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

Marvel1

Angela_D_3 said:

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 ! 

Do you lock your door at night, if so why?

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob

Reduce the price to something really low and offers over. EG if its worth £100k, put it up for £50k with offers over. It might seem crazy but what you want is interest. Thing is, when you get an offer you can decline it. So consequently you will get to the price the market is prepared to sell for and the estate agent will do lots of work and then hey ho they will suddenly be interested in pushing the price up. 

At least then you can make an informed decision, cash in or cash out. 

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster

 l would speak to social services as there are dependants living at the property. 

General_Grant

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster said:

 l would speak to social services as there are dependants living at the property. 

If you are thinking of the "teenage kids", they could actually be adults.

Murphybear

Skiddaw1 said:as

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.

If our 19 year old cat saw a rat she’d run a mile.  I’ve had many cats over the years but have been presented with very few live or dead offerings. 

davilown

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster said:

 l would speak to social services as there are dependants living at the property. 

So because the property looks untidy from the outside, your assuming they’ll be an issue inside with the children?

GDB2222

davilown said:

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster said:

 l would speak to social services as there are dependants living at the property. 

So because the property looks untidy from the outside, your assuming they’ll be an issue inside with the children?

I don’t think anyone has said that they assume there’s definitely an issue, but it’s an indication that the parents *may not* be coping. 

We had a problem tenant, annoying the neighbours with loud noise very late at night. Absolutely oblivious to our requests to be more sensible. The neighbours  called SS and said they could hear her maltreating her child. It may have been a gross exaggeration, but it did the trick. She suddenly became quiet, and shortly afterwards found somewhere else to live.

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Might it be worth talking to the neighbours and offering some sort of cash incentive to them if they sort the outside out (even if you pay for it), paid when yours sells?

Phil4432

I feel for you mate.  Scummy neighbors can indeed devalue your family out of hard earned cash.  Legally, there's not much we can do.

The advise is usually the same... 'move, sell etc.'  Its a forceful eviction and/or a forceful loss of money.  Perhaps you could try suing for financial loss, but its a hard one.  Have a chat with a solicitor about this.

But its probably best to just sell this house, and have the good memories of it while they are still fresh.  You are going to take a financial loss, compared to what you could have got.  Maybe take the cash from the sale, buy another property with it... 10 years from now you'll get the money back.  These idiots will still be living like the trash they are.  You win.

Phil4432

desktop said:

Might it be worth talking to the neighbours and offering some sort of cash incentive to them if they sort the outside out (even if you pay for it), paid when yours sells?

No.  Never give money and favors to idiots.  This justifies their behavior, and only creates more problems.