selling house - neighbour disclosure

mrpotatohead2019

Hi all,

I am about to sell my house and need a little clarification as to what I do and don't need to disclose on the sellers form.

I have googled it but can't seem to find anything that comes close to my situation.

Basically the house attached to me had an elderly woman living in there that was a hoarder - she died and her son moved in - he decided it would be better to remove all her "stuff" by piling it up outside the back door on the patio which you can just about see from my property if you make an effort to stick your head out of the back bedroom window and look round - otherwise you can't see it..

He then brought a load of vehicles with him - 3 of which have been removed and one dead one remains on the driveway.

He then went on a long holiday at his majesty's expense and now his son lives there.

He is a pleasant enough bloke but he's very young and really lazy - he couldn't be bothered to cut the lawn despite me offering him my lawnmower he just kept saying no i dont want to borrow, i will buy my own next weekend - but next weekend came and went several times and it never got done. In the end I politely asked if he minded if I cut the garden for him as it was starting to overgrow onto my side and he apologised for having not done it and thanked me for doing it.

He is pleasant enough, doesn't cause me any agro, isn't noisy or offensive in anyway but he is not making any effort to clear up the rubbish despite promises to. The rubbish doesn't really bother me as such, it's things like old furniture, carpets, rugs rather than food waste, food packaging etc so nothing that i would imagine would be attractive to vermin?

So with regards to the seller form - i don't have any disputes with him, i've never fallen out with him or complained to anyone about him as he doesn't personally cause me any problems.

Do i have to declare that this "might" be something that would cause a dispute in the future? I don't know how much information you have to give but I don't really want to be sued either when the new neighbour moves in and discovers the piles of rubbish next door...

Is the fact that we tidied the garden for him an issue because he doesn't have his own equipment to do it himself and therefore it might end up overgrowing again in the future?

davidmcn

I can't see any need merely to disclose junk in the neighbours' garden, especially if it's obvious it's there.

Comms69

mrpotatohead2019 wrote: »

Hi all,

I am about to sell my house and need a little clarification as to what I do and don't need to disclose on the sellers form.

I have googled it but can't seem to find anything that comes close to my situation.

Basically the house attached to me had an elderly woman living in there that was a hoarder - she died and her son moved in - he decided it would be better to remove all her "stuff" by piling it up outside the back door on the patio which you can just about see from my property if you make an effort to stick your head out of the back bedroom window and look round - otherwise you can't see it..

He then brought a load of vehicles with him - 3 of which have been removed and one dead one remains on the driveway.

He then went on a long holiday at his majesty's expense and now his son lives there. - Her Majesty, we have a queen, not a king.

He is a pleasant enough bloke but he's very young and really lazy - he couldn't be bothered to cut the lawn despite me offering him my lawnmower he just kept saying no i dont want to borrow, i will buy my own next weekend - but next weekend came and went several times and it never got done. In the end I politely asked if he minded if I cut the garden for him as it was starting to overgrow onto my side and he apologised for having not done it and thanked me for doing it.

He is pleasant enough, doesn't cause me any agro, isn't noisy or offensive in anyway but he is not making any effort to clear up the rubbish despite promises to. The rubbish doesn't really bother me as such, it's things like old furniture, carpets, rugs rather than food waste, food packaging etc so nothing that i would imagine would be attractive to vermin?

So with regards to the seller form - i don't have any disputes with him, i've never fallen out with him or complained to anyone about him as he doesn't personally cause me any problems.

Do i have to declare that this "might" be something that would cause a dispute in the future? I don't know how much information you have to give but I don't really want to be sued either when the new neighbour moves in and discovers the piles of rubbish next door...

Is the fact that we tidied the garden for him an issue because he doesn't have his own equipment to do it himself and therefore it might end up overgrowing again in the future?

There are no disputes here. No reason to think there would be in the future.


The form isn't asking you do judge how your neighbours live; which is what you're doing.


All the things you are concerned about are clearly visible to a buyer carrying out due diligence.

m0bov

Nothing to declare.

Need_a_name

Sounds fine. Re the issue of stuff being there it will be obvious to potential buyers/viewers though which is likely to put them off as I'd be looking out windows etc. when viewing - if not on first then later ones.


Keep eye out re vermin as carpets, rugs etc. are attractive to rats as a base even if no food there

Davesnave

mrpotatohead2019 wrote: »

He then went on a long holiday at his majesty's expense

Did I nod off and miss something?


I agree with the others; nothing to disclose that observant viewers won't see themselves. Neighbours can be pleasant, yet untidy.

AdrianC

His Maj rather than Her - we don't know how long ago this happened...