To hope whoever buys it is the neighbour from hell?

What an arse hole. There really is a special place in the depths of hell for people like that.

Wow 😳

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Surely the vendor can put in a complaint to the police / council (not sure which...or both??) regarding that extremely anti social behaviour??!

I feel very sorry for them trying to sell that place. People like that are pathetic

I’d still put an offer in if I liked it.

Surely he won’t carry on with this behaviour forever and will have to accept reality that someone at some point will buy the house.

I should also say, there was someone on my street who wanted to buy the house I bought. It needed a lot of work and every time they drove past and I was talking to trades people outside, they would give me daggers and shake their head.

They’re perfectly fine now and seem to have gotten over it

I’d buy it out of pure spite and enjoy rubbing the unpleasant arseholes nose in it.

If it’s a professional who owns the house, the thread of an ASBO or similar being on record or even reported in the local press could tarnish his reputation forever

I really feel for the vendor and hope they get some advice, but I have to say I’d personally run a mile as I wouldn’t want to inherit a situation like that.

Keep looking!

I would be gutted too op. I wouldn't put in an offer , but I'm sorry this sounds awful is the person next door old? He might only have a few years left if elderly, then you'd have your perfect home

Do people really seek out a particular demographic to sell to? No wonder he's cross.

Knowing the history it actually wouldn’t stop me from offering.

I'd check with the council as to the restrictions concerning bonfires. He may be completely in breach and so legitimately stopped. Antisocial sod.

You could probably get it at a much reduced price, OP, if you're interested. As a professional person, he's unlikely to persist in anything that could get him any sort of record. I think he'd get over it.

What a pig of a man.

I wouldn’t believe a word that the estate agent says.
No one really cares who they sell their house to if they are willing to offer want the seller wants.
It is much more likely that there is some sort of neighbor dispute that the seller is trying to hide.
In any event I would back away.

The poor vendor, stay well away though!

Yes it does sound awful and hoping someone dies soon makes you a bigger arsehole than the bonfire man.

@Proudboomer lol

I would knock on some other doors and ask the other neighbours about life on the street.

What profession is the Asshole neighbour? Why does he want to it so badly?

I’m surprised the estate agent hasn’t tried to sort this out if it happens with every viewing , they’ll really struggle to sell it and will be wanting their commission.