the neighbour's house conditions stopping us from selling my father's house

sammyjammy

Probably a no go with the state of Social Services funding but if there is black mould all over the curtains etc and children in the house surely thats a child welfare issue?

Grumpy_chap

sammyjammy said:

Probably a no go with the state of Social Services funding but if there is black mould all over the curtains etc and children in the house surely thats a child welfare issue?

That, and all of the other suggestions about how to resolve the issues with the neighbours, may well be true.
As I see it, none of this helps the OP.  Any process to resolve the issues with the neighbours are going to take time - years, not months. 
In the meantime, the OP is incurring costs to maintain the father's house, or the father's house deteriorates, and the OP is dwelling on the past and the stress the whole process will add to the OP is likely to see the OP's own quality of life and health adversely impacted.
For sanity's sake, the best the OP can do is to sell the house for current value and then focus on the future.

Sunsaru

Hold your dad in your heart, not in that house.
VFB
(Virtual fist bump)

moneysavinghero

Skiddaw1 said:

moneysavinghero said:

I still don't get why the cats and the rats are getting along so well.

It's a bit of a misconception that cats will kill/eat rats. Many cats- even feral cats- won't take on a rat because they're both large and aggressive. They might take a baby rat if they discover a nest but rarely an adult. The cats are more likely to be 'breaking & entering' through other people's cat flaps and snatching what food they can get. Poor cats- I get very angry about that sort of thing.

Growing up our family cat would often come back with a huge rat (probably from next door which was in a very similar state to the house in this thread). But then again it used to come back with rabbits, pigeons and even a huge frozen fish once (don't know where it got it from). Guess we just had an unusually ambitious cat.

Thank you for the insight.

Gavin83

fewcloudy said:

pinkteapot said:

bozzy18 said:

it is not purely financial gain - they made my Dad's life a misery before he died.  you shouldn't be so quick to judge!

We understand.. 

You do, and I do, but sadly I am not sure you can say that about others on this thread...
If they are also understanding and well-meaning it certainly does not come across in the manner in which they speak.
They have more or less stopped giving 'advice' now, and are just giving their opinions and assertions, repeatedly and in a rather unpleasant manner in my opinion.
Sometimes it surprises me that people still come here seeking advice and support, only to have their morals and intentions questioned, but maybe that's the price to pay for occasionally getting some helpful answers

I get your point but I don't think the OP has helped themselves on this to be honest. Trying to force someone into doing up their house so you can make more money (especially when it's not really theirs) doesn't make them come across well. All this 'personal reasons' stuff doesn't help either, I think people would have more respect if they were honest and just said they wanted more money.

Regardless of my comments above I do understand where the OP is coming from and I do sympathise to a degree but ultimately there's not much they can do.

I'd also buck the trend here, I personally wouldn't sell it via auction. Auctions are for cash buyers who are generally developers wanting to make some money. They want to buy a house in poor condition in a nice area they can fix up and sell on for a profit. A lovely house that needs minimum work with external reasons that make it difficult to sell seems like the complete opposite of what they want.

Personally I'd go to an estate agent, get it valued and stick it up for sale. If it doesn't sell within a set period of time reduce the price. Repeat until it sells. Someone will buy it eventually.

Skiddaw1

moneysavinghero said:

Skiddaw1 said:

moneysavinghero said:

I still don't get why the cats and the rats are getting along so well.

It's a bit of a misconception that cats will kill/eat rats. Many cats- even feral cats- won't take on a rat because they're both large and aggressive. They might take a baby rat if they discover a nest but rarely an adult. The cats are more likely to be 'breaking & entering' through other people's cat flaps and snatching what food they can get. Poor cats- I get very angry about that sort of thing.

Growing up our family cat would often come back with a huge rat (probably from next door which was in a very similar state to the house in this thread). But then again it used to come back with rabbits, pigeons and even a huge frozen fish once (don't know where it got it from). Guess we just had an unusually ambitious cat.

Thank you for the insight.

Like the frozen fish!!   I came across one of ours dragging a string of sausages through the catflap into the house once. I fear someone's BBQ supper wasn't quite as ample as anticipated.

To be fair, we had a family cat that occasionally brought rabbits home and I suspect he'd have had a crack at a rat given half a chance, but it's fairly unusual.

Angela_D_3

Id sneak around under the cover of darkness and remove the vehicles and tidy up the front,  maybe accidentally jet wash their front whilst doing yours.  

gab3x

First of all - OP by creating paper trails you are going to damage the value of your house more than your neighbour as you need to declare all disputes in the conveyancing process.

When you inherit something it becomes yours. OP has every right to want to maximise the value of his asset and put pressure on irresponsible neighbours whose antisocial lifestyle happens to affect others.

I would say you can also, funds permitting, offer to buyout the skanky neighbour's property? They'll probably decline because they are irrational anyway so you should then put your house on the market and see how it goes. It's a hot market, people will buy anything.

Davesnave

Angela_D_3 said:

Id sneak around under the cover of darkness and remove the vehicles .....

Are you Superwoman and does she have immunity from prosecution for theft?

Davesnave

Gavin83 said:

fewcloudy said:

pinkteapot said:

bozzy18 said:

it is not purely financial gain - they made my Dad's life a misery before he died.  you shouldn't be so quick to judge!

We understand.. 

You do, and I do, but sadly I am not sure you can say that about others on this thread...
If they are also understanding and well-meaning it certainly does not come across in the manner in which they speak.
They have more or less stopped giving 'advice' now, and are just giving their opinions and assertions, repeatedly and in a rather unpleasant manner in my opinion.
Sometimes it surprises me that people still come here seeking advice and support, only to have their morals and intentions questioned, but maybe that's the price to pay for occasionally getting some helpful answers

  Trying to force someone into doing up their house so you can make more money (especially when it's not really theirs) doesn't make them come across well.

I understand well enough that an inherited house may provide a cash bonus a person wouldn't have otherwise, but to say it isn't really theirs is ridiculous. Whose is it then?

Also people on a forum like this may know nothing of the circumstances through which the inheritance arose. Some people forego income to keep elderly relatives in their own homes, rather than in a care home, looked after by the state. It might not be what you'd do, but it happens.