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

Angela_D_3

Davesnave said:

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?

Its only theft if you get caught ! 

elsien

Theft is theft whether you get caught or not. 
It’s not like Schrodinger’s cat where if you don’t see it it hasn’t happened.  

Crashy_Time

Reduce the price and they will come, dirty windows next door or not.

cymruchris

As much as you can see the problem - and everyone is telling you its a problem - you haven't actually put it on the market yet? The only way you'll REALLY know if it's a problem is to actually get it out there - and then see what happens. 

Gavin83

Davesnave said:

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.

It was his fathers. Anyway you know exactly what I meant. I’d have more sympathy for someone who’d bought their house, had a problem neighbour move in and lost money than someone who inherited. This is of course my opinion, you are free to disagree.

However regardless of the circumstances my advice remains the same, there isn’t much they can do and they need to just get the property listed with an EA ASAP and see what they get offered.

KittenChops

pinkteapot said:

KxMx said:

GDB2222 said:

The whole point about feral cats is that they are wild animals, fending for themselves. There’s no need for the RSPCA unless one is injured.

There should be TNR undertaken though-Trap, Neuter, Return.
It may be however that the neighbours won't give permission to enter the area and undertake that work. 
(I volunteer with a cat charity).

OP did you try other organisations besides the RSPCA? Often there will be a local Cats Protection as well as a number of smaller places often run by just one person.

Was going to say exactly this. May not be a focus for the RSPCA but in most areas there's a cat charity that does TNR of feral cats, which controls the population. Google, or ask on a local Facebook selling group if there's one in your area. 

We have a local facebook page for "Animals Lost & Found in <county>" - there are plenty of wonderful volunteers who check for microchips on deceased & injured animals, and also help trap cats so they can be chip checked & possibly rehomed.
There was a feral cat who made his home under a building at work for the best part of a year, eventually one of my colleagues gained its trust enough to trap it, and it was rehomed at a local sanctuary where they specialise in looking after feral cats (they have a huge fenced off garden area, with access to indoors & heated beds).  Most of these cats see out their days in the sanctuary, with a few being rehomed with local farmers.
If the fence between yours & the neighbours belong to your house, you could remove a panel & have the cats trapped in your garden perhaps?  If the cats are healthy, then at least getting them neutered would be good.

Crashy_Time

cymruchris said:

As much as you can see the problem - and everyone is telling you its a problem - you haven't actually put it on the market yet? The only way you'll REALLY know if it's a problem is to actually get it out there - and then see what happens. 

Exactly  

GDB2222

KxMx said:

GDB2222 said:

The whole point about feral cats is that they are wild animals, fending for themselves. There’s no need for the RSPCA unless one is injured.

There should be TNR undertaken though-Trap, Neuter, Return.
It may be however that the neighbours won't give permission to enter the area and undertake that work. 
(I volunteer with a cat charity).

OP did you try other organisations besides the RSPCA? Often there will be a local Cats Protection as well as a number of smaller places often run by just one person.

If that's what Cats Protection League do, I'm pleased there isn't a Mens Protection League.

peterhjohnson

The advice to try another Agent is good advice. I've seen a house sold that was right next to a very visible electricity substation. I didn't think anyone would buy it but eventually someone did. I think it sold for about 15% under what it "should" had sold for but it did sell!

getmore4less

Forgot if it was mentioned if we are dealing with a attached next door as that can make a difference.

I think when inheriting anything you need to make a fairly early choices,
One being is it something you want to offload, invest or keep.  
offload  its min effort take what you can.
invest needs a realistic time line for the exit with added value
keep  if you have a use for it.

The issue here is as and investment where you try to improve its value could be very dependant on the location improving whatever you do to the property, if detached from the problem you might be able to improve the boundary to reduce the impact but if attached as a semi or terrace then any purchaser will see the high risk of next door rotting.
any timeline for next door improving is unknown so that invest option trends to the  keep scenario which you don't seem to want to do.

That leaves you with offload, do what is needed to make the place present as best it can and look well maintained in spite of its location.