Trying to sell house - Council Property next door affecting sale

Blakey74_2

Its the world we live in.

House prices are expensive enough and therefore its not difficult to have sympathy for the OP who has all of a sudden found out that their house maybe worth a fair bit less because the council have bought the property next door and buyers are now reluctant to buy.

Most people need every penny they can get from their house when selling due to excessive prices.

Its also easy to criticise when you the problem does not affect you.

JCR1987

Let me know what address to send you guys the soapboxes.

JCR1987

Thanks Blakey74 btw.

Red-Squirrel_2

Blakey74 wrote: »

Its the world we live in.

House prices are expensive enough and therefore its not difficult to have sympathy for the OP who has all of a sudden found out that their house maybe worth a fair bit less because the council have bought the property next door and buyers are now reluctant to buy.

Most people need every penny they can get from their house when selling due to excessive prices.

Its also easy to criticise when you the problem does not affect you.

Where do you think the council should house the children in its care then?

FBaby

Very sad that people are so driven by money and what they can get these days.

Very sad how people are so quick to critisize people affected by issues that don't concern them at all, but are the first to cry injustice when it does.

Blakey74_2

jondav wrote: »

Whilst I agree with you in some respects, this is what I was getting at, where does that end?

People - especially children - that are in difficult situations sometimes need help, it isn't their fault, that's just life. But if everyone's only concern is themselves rather than the wider community, then where are these people supposed to go and how are they ever supposed to get back on track to a "normal" life?

I also suspect the OP would be saying the same thing as everyone else here if it were next door to someone else though, because it wouldn't be their problem.

I suspect the same people criticising the OP would have a different view if the council bought the house next door to them as they were selling and they all of a sudden found out their property was worth tens of thousands less.

My issue is that I know a fair few people who would have the same opinion as many on this thread but would be the last people to buy a home near a council estate next to a children's home etc.

Personally I have no problem with the Council buying any available property, at the same time I can fully understand why people in the OP's position would be trying to protect the value of their own home especially if they are trying to sell it.

ripplyuk

Just to add a different view here, I was in a children's home and the neighbours did have to put up with a lot. Not from me, I might add! It was small, about 7 or 8 kids but the turnover was high, and inevitably some of them liked to cause trouble.

Not that it makes any difference. Kids need to live somewhere, and it's always a bit of pot luck with neighbours anyway. But I have a certain amount of understanding for this buyer who pulled out.

Crashy_Time

Blakey74 wrote: »

Its the world we live in.

House prices are expensive enough and therefore its not difficult to have sympathy for the OP who has all of a sudden found out that their house maybe worth a fair bit less because the council have bought the property next door and buyers are now reluctant to buy.

Most people need every penny they can get from their house when selling due to excessive prices.

Its also easy to criticise when you the problem does not affect you.

Better if excessive prices start to disappear then, because it is obvious that many people are not going to get the amounts they originally thought their house should be worth?

Davesnave

Most people are more afraid of the unknown than what they can easily observe for themselves, which is why any kind of 'different' planning proposal tends to scare them away.

The home and its exact nature isn't certain yet, but until the matter is resolved, the OP will be in a difficult selling position.

I can understand that. I can sympathise. I wouldn't like something that would make my house less desirable to be mooted for the field next door. I would be worried and angry too, I'm sure, even if it was something for the good of the community, like a refuse transfer yard.

What I can't get, however, is the OP's expectation that there might be some compo due to them, when this is just one in thousands of changes of use and planning proposals which impact negatively on home owners every year.

It's normal for great views to be lost, privacy ruined, traffic vastly increased, and so on. It's the nature of things to change.

So, do they really imagine there is someone in an office somewhere weighing-up the 'facts' and issuing awards?

"Here you are sir, £10k of the taxpayer's money for the distress and monetary handicap caused by the council carrying out it's statutory obligations."

As the guy in the now very dated advert once said, "It doesn't work like that!"

Surely, that can't come as surprise to many of us?

Crashy_Time

JCR1987 wrote: »

Thanks guys. Was worried those may be the only responses I get. Have already looked into it a little, was hoping I may have missed something. I suppose the best I can do is lodge objections, keep the house on the market and hope a landlord or similar buys our property to rent out.

I may send the council a letter to highlight the issues they've caused us, but don't expect any kind of reply or action.

Best bet would be a landlord who specialises in renting to councils/care companies etc. because the tenants might not care too much who is next door?