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Neighbour says he’ll block our sale...can he?

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  • nyermen
    nyermen Posts: 1,138 Forumite
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    Should say - if the neighbour is as worried as is suggested, there's a good chance he might go to a good forum to get some guidance, see this thread, and...
    Peter

    Debt free - finally finished paying off £20k + Interest.
  • MoneySeeker1
    MoneySeeker1 Posts: 1,229 Forumite
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    edited 3 June 2020 at 7:41AM
    I'm surprised at those posters advocating telling a lie of one description or another to the neighbour.

    Personally, I'd just ignore the neighbour and think "My house my business" and I just wouldnt have anything to do with them and give no response whatsoever.

    No-one could subsequently think the worse of OP for not giving any response whatsoever - but plenty would mentally notch it up against OP if they were told he is the sort of person that tells lies and would be wary of trusting him. I'm still telling people at intervals the lies (of an indirect nature) the vendor of my house told me when selling it to me and that may be having a bad effect on that vendor (because he lives nearby) and people thinking twice about whether to trust him in other contexts or no.
  • Marvel1
    Marvel1 Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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    edited 3 June 2020 at 7:59AM
    Whilst the posts here are right of course, nothing can stop the OP selling to the LA or veto the sale, I'm surprised that the neighbour's anger isn't at least sympathised with. No-one would relish your neighbour's house being sold back to LA with the risk of what tenants you might then get next door. I agree it probably does devalue his house, or at least make it harder to sell in future and has the potential to make his life a misery. Can thoroughly understand his anger at this.


    I wouldn't want a neighbour like the OP's and they bought it, so don't really see your point.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    edited 3 June 2020 at 8:24AM
    I'm surprised that the neighbour's anger isn't at least sympathised with. No-one would relish your neighbour's house being sold back to LA with the risk of what tenants you might then get next door.
    I rather suspect that the properties the local authority are buying are actually being bought-back, having been taken into private ownership under RtB.
    I agree it probably does devalue his house, or at least make it harder to sell in future and has the potential to make his life a misery.
    Meanwhile, the property the other side may have always been social housing, having never had the RtB exercised...

     And, of course, "making neighbours lives a misery" is hardly unique to social tenancies, is it? Private-sector tenants and even owner-occupiers can be just as bad. In fact, which category does the source of this issue belong to...?
  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,479 Forumite
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    Well, I wouldn't have told him in the first place. So why are LAs giving discounts to sitting tenants, then  buying privately to rent?
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