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AIBU to think this is not my problem ?

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BahrainB · 03/08/2012 15:51

We rent out our terraced property in London to a respectable due to retire surgeon and his wife who is a university professor .They have let it all the time we've been abroad working which is about 4 years . The problem is our neighbours a mid 30's couple with a child .We were neighbourly to them when we lived there for 2 years but they are whinging and annoying to be honest , so not true friends . The problem is they are constantly emailing me to ask when are the tenants going and since it's about renewal date - the emails are thick and fast . Last year the wife really bollocked me for renewing and said I was being very unreasonable .
I let through an agency and directed the neighbour to them but she is still ranting .
Apparently the tenants are noisy and inconsiderant . The television is too loud , they have frequent dinner parties , slam doors and talk loudly in the garden beneath their child's window . possibly the couple are a bit deaf but seriously they are hardly likely to be ravers in their 60's.
I'm so tempted to move in a student band should they actually move out !

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BahrainB · 03/08/2012 15:53

Oh and the tenants are rarely in London at the weekends as they have a house in the country .

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quoteunquote · 03/08/2012 15:54

Sounds like they are putting all their energy into making your tenants homeless, rather than finding a way to mediate their issues.

HappyCamel · 03/08/2012 15:55

It's up to you who yet let to, as you said new owners or tenants could be far worse. That's just how it is when you live near other people. If she has a problem she needs to take it down the proper channels (council and/or letting agent).

ChaoticismyLife · 03/08/2012 15:56

Can you block their email address?

ViviPru · 03/08/2012 15:58

You know the next time you get an email from your ex-neighbour? Do this

Harsh, but seriously, what do they expect?

FartyMcTarty · 03/08/2012 16:01

You're right, it's not your problem. They need to discuss it with each other. Block emails?

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 03/08/2012 16:03

Not your problem

PomBearWithAnOFRS · 03/08/2012 17:15

Tell them they are welcome to pay the rent themselves and if they do, you will be happy not to take on any new tenants.

janey68 · 03/08/2012 17:23

It's not your problem but I would be wary of engaging, as if you came to sell in future, the paper trail of emails could lead to you having to declare there has been a dispute. I would be tempted to write a terse email reminding them of that: ie that they have logged complaints and this could go against them if they sell, but that you are not aware of any problems. Or you maybe better off completely ignoring. Hopefully a legal bod can advise

BahrainB · 03/08/2012 17:35

Really I think they are just the type of people who if living in the country without neighbours would complain about the silence .

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