Undisclosed neighbour dispute on PIF

ReadingTim

SerialRenter wrote: »

Have you seen cats and dogs? they look quite different :rotfl:

I have seen the difference, but I'll take your word on smelling the difference, thanks.

rtho782

How does this come in unless you have the windows open, or the windows are poorly fitted?

It's still winter, why would you open a window! lol...

MISS-T

For ventilation?! Anyway I don't really make a habit of opening them in the winter but the house still stinks of smoke etc air comes in and out of houses somewhere doesn't it,

Denene

I think really the only way you can answer this is by speaking to a solicitor. Could you go back to the solicitor who handled the purchase? They may be able to advise - or refer you to a specialist.

This suggests that the burden of proof is on the seller to prove that they completed the form accurately, but I would gather any evidence you can (such as written confirmation of any complaints they raised with Environmental Health).

FBaby

You say that it's been reported by a number of neighbours already, and yet nothing has happened, so that's not really promising. It's one thing for it to be seen as nuisance, but have they concluded before that there is an issue with toxins?

vqmismatch

This doesn't add up to me.

I've lived next to people with log fires going most of the year, and next to a chap with a smoke house in the garden. You simply don't get that much smoke from such a set up, especially not with a well running burner.

Either there are some issues with the way the prevailing wind is driving the smoke towards the OP's property and not being able to escape, or I suspect this may be a matter of unreasonable expectations.

As for burning poo, dried faeces burns very well. Some of the best lamb I have ever had was smoked with dried sheep poo.



Infact the more I think about it the more I realise every village around here and home in winter smells of smoke. You notice it especially when people are burning peat, that is a fantastic smell.

3mph

This is bizarre, to create this amount of nuisance with thick black smoke when it is being burnt inside another house needs some strange requirements.

a. constant steady wind
b. in a constant direction
c. always up wind of the OP house
d. a chimney that not too high so smoke doesn’t go straight over roof tops

Heaven alone knows what the neighbours house must be like on the side of their house their chimney is on but I would have thought that it would have be apparent to anyone looking at it so would it not have look weird when first looking to buy?

It must be an impressive log burner to have survived such fuel for so long but it is taking recycling a bit far though.

kinger101

vqmismatch wrote: »

Some of the best lamb I have ever had was smoked with dried sheep poo.

Oh you must share the recipe.