Neighbours may be causing my house not to sell

purplevamp

We're trying to sell our house but the neighbours are always out in their garden shouting at each other.  We had one viewing where the neighbours were effing and jeffing at each other.  The Estate Agents can't get hold of the couple who viewed it (no surprise!).  

Our EA said they're surprised the house hasn't sold and suggest we knock £25K off the asking price. If we do this then we can't afford to move as there's nowhere suitable for us in that price range. We're also on a 20 week contract with the EA (I know it's long) and it's only been on for 5 weeks.

Has anyone managed to sell a house with loud neighbours?

Mark_d

Have you tried talking to the neighbours?  If you can't get the to quieten down amicably then maybe get the council involved.
You can sell the property as is but you'd have to sell it at a significant discount.

purplevamp

Mark_d said:

Have you tried talking to the neighbours?  If you can't get the to quieten down amicably then maybe get the council involved.
You can sell the property as is but you'd have to sell it at a significant discount.

Yes, many many times.  But they don't care.  We are Housing Association (we bought our house) and have been told that if we make a complaint it needs to be disclosed when selling.  They've been like this for over 20 years and their various children have taken over the baton of being loud and rude.

ETA: The older child lives in the shed at the bottom of the garden and has his music on quite often, not always loud but you can hear it.

ReadySteadyPop

purplevamp said:

Mark_d said:

Have you tried talking to the neighbours?  If you can't get the to quieten down amicably then maybe get the council involved.
You can sell the property as is but you'd have to sell it at a significant discount.

Yes, many many times.  But they don't care.  We are Housing Association (we bought our house) and have been told that if we make a complaint it needs to be disclosed when selling.  They've been like this for over 20 years and their various children have taken over the baton of being loud and rude.

ETA: The older child lives in the shed at the bottom of the garden and has his music on quite often, not always loud but you can hear it.

If you have lasted 20 years it can`t be that bad? Dropping the price is your only real option to sell though, people will overlook a lot if they are getting value.

grumpy_codger

purplevamp said:

Mark_d said:

Have you tried talking to the neighbours?  If you can't get the to quieten down amicably then maybe get the council involved.
You can sell the property as is but you'd have to sell it at a significant discount.

.... They've been like this for over 20 years and their various children have taken over the baton of being loud and rude.

Well, I think this is something that any buyer needs to know and, unfortunatly for you,  affects negatively the value of your house.
BTW, when buying my new house, I came there few times outside of the viewings to look aroung and  see what's going on there.

Mark_d

purplevamp said:

Mark_d said:

Have you tried talking to the neighbours?  If you can't get the to quieten down amicably then maybe get the council involved.
You can sell the property as is but you'd have to sell it at a significant discount.

Yes, many many times.  But they don't care.  We are Housing Association (we bought our house) and have been told that if we make a complaint it needs to be disclosed when selling.  They've been like this for over 20 years and their various children have taken over the baton of being loud and rude.

ETA: The older child lives in the shed at the bottom of the garden and has his music on quite often, not always loud but you can hear it.

I'm sorry to hear that your neighbours are being so inconsiderate.
Whilst you might need to disclose it (and I'd speak with your solicitor before disclosing it), I think you'd be better off if you can get the problem solved before selling.  I think this rule generally holds true for anything you sell.

purplevamp

ReadySteadyPop said:

purplevamp said:

Mark_d said:

Have you tried talking to the neighbours?  If you can't get the to quieten down amicably then maybe get the council involved.
You can sell the property as is but you'd have to sell it at a significant discount.

Yes, many many times.  But they don't care.  We are Housing Association (we bought our house) and have been told that if we make a complaint it needs to be disclosed when selling.  They've been like this for over 20 years and their various children have taken over the baton of being loud and rude.

ETA: The older child lives in the shed at the bottom of the garden and has his music on quite often, not always loud but you can hear it.

