Trying to sell my house with yappy dogs next-door

badger1864

Recently I had three estate agents come to value my house. I was pleasantly surprised at the valuations, and was preparing myself to get the house on the market.

I came across the TA6 form and had a good look at it, and saw section 2 – Disputes and complaints. In particular 2.2 regarding any potential complaints with the neighbours. As it happens there are two dogs next-door who are constantly yapping from early morning to late at night and making my life a misery. Do I lie on the form?

I had a meeting with a solicitor and discussed the issue with her. The outcome is that the TA6 form is inadequate for a litigation case against the seller, brought by a buyer for nuisance barking. I think most potential buyers would walk away from buying any house with nuisance dogs nearby.

It got to the point where I considered my options, most of which were illegal. I then came across the yapup website which has high frequency sound wave files. When played it shuts the yappy dogs up without hurting them. I now have some peace and quiet in my life, and better still, no-one knows why the yapping has stopped including the neighbours.

My house in now on the market and when someone comes to view it is peaceful and quiet.

I am curious to know if anyone else has this problem. If so, what did you do about it?

Brie

Have you actually been in dispute with the neighbours?  I might hate my neighbours massive tree shading my house and dropping leaves everywhere but if I never do anything about it there's no dispute.  I would have thought that even if I had consulted a solicitor about it there would still be nothing to report if I didn't act on advice that might have been given.  

Martico

As a first post it got my "sophisticated spam to advertise a new product" radar flashing 

MultiFuelBurner

I would also them politely if a partner could take them for a walk when I knew viewings were going to happen.

badger1864

Brie said:

Have you actually been in dispute with the neighbours?  I might hate my neighbours massive tree shading my house and dropping leaves everywhere but if I never do anything about it there's no dispute.  I would have thought that even if I had consulted a solicitor about it there would still be nothing to report if I didn't act on advice that might have been given.  

Another neighbour did try and speak to them but it didn't go well so I am reluctant to follow suit. Having spoken to a lawyer the TA6 form does ask if their could be a potential dispute but it seems that any answers are subject to interpretation.

RHemmings

Martico said:

As a first post it got my "sophisticated spam to advertise a new product" radar flashing 

The website sells a product with a monthly subscription. For a very simple product, it seems. 

robatwork

OP to make your post look less like an advert for that website and more like a genuine question, please put **** or just remove the name of that website. I don't automatically think you're a shill, but others do and it's preventing you getting replies. If you don't then people will rightly assume a new poster is just advertising their own business by nefarious means.

My opinion is that I wouldn't say anything on the form as you're not in dispute. A dispute needs to be something more than being annoyed or having an informal chat with a neighbour.

deannagone

Particularly considering only 2 posts, both about this issue.  Surely if this high pitched sound idea stopped dogs barking, it would be more widely known about?

RHemmings

I can make audio files of any frequency, and have a proper audio interface and studio monitor speakers. Unfortunately I lack yappy dogs in the nearby area to test things on. 

sheramber

Not everybody is annoyed by dogs barking.  It depends on their tolerance of noise

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prettyandfluffy

If you haven't complained, there is no dispute.