Neighbours buzzing hot tub keeps putting off buyers

dan958

Davesnave wrote: »

I wonder how many people are actually sued each year for being less than forthcoming with details concerning the down-sides of their property? My guess is not very many.

Not many at all, as it is impossible to prove. If the new buyer complained about it, you could just say that you never heard it/noticed it.

lisyloo

Davesnave wrote: »

Is it really permanent? Do all the owners of these things run them in winter? Would selling the house in the cooler months avoid the problem?

I think you can get models that you fill up for a party, but if you have one that’s permanently installed then yes its heating all the time to your desired temperature (thermostatically controlled) and filtering on a cycle to push the water through the filters (so maybe 3 hours on, 3 hours off, this can be adjusted).
Winter is a great time to use them and I’d suggest the heating comes on more. So if you have the temp set to 38C then it’s going to spend more time heating when the ambient is 0C than when it’s 20C.

If they were to sell, should the neighbours declare this monstrosity, which sounds like a Boeing 737 and comes on at 6am? We could certainly drown out an electric pump with it, but equally, if asked, we would make sure it was silent whenever they had a viewing. Would that be immoral?

Put yourself in a buyers shoes and ask yourself the same question.
How would you feel if moves were made to deliberately hide material facts from you?

lisyloo

davidmcn wrote: »

You keep on using the word "issues" but I'm not sure where you're getting it from as it's not in the standard enquiries.

Another definition of an issue is something people are prepared to pay a 4 figure sum to cover up.

lisyloo

lookstraightahead wrote: »

it's funny how people think hot tubs are manky

There’s a whole chemical regime that goes with them.
Most have chlorine in them to keep them santisied and also a filter cycle that pumps the water through filters to remove impurities.

The chlorine level and ph should be checked regularly and the filters cleaned as well as water being changed at regular intervals.

Of course individuals have varying standards of keeping up the regime, but public swimming pools contain plasters, pee etc.

My biggest issue is the snails and woodlice that like to take up residence in the lid.
I would not recommend getting one. Cleaning off the woodlice faeces is anything but glamorous.

Sammypooler

It’s not a neighbour dispute having a hot tub next door IMO.
I also don’t think it’s the house is that desirable, or else people would be making offers on the house. I’ve not seen the house and hot tub noise doesn’t bother me. Plus how many people actually have hot tubs in the uk?

bertiewhite

Sammypooler wrote: »

Plus how many people actually have hot tubs in the uk?

You'd be surprised - everyone seems to have one in my part of Lincolnshire

Davesnave

lisyloo wrote: »

Put yourself in a buyers shoes and ask yourself the same question.
How would you feel if moves were made to deliberately hide material facts from you?

Roughly how I feel now.

A number of material facts were disguised when we last purchased, but being pragmatic, we accepted that the vendor would want to present the property in the best light possible. We are still on excellent terms with their family, who live locally, probably because the property was priced correctly. Anyway, one can look at some properties and know without much close investigation that there will be bodge-ups galore!

My point was that there are many annoyances which are seasonal in nature and currently silent that might scupper a house sale, not just hot tubs.

Davesnave

bertiewhite wrote: »

You'd be surprised - everyone seems to have one in my part of Lincolnshire

That figures. The temperatures you've been experiencing over there make climbing into any sort of water very attractive.


But wait till climate change begins to really bite. They'll be as popular as a diesel tractor in the middle of Mayfair, and taxed accordingly.

wesleyad

dan958 wrote: »

Not many at all, as it is impossible to prove. If the new buyer complained about it, you could just say that you never heard it/noticed it.

Depends on the nature of the complaint. As you say, most of the times you can deny knowing about it. But in this situation, an easily plausible scenario is the new buyer goes round to the neighbour to ask them to reduce the noise, to which the neighbour replies "as I told the previous owner, it cant be done sorry" :eek:

Arthritic_Toe

lisyloo wrote: »

Interestingly we were told our hot tub would help sell our property as it was considered aspirational and sells a certain lifestyle, that was about 10 years ago though and we are large detached so not that close to next door.

I'd have given that salesperson a slap for saying that. It's squarely aimed at selling to snobbery.