Council is stopping me from selling my house! (Planning permission refusal)

Rosemary7391

Which university are the students from? Have you spoken to them?

Rinzler

Thank you very much for the advice. The next step is definitely point to be to get rid of our current EA. We've have had the realization a long while ago but we were waiting to see the outcome of the planning permission Now their time is up. I don't think they have done enough to try and sell the house or even give advice.

We have an EA in mind. They have sold many properties in our area and I think they are the way to go. I will give them a call later on and see what they say.

As for de-cluttering this is next on my list. We have done quite a lot since my last post however there is still a lot to be done. We also have redecorated the front room and now it looks miles better!

I do appreciate all the advice that has been given from every poster on here and has shed light on my current situation.

Rosemary7391 wrote: »

Which university are the students from? Have you spoken to them?

Manchester and Manchester Met. We have liased with them when we had very bad next door neighbors but there is only so much they can do and like I said when the new academic year starts, there are new students and the cycle starts again. Its very frustrating! We mainly liase with the EH department at the moment.

theartfullodger

As you've had all those disputes with neighbours (you're not american are you?) you'll need to declare those to any purchaser during the selling process.

AdrianC

deannatrois wrote: »

The OP may not be able to sell at the price it could sell for - the mortgage amount still owing could be a lot higher.

Whether the OP is in negative equity or not doesn't affect the value of the property, though. Only the existence - or lack thereof - of a buyer willing to pay a particular price does that.

Ozzuk

Might be worth putting your house in an auction. As others have said the property will sell but likely at a price you won't like so weigh up quality of life versus money in bank.

silvercar

Rinzler wrote: »

Manchester and Manchester Met. We have liased with them when we had very bad next door neighbors but there is only so much they can do and like I said when the new academic year starts, there are new students and the cycle starts again. Its very frustrating! We mainly liase with the EH department at the moment.

The boundaries of what might be termed student land in Manchester have not grown (In fact, the number of private halls of residence suggest it may have shrunk), so your home is exactly what it was when you bought it - a residential family home in an area with a lot of HMOs occupied by students. This would have been reflected in the price you paid.

I would concentrate on trying to sell it over the Summer months when the number of students in residence will be low.

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

silvercar wrote: »

The boundaries of what might be termed student land in Manchester have not grown (In fact, the number of private halls of residence suggest it may have shrunk), so your home is exactly what it was when you bought it - a residential family home in an area with a lot of HMOs occupied by students. This would have been reflected in the price you paid.

I would concentrate on trying to sell it over the Summer months when the number of students in residence will be low.

Judging by their previous thread the OP has owned since at least 1994, possibly earlier. It is very possible MMU and HMO's didn't exist when the OP bought their house. All slightly irrelevant I guess, surely the solution here as in so many cases is to drop the price.

theartfullodger

Good point Bluebird:

But HMOs existed, probably for centuries ( I remember students houses with many many occupants, many floors, in the '60s), but the legislation only came in, initially in Scotland in 2000, after a nasty double-fatality fire in a student flat in Glasgow.

Rinzler

silvercar wrote: »

The boundaries of what might be termed student land in Manchester have not grown (In fact, the number of private halls of residence suggest it may have shrunk), so your home is exactly what it was when you bought it - a residential family home in an area with a lot of HMOs occupied by students. This would have been reflected in the price you paid.

I would concentrate on trying to sell it over the Summer months when the number of students in residence will be low.

We purchased the house 30 years ago. At that time (according got my mum and dad there were little to no student houses on the street.

I am definitely going to concentrate on decluittering and selling the house this summer.

Freecall

MacMickster wrote: »

You are living in an undesirable area.

Just to clarify for any Estate Agents reading (who will probably not be familiar with the term), an 'undesirable area' is normally described on the sales particulars as a 'very desirable area'.

Adding terms such as 'up and coming' or 'highly sought after' is optional.