Maliciously stopping sale of house

notdeadinspirit

Can a neighbour having made a verbal agreement in 2012,  make no complaint, then  maliciously invent a "dispute" to stop sale of my house?  Over past 4 months I have proved neighbour's claims are FALSE. But neighbour now complaining a few centimetres of gutter overhangs so I still cant remarket my house. And neighbour is stopping any resolution by aggressively refusing access to stop that getting fixed.

I can prove this is being done spitefully, to hurt me. I can't talk to neighbour - now can't trust a word said, twists facts, is enjoying making me suffer
Any advice please?
What can I do? 

ashe

I believe legally they must allow access for you to maintain your property 

AFF8879

Why is this stopping you from selling your house? Do you mean you lost a buyer because you had to declare a dispute?

I’d also be questioning your neighbour’s logic… if you have such a grudge against someone, surely you would be doing anything possible to help a sale, not prevent one 

Jeepers_Creepers

Hi NDIS.

Do you have Legal Protection included in your house insurance? Call them up for advice - and to sort this issue if needed.

notdeadinspirit

Nasty letters sent to  me & Estage agent. I lost 2 transactions. I reported harassment to police, neighbour hiding behind badly informed solicitor. I can't solve invented "dispute" - neighbour demanding I pay legal expenses to get "dispute" off my back, & is deliberately stopping access so I'm stuck. I am still waiting for help via my insurer who are still dragging their heels 

eddddy

notdeadinspirit said:

I can prove this is being done spitefully, to hurt me. I can't talk to neighbour - now can't trust a word said, twists facts, is enjoying making me suffer
Any advice please?
What can I do? 

Maybe try a different approach...

Whilst your neighbour might be in the wrong, proving they're being spiteful will probably result in escalation into a bitter dispute (which you'd have to declare).


Tactically, it might be better to re-open discussions by apologising for the inconvenience, and asking what your neighbour would like you to do to put it right (even though you haven't done anything wrong).

Maybe even ask somebody else to open the discussions with your neighbour on your behalf. (And they can say things like: "the sooner the gutter issue is sorted out, the sooner they can sell and move out, and hopefully the new neighbours will be better" etc, etc. Just to get the problem sorted, so you can sell.)



Edit to add...

I've just seen that you've reported harassment to the police, and solicitors are involved.

I guess it's too late to try to settle this amicably, without it turning into a dispute.

TBH I think you'll now find it a big challenge to sell. It's hard to imagine who would buy a property with history of harassment complaints against a current neighbour. 

SpiderLegs

Tell the neighbour that since you’re now struggling to sell on the open market you’re looking into the possibility of renting the property to the council so they can home ‘challenging’ families

user1977

No legal reason why you can't sell, you just need to find a buyer who doesn't mind that your neighbour appears to be a bit of a nutter.

macman

You can market whenever you wish, you simply need to declare the dispute. If there's never been any written correspondence directly between you, rather than to third parties, then it may not even count as  formal dispute.

Jude57

I'm pretty sure that the questions asked during the conveyancing process are quite broad, so that a dispute doesn't have to be 'formal' in the sense of reporting to authorities or in writing. Others can probably link to the specific questions but I've seen it said here time after time, ANY dispute or cause for concern must be declared.

AdrianC

Your neighbour clearly likes living next door to you, and wants you to stay...