SPIF form and husband being unaware about a dispute with neighbors

Ets92

It wasn’t that noisy that I could hear inside the house and it wasn’t even my next door neighbour. However, I still complained, I know I probably shouldn’t have.
Does it really matter? The point is that I complained and if the buyer is as neurotic as me then I am afraid that my husband can get in legal trouble because he wasn’t aware to inform the seller.

davidmcn

csgohan4 wrote: »

I hope for your sake your buyer's don't find out and sue you for everything you have, as the complainer is clearly related to the former owner of the property.

The OP can't be sued because they're not declaring anything. Her husband can't be sued because he wasn't aware of anything to be disclosed. The buyers aren't going to find out anyway because neither the police nor the council disclose who has made complaints.

Smodlet

jimbog wrote: »

Mute point as the buyer will never hear of the story

Moot; a "mute" point would never be heard.

OP, I wish to all the gods I had to hang out of the bathroom window to hear my neighbours, I really do. Even OH can hear them and he has been known to sleep through a parade led by a brass band one street away, a skill at which I can only marvel.

Fosterdog

What exactly did you complain about if the noise wasn't even loud enough to be heard from your own bedroom? There is no law that says everyone must be completely silent after a certain time of night, they just have to keep noise at a reasonable level so as not to disturb others, it sounds like they were staying very quiet considering it was a party if you couldn't even hear it without hanging out of your bathroom window.

pinkshoes

Ets92 wrote: »

It wasn’t that noisy that I could hear inside the house and it wasn’t even my next door neighbour. However, I still complained, I know I probably shouldn’t have.
Does it really matter? The point is that I complained and if the buyer is as neurotic as me then I am afraid that my husband can get in legal trouble because he wasn’t aware to inform the seller.

I think it would only matter if the new owners complain to the police, and it transpires that a previous complaint was made.

Odds of this happening? Depends on the new owners.

Ets92

But reasonable level of noise can be interpreted in different ways. What if my window was open at night and I could hear their music and smell their cannabis? To me listening to music after 10 pm in the garden is not acceptable regardless if my window is open or not. Maybe to some people like my husband it is not a big deal.
Once I complained the council called me and said they will speak to them while the local police ignored my email. But I don’t even know if anyone even spoke to them because nobody got back to me.
I just hope that the new buyer is not as sensitive as me and it doesn’t come to bite me in the future...

Ets92

Exactly. In my opinion this can happen since I am very sensitive to any noise or smell and I cannot imagine how some people are not. I wish I never complained
And I have a feeling it will be my husband who will be in trouble since I was not the owner and did not fill in any forms....

Smodlet

After decades of living in close proximity to chavs, I am hypersensitive to noise but not even I am as sensitive as you appear to be, OP. I think you might need a sense of proportion; I loathe noisy neighbours with a passion but, if closing a window meant I could sleep, I would be one happy bunny.

It does sound as if you are worrying over not much; if I think you are overreacting, your buyers may have no problem with what you perceive as an issue. I do agree with you about the cannabis smell but again, the chavs the other side of a wall from us were responsible, not someone a few doors away.

Just focus on moving away from all this to somewhere you might find some peace and please, stop worrying.

Ets92

Thank you for the reply. My neighbours were also chavs and I could not get used to it. Anytime they screamed or made some annoying noise which was mainly during the day I basically had an anxiety attack.

And I’m sorry about your neighbours. I guess in this situation nothing can be done by the council? When I reported them I had an impression that they can be evicted if they are a nuisance since they live in a council house but I guess that is almost impossible even if you complain numerous times...

alfred64

O.P's husband is deaf. He also has no sense of smell as he cannot detect the strong cannabis odour.
He filled in the SPIF form without her knowledge but she has somehow discovered what he declared.