlord about it before I paid my deposit. The message came back from the landlord to the estate agent that the notice had been there for years, it was just a joke and the landlord had never heard of any problems with the neighbour.
The neighbour actually IS a loud, deaf musician, who tutors rock groups at home several evenings a week, plays his own music late into the night (3am) on occasion and practices the drums regularly. I have tried to come to some sort of amicable agreement with him but he has been abusive and uncooperative. He said that every tenant before me had a problem with the noise but none of them had managed to get him to change. The neighbour is not only noisy but I know him to be violent, take drugs and drink to excess. I cannot withstand the stress of living here but I am unsure what my rights are. Even if the landlord didn't know about the noise, surely he should have checked out the problem rather than just told me that there was no problem?
My landlord took 6 months upfront rent (because I am self-employed) and I paid substantial fees to the Haart, the estate agent (who I believe did not do due diligence). Can I get this all back even though my AST agreement does not specifically mention noise?
I recently moved to Norwich to have some peace and quiet after a stressful job. Finding an affordable house to rent in the right area was difficult a the market is very competitive here. I found a perfect terraced house in my favourite area, applied and was successful. I noticed a notice in the kitchen window of my neighbour saying "loud, deaf musician lives here". As peace and quiet is my primary concern I asked the estate agent to contact the landlord about it before I paid my deposit. The message came back from the landlord to the estate agent that the notice had been there for years, it was just a joke and the landlord had never heard of any problems with the neighbour.
The neighbour actually IS a loud, deaf musician, who tutors rock groups at home several evenings a week, plays his own music late into the night (3am) on occasion and practices the drums regularly. I have tried to come to some sort of amicable agreement with him but he has been abusive and uncooperative. He said that every tenant before me had a problem with the noise but none of them had managed to get him to change. The neighbour is not only noisy but I know him to be violent, take drugs and drink to excess. I cannot withstand the stress of living here but I am unsure what my rights are. Even if the landlord didn't know about the noise, surely he should have checked out the problem rather than just told me that there was no problem?
My landlord took 6 months upfront rent (because I am self-employed) and I paid substantial fees to the Haart, the estate agent (who I believe did not do due diligence). Can I get this all back even though my AST agreement does not specifically mention noise?
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why did you pay 6 months rent?:mad:0
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Do you have anything in writing from the agent ?"You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"0
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Unless an official complaint has been made, there is no duty for anyone to inform you.0
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You could try court action - hope you have good hard evidence in writing/emails...0
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What exactly were you told? There is a difference between the landlord saying "I do not know of any problems with the neighbour" and "there are no problems with a neighbour".
Was it in writing or verbal?0 -
Contact the council about the noise. If it's that bad the environmental services dept can monitor then put a noise abatement order on your neighbor. Then if he still continues they can take him to court.0
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