how on earth can we sell?

masted75

Hi all,
Got a problem here that i'm hoping some more experienced house sellers can help me with.
We moved into our house a couple of years ago as first-time buyers. Unfortunately we have a neighbour from hell and we would love to move out. But who is going to buy our house now? It would normally sell quickly as it's a popular FTBuyer area, BUT the neighbours are constantly on the street causing trouble, have both their front and back door boarded up and mountains of rubbish in the back yard (yes, we've tried getting something done about it).
Can anyone think of any way we can sell the place as I don't think it's going to work going through the estate agent/doing viewings route.

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Maybe rent it out to a similarly bad family so they can firebomb each other in sweet harmony?

..sorry not a good situation, your neighbours from hell are unlikely to move out too as tey are scum. I have no ideas! hire a assasin perhaps? my rates arnt cheap mind

John_W_4

Try the auction route ? Same as, all do a different comission rate - I watch them on telly daily 10-11am, is all the experience I have. Some out of town developer might get you out of the **** and I assume you can set a minimum selling reserve ?

pauliney_2

houses not moving at moment
house is on market had buyer but she bailed out since mortgage rise not had any we have had 4 viewing in all what about companies that buy your house so you can get a move sooner rather than later(fed up all ready)

kingkano

pauliney wrote: »

houses not moving at moment
house is on market had buyer but she bailed out since mortgage rise not had any we have had 4 viewing in all what about companies that buy your house so you can get a move sooner rather than later(fed up all ready)

Maybe start your own thread to get these answers??

Those companies will give you 20-30% below what the EAs told you its worth. Its a big loss, but yes you will get moving quickly.

Better off going to auction with a reserve to be honest.

oldMcDonald

Are these people definitely the owners and not tennants / squatters? It sounds like a bizzare way to live with boarded up doors if you have spent a lot of money on a house and are working hard all day to pay for it.

MissMotivation

masted75 wrote: »

Hi all,
Got a problem here that i'm hoping some more experienced house sellers can help me with.
We moved into our house a couple of years ago as first-time buyers. Unfortunately we have a neighbour from hell and we would love to move out. But who is going to buy our house now? It would normally sell quickly as it's a popular FTBuyer area, BUT the neighbours are constantly on the street causing trouble, have both their front and back door boarded up and mountains of rubbish in the back yard (yes, we've tried getting something done about it).
Can anyone think of any way we can sell the place as I don't think it's going to work going through the estate agent/doing viewings route.

Are you on speaking terms with them? If you are maybe a polite word with them along the lines of "Im thinking of selling my house, it's a little off-putting to potential purchasers that your doors are boarded up.....anything we can do to help".

Might be cheaper then selling for a reduced price?

elona

Why not phone your council to see if they have any families that they are having trouble relocating???

They might be sufficiently desperate to buy your house!

masted75

thanks for the replies so far.
they are tenants of the local housing association and they don't give a damn about the state of the house. the HA can't be bothered to do much either as long as they're getting their rent money (all from the tenants benefit money of course). the tenants are too busy hanging around selling drugs (and i'm not guessing here, i know for a fact) to worry about fixing anything and they certainly won't do us a favour by helping us sell.
so, is the auction idea a big gamble or will it work out?
is it a good or bad idea to sell directly to one of these house-buying companies perhaps?

greyteam1959

If the HA tenants are drug dealing and you can show concrete proof then I am sure that they will be breaking their tenancy agreement with the HA.
Try approaching the HA or the police or the council in confidence its worth trying this route rather than taking a loss on the sale of the property.
Might even mean you dont have to move !!!

lynzpower

and if theyve got kids, then social services need tobe informed their parents are peddling drugs.

Not acceptable.