Would a Neighbourhood Dispute put you off buying a house?

DaftyDuck

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

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Ah, the comprehensive detail helps so....

Running_Horse

Just saying "I'm right, they're wrong" won't cut it. They will probably say exactly the same. If you are hoping to blackmail them to give up because they don't want a neighbour dispute to declare, it might work. Or it could backfire spectacularly if you do ever need to sell.

By the sounds of things I'm glad neither of you live next door.

moneyistooshorttomention

Running_Horse wrote: »

The reverse? You mean they do own the land?

Unless you are never leaving then neighbour disputes involve two parties, not one. You can't inflict a dispute on someone else without it affecting you as well.

Maybe I should have been clearer. Its definitely my land and they wanted some more of my land (ie on top of what they are already trying to nick). Basically, its quite worrying for me knowing that they are hoping they've already been able to successfully nick some of my land and were after a bit more and I have visions of them finding excuse after excuse as to why they should have a bit more, then a bit more, then....ad infinitum.

DaftyDuck

What you have failed to realise is it is different there. You are steadily working what was a stable neighbour boundary into a dispute. You have created this dispute, and can't even recognise that. I very much doubt this is clearly you land, either legally, or in other people's minds, so you are pretty much headed up the mutual destruction warpath carrying on the way you do.

Local land for local people springs to mind.......


I doubt the old dear next door cares, as you once pointed out so delightfully that she would soon leave in her coffin.

I think you have far more to loose than you realise.

Ozzuk

As I mentioned in another thread, it would depend on the dispute. If it was purely about land then it would boil down to is the land included in the sale and do I actually want it. If the answer was no, then no a dispute wouldn't bother me.

You are of course assuming that the vendor even declares it - you may see it as a big issue and they don't for instance.

Actually, I seem to remember a few of your threads about this - why don't you just put a fence up and clearly define your land? Or have they fenced it already? If they have, and you can prove it's yours, a solicitors letter should solve it?

Davesnave

Ozzuk wrote: »

Actually, I seem to remember a few of your threads about this - why don't you just put a fence up and clearly define your land?

Yes. 'Strong fences make good neighbours.'

There's a Land Registry plan of what you own. That's what counts, nothing else.

Piffling bits a few inches wide aren't worth the hassle, and we all know they can't be determined from the plan, so a little bit of give & take is normal.

phoenix_w

The whole "dispute" thing on the seller's information pack is a minefield. We declared one, even though I thought I didn't need to, but the guidance is so vague about what constitutes a "dispute" and yet the warning about not declaring any so stiff...

As long as you sort out your dispute before you move and declare it on the sellers information form as resolved & state why you can't see it being a problem for any purchaser, I don't see why it should bother your buyer.

moneyistooshorttomention

I'm not going to be selling my own house (where I can see it might make a difference). If I were, then I'd state the facts as to how things were clearly (which is rather more than the vendor did to me...:cool:). Presented with all the facts, potential buyers of my house would probably not be put off it and would buy it anyway.

It is quite clearly my land and the person has admitted it - eventually, but still wants it.

Anyway, I guess the posts about sum up the answer as being "Yep..it would make a difference".

I think I've about found out all the facts of the matter now one way and another and will just get on and deal with it now. So "case closed" I guess.

Ozzuk

The problem is people who immediately say 'they wouldn't buy a house with a declared dispute' are just responding to an idea and not actually in that situation. Every situation is different and I think I can safely say yes a dispute could affect a sale, equally it could have no bearing. Dispute does not immediately mean 'neighbours from hell' which I'm sure we'd all like to avoid.

Would I buy a house with a declared dispute that the neighbours were anti-social, noisey, disruptive, violent etc, no. Would I buy if there was an understood and closed dispute? Likely, yes. I think you are hoping to impact their sale with your dispute and see that as ammunition - you may well be right, but I doubt it as its been described.

wasted_legend

So, let me just make sure I understand this right.

Neighbour has a small bit of land which is (as you see it)legally yours.
Neighbour actually wants more of it.
You have evidence that shows its yours.

Speak to neighbour (with evidence) and explain
"This land is legally mine, therefore you have no rights to it, or indeed any more of it"

You should probably take a sympathetic approach and simply and politely present your case. You do not wish this to drag on.

A minor niggle now will become an even bigger issue later.

Best remain civil. Afterall, you don't want to feel awkward everytime you bump into them.

Hope it resolves itself, I fear this has gone on longer than it should have already. Good luck