Next door property - what should I have been told!

tor7856

Hi guys! Sorry I’m new to all this and this is my first post! I have a question you may be able to help with. 

In August last year I bought my first property, a small but lovely mid terraced house (after a decade of saving!), initially everything was great! In November my neighbours moved out as they were moving to a new property. I then noticed there was a lot of coming and going from a maintenance firm, who are synonymous with all the housing association/ council properties in our town.  In short the new family that have moved in are a nightmare - I won’t go in to details, as this is not what the post is about. 

What I want to know is should I have not been informed that this was a housing association/ council property before buying the house? And if yes, who is responsible for informing me? I can’t find anything in the searches that would have told me that....
or have I made a FTB error here? 

Carl2510

I’m pretty sure they don’t have to tell you a thing! I moved into mine and I’ve been in it 3 years and only found out other week next door is a set of flats! Lol.

Comms69

tor7856 said:

Hi guys! Sorry I’m new to all this and this is my first post! I have a question you may be able to help with. 

In August last year I bought my first property, a small but lovely mid terraced house (after a decade of saving!), initially everything was great! In November my neighbours moved out as they were moving to a new property. I then noticed there was a lot of coming and going from a maintenance firm, who are synonymous with all the housing association/ council properties in our town.  In short the new family that have moved in are a nightmare - I won’t go in to details, as this is not what the post is about. 

What I want to know is should I have not been informed that this was a housing association/ council property before buying the house? And if yes, who is responsible for informing me? I can’t find anything in the searches that would have told me that....
or have I made a FTB error here? 

100% on you. Sorry. There were no issues to report when you bough; and if that was a driving factor you should've checked land registry.

davidmcn

tor7856 said:

What I want to know is should I have not been informed that this was a housing association/ council property before buying the house? And if yes, who is responsible for informing me? I can’t find anything in the searches that would have told me that....
or have I made a FTB error here? 

If this is the sort of thing you care about, you should have done your own research. Generally, people don't think that living next to social housing is such a terrible thing that it needs some sort of warning.

AdrianC

tor7856 said:

What I want to know is should I have not been informed that this was a housing association/ council property before buying the house?

Did you ask anybody whether it was owner-occupied, privately let, or socially let?
Who, and what did they say?
FWIW, "I have absolutely no idea" would have been a perfectly acceptable response, if they didn't know.

...or have I made a FTB error here?

Any property can have bad neighbours move in - owner-occupier or tenant.

 The only error here seems to be to assume that "council house" somehow automatically means "bad tenant".

But, given that you still don't even know whether it's private rental, HA or LA, and are just assuming based on the sign-written van that was outside for a while...

Davesnave

tor7856 said:

What I want to know is should I have not been informed that this was a housing association/ council property before buying the house? And if yes, who is responsible for informing me?

What I want to find out is why you think someone may have had a duty to volunteer this information.

No rush, but it would be interesting to know!

macman

The only disclosure that has to be made by the vendor is on the Property Information Form: this should reveal any neighbour-related disputes or issues. From what you have said, there were none: the issue is solely with the new tenants.  It's entirely up to you to check out the ownership status of the adjoining properties, if you wish, in which case the vendor has to answer any questions truthfully. But you failed to ask the question, so no compo I'm afraid.

Tigsteroonie

tor7856 said:

What I want to know is should I have not been informed that this was a housing association/ council property before buying the house?

Nope.

greatcrested

When you knocked on each of the neighbour's doors before you Exchanged Contracts, what responses did you get?

mattyprice4004

No, why would they? 
There's millions of tiny details like that with every house, if one is important to you, it's on YOU to do your homework. 

[Deleted User]

I think you are better off concentrating on finding out who they are renting from, keeping a log of whatever is causing a problem and then complain to whoever they are renting from.