Advised that new neighbour is difficult

Mickygg

Trouble is you may move in with great neighbours. 6 months later one sells and Mr nightmare lives there. Always the risk you take.

I'd still buy it.

amersall

If you felt uncomfortable with her from just being invited in,seriously
think about not buying the house.
Good luck with whatever decision you come to.

dinkylink

Run away. Quickly.

I can imagine few things worse than being next door to a neighbour who could potentially make your life a misery. It's just not worth taking the risk.

You've found out before you've completed the purchase so really it is actually a lucky escape!

Doozergirl

My current next door neighbours were told by the previous next door neighbours that we were nightmare neighbours. The previous next door neighbours also told their neighbours that we were nightmare neighbours. So those neighbours told our new next door neighbours that we are nightmare neighbours.

Our new (two years) next door neighbours like us a lot.

We are lovely. We have two kids and two dogs and we don't creep around but we're respectful and respectable. And a lot less stressed after the old neighbour moved away

PasturesNew

In the face of strangers on an Internet forum telling you what to do, you need to pen a letter setting out your concerns in writing and asking the current owner directly exactly what sort of relationship they have shared with this neighbour.

Let them know that you are considering pulling out because of the local "word on the street" about her and that this is a serious enquiry that will become part of your contract of purchase (showing your intent to sue her if she lies in response).

It's one thing to tick a box on a big form that says "All OK" ... it's another to directly respond in writing to a specific enquiry.

Speak to your solicitor.

Don't make your choice based on fear of the unknown + a bunch of strangers.

Don't come from an "angry angle", come from a "serious buyer who just needs to know" angle.

sofarbehind

Doozergirl wrote: »

My current next door neighbours were told by the previous next door neighbours that we were nightmare neighbours. The previous next door neighbours also told their neighbours that we were nightmare neighbours. So those neighbours told our new next door neighbours that we are nightmare neighbours.

Our new (two years) next door neighbours like us a lot.

We are lovely. We have two kids and two dogs and we don't creep around but we're respectful and respectable. And a lot less stressed after the old neighbour moved away

Yes I thought this might be the case so I met her to decide for myself. I'm pretty sure if I knocked on your door I wouldn't think you were nuts and aggressive but I could have got you all wrong....

rosyw

Could it be that as she comes across as "rough as fcuk" other people in the street have taken a dislike to her as they feel she "lowers the tone" ?

You can't always rely on what the neighbours say. My daughter & son in law rent on a newish estate which is mainly owner occupied, if you were to believe the neighbours my grandchildren scream all day - every day! which is odd as one is at school and the other with a childminder, when home they play in the garden but are not excessively noisy, my daughter makes sure of that. Also they are accused of playing music, very loudly, into the early hours most nights, when in fact due to their working hours, SIL starts at 5.30 am, they are usually asleep by 9pm. Things have got so bad for them recently they will be leaving - asap. The local self appointed traffic warden complained to the LA that they were keeping scrap cars on the drive, SIL was in fact helping a friend do some repairs at the weekend, when the complaint came to nothing he resorted to breaking the wipers off my daughters car and draining the fuel! The "nice" owner occupiers simply don't want anyone renting, the LA has the measure of the situation and has told the landlord that he'll have nothing but trouble no matter who rents the place.

So - sometimes it's those that appear to be "nice" neighbours that can cause the problems, my next door neighbours look "rough as fcuk",but they're lovely people and no trouble at all while the one that lives at the top of the drive and appears "nice" is the most arrogant fcuk I've met in a very long time!

sofarbehind

Thanks PasturesNew. That is good advice. The owner is a developer who has recently flipped the place so they have never lived there. Prior to that it was rented out so how much reassurance this will give me I don't know.

smartie12

Having had to move many times because of neighbours (luckily renting) I would say seriously consider what to do. Bad neighbours can have such a huge impact on your life.

I recently looked at a house to buy in a terraced row. Before I looked I started my research and a friend told me "undesirables" live in the neighbouring property and rather suspiciously the house the other side of them was also up for sale! Luckily I didn't like the house anyway.

Mickygg

Oh and Some food for thought. When I thought about moving to my current house my FIL knows someone a few doors down. He asked them what the road was like and they said it was well known for having noise and argumentative neighbours. I thought twice about moving there but I visited about 20 times to see and all appeared fine.
I continued with the move......ended up being the quietest road I've ever lived in.
Moral of the story is don't trust what someone says that you don't know.......it could be a load if cobblers. But DYOR.