"We can't sell our house 'cos of the next door neighbours"

WIAWSNB

What would you do?
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-sell-homes-because-32832934

Mr.Generous

Move house

WIAWSNB

Mr.Generous said:

Move house

"We can't sell house becuase..."

Murphybear

You can contact the council.  If the rubbish is causing a health hazard they can force the owners to remove it.  If it’s just untidy then the council can’t do anything about it.  

Emmia

Murphybear said:

You can contact the council.  If the rubbish is causing a health hazard they can force the owners to remove it.  If it’s just untidy then the council can’t do anything about it.  

Alas the council seem unable to do anything...

WIAWSNB

I understand it is possible to sue a neighbour for devaluating your property by their deliberate and unreasonable behaviour, but I suspect it'll need some commitment - and money - to carry that through.
Alternatively, if passersby lobbed their half-eaten sarnies into these works of art, the council would soon have legitimate cause running around...

Bigphil1474

Headline was a bit misleading since it said the house was sold after 18 months. If it was me, it would probably disappear during the night.

user1977

WIAWSNB said:

I understand it is possible to sue a neighbour for devaluating your property by their deliberate and unreasonable behaviour

From where did you gain that understanding?

ButterCheese

Knocking on his door several times a day and night with requests for him to clean up would probably be annoying for him; as annoying as having a tip in the front garden is for others.

What's sickening is, if Jo Bloggs wants a large shed in the back garden, or wants to change their roof from polycarbonate to tiles, they have to pay for planning permission which can be refused on a whim or if someone complains.  Yet they're happy that no laws are being broken by this idiot monstrosity in the front garden where everyone can see it.  This is modern Britain

Emmia

Judging by the article, once there was a sculpture of a mammoth in that place (by the same "artist") but it fell into disrepair and so they piled shopping trollies etc. on

WIAWSNB

user1977 said:

WIAWSNB said:

I understand it is possible to sue a neighbour for devaluating your property by their deliberate and unreasonable behaviour

From where did you gain that understanding?

From a case a looong time ago - a decade or more. I cannot recall details at all, or even if it was successful - tho' I sense it was, as that was, I think, the point of the article. But it was a long time ago.

In theory, aren't all the statues already available? 

You, say, demonstrate that there's a 'nuisance' being caused by the rubbish, or by the neighbour's recalcitrance, which shouldn't be hard to do; the long-term involvement by the council (they don't try and act for no reason), visitor's attitude to your home, what other neighbours also feel about it, and how it 'spoils your rightful enjoyment', etc. And then you demonstrate the 'loss', which should be even easier, such as an EA's valuation, or even an attempt at sale, with viewer's feedback citing the mess. 

A litigator worth their salt should surely?

Anyhoo, I prefer the sandwich method.