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Maliciously stopping sale of house

notdeadinspirit · 2021-09-02 09:39:22

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…

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MaryNB Posts: 2,319 Forumite

3 September 2021 at 1:46PM

Exodi said:

user1977 said:

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.

I don't know about others, but I think bad neighbours would be hands down the number one deterrent to purchasing a property for me.

You can fix leaky guttering, hell you knock down and re-build the whole house if you want, but you can't change your neighbour.

I have watched too many 'nightmare-neighbour'-style programs to entertain that thank you!

I grew up with one across the road. Caused my parents so much emotional distress for years. I'm still super paranoid about raising issues with any neighbour wherever I've lived.

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