Selling house: neighbour's planning permission making it impossible

Alter_ego

Offer it to whoever is developing the supported living place, they may need more accommodation.

kingoranks

Where is the house pls

silvercar

Alter_ego wrote: »

Offer it to whoever is developing the supported living place, they may need more accommodation.

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They may be delighted to have another property in the vicinity too reduce supervisory costs.

Dodgers

Thanks for the replies. Talc1234, I'm not moving to get away from this development, I'd already put the house up for sale when I heard about the plans. Regardless of what I think or what it turns out to be like, it seems to be something that puts buyers off. My estate agent wants to tell prospective buyers before they get to view - not sure that is going to get anyone through the door!

I hadn't thought about auction or offering it to the developer, will have to look into those options, thanks for the suggestions

ruggedtoast

Catherine_Johnson wrote: »

How can you assure someone that the youngsters (ex offenders) will be properly supervised when you have no idea whether they will be or not?

I can tell from your statement - 'I wouldn't have a problem living next to a halfway house' - that you've never lived close to one of these places. Maybe you can put up with music and noise till 3 or 4 in the morning, shouting, swearing in the street, fights but a lot of us can't and don't understand why we should put up with it.

My advice to the OP is, if you want to sell quickly and be rid of the house, then go to auction.

I think if you actually bother to read the OP you will find that its a residence for young people who have grown up in care, there is no mention of offenders, ex or otherwise.

As I stated, I lived opposite one of these that probably housed up to 50 residents and there was no trouble whatsoever. I didnt even know it was there until I'd been living there for a month and someone mentioned it to me.

artbaron

I used to live fairly near to a place for ex-offenders and walked past it twice a day. It seemed to be very strictly regulated. They weren't allowed to stand on the pavement or anywhere other than the house grounds and I never saw any groups of blokes or heard music or disturbance. Some of the blokes looked like hard-nuts but in 6 years I never heard of any problems. It was in a very good area too, so I guess nobody else did either.

Talc1234

Catherine_Johnson wrote: »

How can you assure someone that the youngsters (ex offenders) will be properly supervised when you have no idea whether they will be or not?

I can tell from your statement - 'I wouldn't have a problem living next to a halfway house' - that you've never lived close to one of these places. Maybe you can put up with music and noise till 3 or 4 in the morning, shouting, swearing in the street, fights but a lot of us can't and don't understand why we should put up with it.

My advice to the OP is, if you want to sell quickly and be rid of the house, then go to auction.

Read my post Cathrine

1. I work with young people in care. I see them on a daily basis
2. Original poster said that it is supported which means to me that there will be staff on the premises.

cattie

Dodgers wrote: »

. My estate agent wants to tell prospective buyers before they get to view - not sure that is going to get anyone through the door!

I certainly don't agree with your ea. Often when there is a negative regarding a house, say it has suffered subsidence or such which is going to have to be revealed at some stage, most agents will advise not to disclose until you have actually received an offer & then see if the prospective buyer is put off or not by the disclosure.

The agent should be working with you to sell your house, not trying to put people off before they even decide to view.

As the house is next door but one to you, I personally wouldn't be saying anything to any viewer. It would be a different story if it were next door to you. I would only answer if a direct question was asked regarding that particular property.

Sometimes you can use different words to minimize the impact of certain statements. Perhaps just revealing (& only if/when you have to) that you understand next door but one is to be used as sheltered housing for younger people waiting to be resettled permanently elsewhere.

abankerbutnotafatcat

Talc1234 wrote: »

Read my post Cathrine

1. I work with young people in care. I see them on a daily basis
2. Original poster said that it is supported which means to me that there will be staff on the premises.

There are staff resident in the property near us. It is similar to that described by the OP - for youngsters who've been in care transitioning into adulthood (the premise of which I applaud). However, it is not well run. The three residents seem to attract a group of up to ten who hang about swearing loudly, playing loud music and staring out passers-by. One can no more assume that the home will be well run than that it will be badly run.