help with SPIF and council neighbours

jjjchughes

When we brought our home 4 years ago we were well aware it was inbetween two housing association propertys. one a family and the attatched side an old lady. There are only a handful of council propertys on the estate, the rest are all privately owned. As first time buyers we took what we could afford but said it wouldnt be forever and have lived happily here as it was a quiet neighburhood.
howether, the old lady sadly died a few months back and we knew straight away there would be trouble. The council have housed a mother and her four kids from liverpool. They are your stereotype jeremy kyle types. She swears and shouts at her kids, she plays loud music. They have a trampoline and the kids continuesly kick their ball into our garden. She now has a tesco trolley in her back garden.
So we have put our house up for sale as we don't want our children living next to this (one is autistic and highly sensitive to noise).

We have had a few veiwing and 2 of the veiwers were 'put off by the location'. I sure its the fact we are between to council houses.

So anyway, if you have made it this far. What do we declare on the SPIF. We have asked her to turn the music down wich she always does. The kids are polite and are not delibretly kicking the ball over. She has not shown any aggression to us. We have not made any complaints to the authorities about her. The sound proof is terrible here also.

Any advise would be appreciated

kinger101

If no official complaints have been made, and your requests have always been met, I'd not classify this as a dispute. Though answering the second question regarding whether you aware of anything that may lead to a dispute is trickier.

jjjchughes

Thank you. I've heard about that question and in my opinion the answer would be yes. But then it depends on the people who move in. We are quiet people so load music and shouting bothers us but maybe it wouldnt bother others so much.

BlessedNotStressed

Sounds like the neighbours from hell - I don't blame you for bailing out. Run like Usain Bolt in the Olympic finals!

jjjchughes

we've been so reluctant to make a complaint as we dont want to put anything on the SPIF but today we cracked and we've done it after another bad night. i would feel very guilty having somebody move here and have to put up with it but now i expect we will never sell

NelliePie

Sorry to play devils advocate but think about what you're doing. If you spend all this time, effort and money relocating to a house with nicer neighbours, what's to stop one of them letting or selling and the new neighbors being even worse? Just because someone is a private tenant/homeowner does not necessarily mean they will be any more neighbourly than a council tenant.

You have said that they turn the music down when asked, the children are polite and they are not aggressive. You can't complain about the balls coming over if you say it's not deliberate, and the fact that they have a trampoline is irrelevant - kids need exercise and as long as it's not in your garden then tough.. Would it not be simpler to take GM's usual tea and cake advice and have a chat with them? Explain politely your child circumstances and see if any improvements to the situation can be made?

Will you keep moving every time the neighbours do something you don't like? You have no control over who lives next to you or who they sell or let to.

jjjchughes

The point is she is making our life miserable, we do not want to be in our home. She turns it down yes but then it happens again.
i'm well aware our new neighbours could be just as bad but it is a risk we are willing to take. She is honestly a vile woman, perhaps if you heard the way she screams at her children you would feel differently.
As i said, we never planned on living here forever. We want a better house in a nice area to spend the rest of our lives. We took what we could to get on the property ladder.