Help please

Tinkerbelle2014

Waiting isn't the issue. As stated above I was seeking opions/ advice. Thanks everyone.

davidmcn

My advice is that you can't realistically control who owns or occupies "your" house after you sell it, so don't bother trying to (even if you sell to a "nice" buyer, who knows who they might sell to? And so on.)

marksoton

Tinkerbelle2014 wrote: »

Waiting isn't the issue. As stated above I was seeking opions/ advice. Thanks everyone.

You cannot control what happens to the property after it's sold. So i have no idea what it is you're trying to achieve...

Chanes

marksoton wrote: »

You cannot control what happens to the property after it's sold. So i have no idea what it is you're trying to achieve...

Maybe, it's a courtesy to the neighbours not to leave it being rented out persistently to whoever. Rented homes aren't loved the same way, why would they be, they will never own them and we are a nation of owner occupiers almost unique in Europe in our attitude to houses and homes.

marksoton

Chanes wrote: »

Maybe, it's a courtesy to the neighbours not to leave it being rented out persistently to whoever. Rented homes aren't loved the same way, why would they be, they will never own them and we are a nation of owner occupiers almost unique in Europe in our attitude to houses and homes.

But it's futile. As a vendor i've no way of knowing what your intentions are if you don't disclose them or lie.

I also don't agree rentals are always less looked after. The combination of a decent LL and long term tenant could negate that theory.

Simply put, once you sell you don't have any control and frankly it's none of your business.

Davesnave

How is your purchase 'going well' when you haven't sold, or do you not need to sell to buy on?

If you don't, there's surely no problem, because you can just wait for a owner-occupier to come along, and, even then, cross your fingers.

While it's laudable that you don't want to give your neighbours a nightmare with, say, a rowdy student let next door, you have no long term way to influence matters like that. Even the most pleasant couple may turn out to live like pigs, have a yappy dog, do DIY late at night or 'mend cars for mates' in their spare time!

Davesnave

marksoton wrote: »

I also don't agree rentals are always less looked after. The combination of a decent LL and long term tenant could negate that theory.

Depends where it is, though. It's not just the fabric of the building which matters.

Once upon a time, this street was full of owner occupiers and long term renters....

http://www.instantstreetview.com/@52.445318,-1.929431,356.89h,-0.91p,1z

marksoton

Davesnave wrote: »

Depends where it is, though. It's not just the fabric of the building which matters.

Once upon a time, this street was full of owner occupiers and long term renters....

http://www.instantstreetview.com/@52.445318,-1.929431,356.89h,-0.91p,1z

Granted. But in urban environments things change. Hence why i think whilst laudable the OP's attitude is futile.

Because without a crystal ball no one knows what's going to happen.

Cakeguts

Chanes wrote: »

Maybe, it's a courtesy to the neighbours not to leave it being rented out persistently to whoever. Rented homes aren't loved the same way, why would they be, they will never own them and we are a nation of owner occupiers almost unique in Europe in our attitude to houses and homes.

The rented homes bit is a generalisation and just not true. It is a myth that all rented homes are not looked after. .

Cakeguts

I know of a pair of semis where the owner occupied one was neglected and had a prepayment meter. The rented one was extremely well looked after and the back garden in much better condition than the owned one not just bare grass but shrubs and flowers. A private rental.

Rented houses are not always in bad condition and it isn't true that everyone who owns a house looks after it.