Disputes when selling a home

sheramber

You can say there was a dispute but it has been sorted and no longer applies. 

Jumblebumble

TheJP said:

It's also likely the council will keep your complaint on file for 6 years even if you have asked it to be closed/removed. Potential sellers could request the information, cant remember what the process is called but i want to say freedom of information act but i may be wrong.

Does the dog still cause issues?

user1977 said:

TheJP said:

It's also likely the council will keep your complaint on file for 6 years even if you have asked it to be closed/removed. Potential sellers could request the information, cant remember what the process is called but i want to say freedom of information act but i may be wrong.

I don't think any of that becomes public except to the extent the council takes any statutory action.

I would have thought that any such requests to the council would be refused under GDPR unless as you say statutory action was taken
Otherwise there would be too much risk of revealing nonsensical complaints that the council have metaphorically tossed straight into the nearest waste paper bin.

ReadySteadyPop

user1977 said:

GDB2222 said:

user1977 said:

The principle is really whether it's something a buyer would want to know - so is there no longer a barking dog, or did you just decide not to pursue the complaint (and there's a still a barking dog which a buyer might be irritated by)? There's not much point telling buyers about purely historical matters.

The question in the enquiry form does ask for all issues, both current and historical.  If the matter is historical, and there's a good reason why it's unlikely to recur, it's hardly likely to derail the sale if you do disclose it. 

But there's absolutely nothing to be gained by doing so. Given how twitchy some buyers seem to be about the most innocuous things, I wouldn't bother giving them the full history about e.g. long-gone antisocial neighbours.

That`s about money though not really neighbours or dogs.

TBagpuss

Slightly different situation but when I wa selling my previous home, I had had an issue with some antsocial behaviour from a neighbour. I reported it to the Housing Association (they were tenants) who spoke to them and it stopped. They (the neighbours)  claimed (to the HA) that the person who had been being antisocial was a vistor to the property. (Personally, I doubt that)

So I put on the form that there had been an issue in the past which I had been advised was due to a visitor to the neighbouring property and that it  had been resolved following contact to the landlord. All of which was true.  

My view was that that way, I knew they couldn't come back at me if things did kick off, and that  I'd rather have that peace of mind than the risk  of being sued!