Episode 3: I've ran out of options with noisy neighbours, what can I do now?!

NaughtiusMaximus

lookstraightahead wrote: »

Unless your sleepy village becomes a through road for heavy lorries all through the night.

I still stand by my original comment. Given the choice a house with HGVs driving past all night long is vastly preferable to a neighbour from hell.

loveka

You sound a bit defeatist to be brutally honest.

Don't want to rent. Can't sell. There are no other options if the HA won't evict your neighbours.

There is no magic solution to this.

To me, renting to the housing association would seem like the best solution. Save the £200 a month for repairs.

NaughtiusMaximus

Davesnave wrote: »

I realise that a true NFH is a worse experience than any of the things I mentioned, barring perhaps the experience of people who bought on the seafont in Dawlish, by the landslip in Beer or many houses in Boscastle etc etc.

My point was that anything which causes people to move away from homes they have loved and impacts on the price they obtain is serious and upsetting, even if we choose to call it an 'annoyance.'

Sounds like we broadly agree, I do accept 'annoyance' is a major understatement in some cases.

Slinky

loveka wrote: »

To me, renting to the housing association would seem like the best solution. Save the £200 a month for repairs.

That's assuming the HA will take it on as a rental.


You could try approaching an agent that runs auctions for their opinion. Anything will sell at a price.


You have my sympathy OP.

lhg91

loveka wrote: »

You sound a bit defeatist to be brutally honest.

Don't want to rent. Can't sell. There are no other options if the HA won't evict your neighbours.

There is no magic solution to this.

To me, renting to the housing association would seem like the best solution. Save the £200 a month for repairs.

I completely understand that I do sound defeatist, but it's hard not to be in this situation.

We don't want to rent because it's another responsibility, and we both have busy enough jobs without the thought of having to fit something else in on the side. But I suppose renting to the HA takes it off our plate somewhat and leaves them with most of the responsibility

On another note. If by some stroke of luck the tenants do get moved to another property, we have decided to sell up ASAP. We subsequently won't have to declare any problems with neighbours anymore will we, as they won't be living there anymore?

takman

lhg91 wrote: »

I completely understand that I do sound defeatist, but it's hard not to be in this situation.

We don't want to rent because it's another responsibility, and we both have busy enough jobs without the thought of having to fit something else in on the side. But I suppose renting to the HA takes it off our plate somewhat and leaves them with most of the responsibility

On another note. If by some stroke of luck the tenants do get moved to another property, we have decided to sell up ASAP. We subsequently won't have to declare any problems with neighbours anymore will we, as they won't be living there anymore?

Yes you still have to declare it but you can say it was resolved by them moving away.

patchwork_cat

Whilst I have empathy for the situation you are in, you were warned on 27 feb this year not to make a formal complaint. I appreciate what you say about your kitchen, but it, unfortunately, is number 1 as a home owner, no formal complaints.

lhg91

patchwork_cat wrote: »

Whilst I have empathy for the situation you are in, you were warned on 27 feb this year not to make a formal complaint. I appreciate what you say about your kitchen, but it, unfortunately, is number 1 as a home owner, no formal complaints.

We were also advised by many people on here to make a formal complaint as nothing will get done if we did not complain. In the end, even if we didn't formally complain, we would still have to disclose it on the TA6 form: "Is the seller aware of anything which might lead to a dispute about the property or a property nearby?" Considering we had discussed problems with neighbours etc. the new owners of the property would still have a legal case against us not disclosing the noise situation.

loveka

You can also rent to the council. You don't get market rent, but it would be worth it in your situation.

Or is there a company in the area that rents houses on behalf of their employees?

You need to get a bit creative I think! You obviously need to get out.

In reality previous neighbour disputes after they have moved on are not worth pursuing. Just had this- the seller didn't reveal problems from 5 years ago. Our solicitor said there was nothing we could do.

corell

I think you need to persevere and get as many people involved as needed. MP's etc. Otherwise you just pass the problem on to someone else and they start from scratch with the whole thing. I wouldn't be impressed if my new landlord had only let the house out because he couldn't do with living next to noisy people but now I have to as tied to a contract..

This is just my perspective though. I'm currently dealing with a similar issue although both are private rent property and the neighbours are new.