If you have lasted 20 years it can`t be that bad? Dropping the price is your only real option to sell though, people will overlook a lot if they are getting value.

It goes up and down, depending on which child is living there.  The older ones move out but the younger ones grow up and take over.  Sometimes the mum kicks shed boy out and it's quiet, but then he comes back.  We only bought it 10 years ago when things were better. Big mistake!!  Dropping our price means that we won't be able to find somewhere else as it's already lower than average due to it being ex-HA.

purplevamp

Mark_d said:

purplevamp said:

Mark_d said:

Have you tried talking to the neighbours?  If you can't get the to quieten down amicably then maybe get the council involved.
You can sell the property as is but you'd have to sell it at a significant discount.

Yes, many many times.  But they don't care.  We are Housing Association (we bought our house) and have been told that if we make a complaint it needs to be disclosed when selling.  They've been like this for over 20 years and their various children have taken over the baton of being loud and rude.

ETA: The older child lives in the shed at the bottom of the garden and has his music on quite often, not always loud but you can hear it.

I'm sorry to hear that your neighbours are being so inconsiderate.
Whilst you might need to disclose it (and I'd speak with your solicitor before disclosing it), I think you'd be better off if you can get the problem solved before selling.  I think this rule generally holds true for anything you sell.

grumpy_codger said:

BTW, when buying my new house, I came there few times outside of the viewings to look around and  see what's going on there.

I'm sure people have had drive throughs past our house, I know I do this.  The thing is, our street is lovely and quiet most of the time.  It's just the next door neighbours.  They are always at home and I know they will make a scene when there is a viewing.  Two weeks before the first viewing (which was cancelled twice), they were on holiday and it was lovely and peaceful.  My husband said most people won't care about a bit of noise but I'm not so sure.

strawb_shortcake

I might be mistaken but I have a recollection that @purplevamp is selling in an area we are looking?? But may be wrong. 

We also have a neighbour that has a shed that's been lived in either by children, grandchildren or even the neighbours teenagers, they've played music but not too loudly usually, smoked weed but fortunately they do turn the music down when asked and are polite. But I do value my peace, so whilst the music may not be a problem the arguing would put me off regardless of the price. But overall it's a very peaceful area where I live now, perhaps if I came from a busier area I'd be more accepting 

purplevamp

strawb_shortcake said:

I might be mistaken but I have a recollection that @purplevamp is selling in an area we are looking?? But may be wrong. 

We also have a neighbour that has a shed that's been lived in either by children, grandchildren or even the neighbours teenagers, they've played music but not too loudly usually, smoked weed but fortunately they do turn the music down when asked and are polite. But I do value my peace, so whilst the music may not be a problem the arguing would put me off regardless of the price. But overall it's a very peaceful area where I live now, perhaps if I came from a busier area I'd be more accepting 

I'm in the South but my neighbours are not polite. 

ReadySteadyPop

purplevamp said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

purplevamp said:

Mark_d said:

Have you tried talking to the neighbours?  If you can't get the to quieten down amicably then maybe get the council involved.
You can sell the property as is but you'd have to sell it at a significant discount.

Yes, many many times.  But they don't care.  We are Housing Association (we bought our house) and have been told that if we make a complaint it needs to be disclosed when selling.  They've been like this for over 20 years and their various children have taken over the baton of being loud and rude.

ETA: The older child lives in the shed at the bottom of the garden and has his music on quite often, not always loud but you can hear it.

If you have lasted 20 years it can`t be that bad? Dropping the price is your only real option to sell though, people will overlook a lot if they are getting value.

It goes up and down, depending on which child is living there.  The older ones move out but the younger ones grow up and take over.  Sometimes the mum kicks shed boy out and it's quiet, but then he comes back.  We only bought it 10 years ago when things were better. Big mistake!!  Dropping our price means that we won't be able to find somewhere else as it's already lower than average due to it being ex-HA.

Fair enough, people shouting at each other might not bother some people though, you never know.