Wanting to sell but issues with neighbours

Serena2013

Arklight wrote: »

They are vibrating your flat? How?

Arklight - it's a slight vibration you feel when you sit down and definitely when you lie down to go to sleep. I can only assume it's ceiling fans (no noise just the vibration). Sometimes it's strong and othertimes faint and I guess you can control the speed of these fans.

Serena2013

economic wrote: »

You could complain to your council about noise - they should have a team who deals with these sorts of issues. They could enforce action against the neighbor.

Also the complaints should be confidential so the council wont disclose to the neighbor who complained. Of course it will be obvious to the neighbor but that doesn't matter. You wont have to disclose anything to any potential buyer. No way that it can be found as given its confidential.

Hi Economic - unfortunately complaining means getting it logged and then it becomes harder to sell. Though it's targeted towards me I'm sure because I complained to them.


Thanks for the suggestion though.


Now I need to brush up on my neighbour relationship skills

Serena2013

victoriavictorious wrote: »

They might find themselves on shaky ground (however "confidential" it might seem) by not declaring disputes / complaints lodged against neighbours to any potential buyer, once they got the council involved and it became official, as it would. You can bet it would be discovered and there can be very real, and very serious (sometimes ruinous) financial consequences for what amounts to lying on the legal documentation if the buyer decided to sue.
For their own sake, it might be best for OP to bite the bullet and try to get on more amicable terms with their neighbour (however hard it is) just to avoid involving the authorities - and therefore having to declare it - if they are to ever have a hope of selling their property - unless of course the neighbours themselves decided to move out first!

Yes that's what I'm thinking now as I'd like to move out with no issues and because it's targeted at me I'm hoping they won't behave like that to someone else (unless they complain also)

Serena2013

Badegg wrote: »

sorry for slightly off topic but having never lived in a victorian house / split level house - is this always an issue with victorian houses? im wondering whether to just completely ignore them and consider only modern purpose built blocks instead?

OP - wish you all the best in situation, sorry for slight derail.

Hi Badegg - yes I think it's an issue with most Victorian properties that have been converted into flats. No sound insulation and the configuration is all wrong as your bedroom could be above their living room and get to hear them talking and/or watching TV while your trying to sleep.

Davesnave

victoriavictorious wrote: »

For their own sake, it might be best for OP to bite the bullet and try to get on more amicable terms with their neighbour (however hard it is) just to avoid involving the authorities - and therefore having to declare it - if they are to ever have a hope of selling their property - unless of course the neighbours themselves decided to move out first!

I think you are ignoring the fact that any flat will sell at a price which makes it attractive in the market, to investors if to no one else.

But I would just market this one at a comparable price to others in the same area and condition and see where that goes first. The council won't be able to prevent the use of ceiling fans and someone viewing in day time may well not notice them if there is ambient noise from outside.

bouicca21

Badegg, I had a spell a few years ago renting first a purpose built Edwardian maisonette and then a flat in a converted Edwardian house. Noise was not a problem in either. Presumably a lot depends on the quality of the original build and the conversion. Both were part of an estate by a developer renowned for quality.

pimento

I would go with cake and say something along the lines of..

"You can make this easy (for me to sell) or not but if I can't sell, I'll have t rent the flat out and your new neighbour might be a heavy metal fan with insomnia who's partially deaf and needs the music up really loud to hear it."

hazyjo

Play music when you have viewers. Something jazzy would have several knocks and bashes to it rather than a steady rhythm where the noise might be more obvious. Try to have viewers in the day when the kid's at school.


Is your bed on the wall next to their flat? Can you move it to another wall? If not, move it away from the wall so it's not touching, and if it's on hard floors, put carpet or something squishy under the bed legs.


You could have the wall soundproofed (or at least improved).

Davesnave

hazyjo wrote: »

Is your bed on the wall next to their flat? Can you move it to another wall?

Neighbour's underneath.

Red-Squirrel_2

Serena2013 wrote: »

Hi Economic - unfortunately complaining means getting it logged and then it becomes harder to sell.

Its too late to worry about that.

You're going to have declare this anyway now, whatever you do next.

The form asks you about existing disputes, past disputes, and anything you are aware of that may lead to a dispute in the future. If you claim that none of these apply, you will obviously be lying.