Help! Trespass to land/nuisance

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It is hard, because you love the place you want to buy, but unfortunately the neighbour can cause considerable problems for you. Think about the possible noise with a student let, the extension, the legal fees over this outhouse dispute. I'd hate to give in to the neighbour.., but hopefully you will be able eventually to find yourself another house you love just as much without the complications.

This sounds like a nightmare to walk into.

Skiddaw1

I agree. If there was only one issue it wouldn't be so bad but there appears to be a positive deluge of potential pitfalls (and pretty major ones at that). Walk away now whilst you can easily do so.

Carrot007

I believe the issue here will be the house you are buying has technically stole land from the neighbout, not the other way round.


I shall assume ex council becuase this sort of thing is common around here.


The outbuildings would have been in a pair and encroached on the logical other persons land.


Theirs has been removed they lost land, their should have been more talk at the time or alterations so the building was all on one side and not knocked down that way. But people being cheap and not wanting to pay to remodel and move doors etc.


Made even more complex by the plans not being right. Many round here no longer have the odd land swap but the plans still show it. A different problem and pretty obvious.


Beyond what people say here I think the nieghbour is being reasonable.


If you want the house reduce your offer by however much it would take to put the outbuilding right, since like I say the property you are buying has probably stole land currently.


But it would be easier all around to move on and let the current opwner deal with it unless it is something really special to you.

jamie_128

No way in hell would i live next door to a student rental, that alone would have me running for the hills im sorry to say.

Season_of_Mist

Just to echo what has already been said by others, if the neighbouring house is going to be let to students, I would withdraw immediately and look elsewhere. No doubt someone will say this is a lazy generalisation, but you will certainly have noise issues, random people coming & going all hours, different set of neighbours every academic year (none of whom will have any personal stake in the area), parties etc etc.

You have also got to have one eye on the future and it will be much more difficult to sell on when the time comes; you personally may not have an issue with the house next door being a student let but, as evidenced by the number of similar replies on here, there will be many, many buyers who would not touch it with a barge-pole.

aliby21

TBH I doubt that you will be able to proceed with the purchase, given there is now what sounds like an active dispute about what land is included in the title. I can't see any solicitor allowing you to proceed, or any mortgage company being willing to proceed. It is up to the seller to sort this out, but it doesnt sound as though that will be a quick process.

markin

"rent to students"........ RUN, You had a lucky escape there.

Davesnave

Some students are OK, especially the ones who are your sons and daughters.

The ones who cause problems are always those b'stards that belong to someone else!

Enterprise_1701C

Would you really want to buy a house next to one that has an extension the whole of the length of the garden, probably a two storey one? The next thing you know they would be complaining about you using your garden.

AdrianC

Be very thankful this happened just before exchange, not just after.

Yes, walking away may be costing you anything up to a grand or two plus time (did you have a NSNF deal with your legals?), but... this is still the vendor's problem, unless you choose to take it on.

It's not even a very big problem for the vendor, because the developer is offering to buy their property from them.