would you move into house after this?

[exmrs]

Short version of story
Offered local housing house told to go and look round the area and provisionally accept before viewing but I'm not to knock on house or talk to tenant as they still in house.

Anyway went looking at the road and walked past the house with my son and the next door neighbour to house was at door and was looking at me as people have no reason to walk down the road unless you going to the small row of houses.

I said hi and asked her what the area like and explained I'd beenoffered a house,

She got talking and offered me to look round her house as I was asking about size of second bedrooms.

I kept saying no but she said no trouble and showed me upstairs.

She seemed friendly so I told me her name and she was saying a few bad things about the area like backstabbing.

Anyway get a phonecall off housing as they had email off tenant saying I'd knocked on her house and asked to look round which is totally untrue, I didn't knock on neighbours and certainly didn't ask.
Tenant didn't even see me but I'd quoting my name. Housing officer saying I've harassed tenant and implying I won't fettle house as she wouldn't believe I hadn't knocked on and when I said I was talking to neighbour she said I shouldn't have done.
So I'm apparently allowed to look at,area BuT talk to no one.
Now it's obvious that this friendly neighbor ran to next door saying I've been on the street, whether it's to annoy her next door neighbour I dont know or whether tenant has beef with housing as she going to private rented.

Anyway I'm so angry as I didn't knock on any door or harass anyone, I just talked to what I thought a friendly neighbor.

Aibu to be annoyed that house could fall through due to tenant lying?

Would you move there anyway after next door neighbour is obviously 2 faced and this is a warning not up move

Follow up what you have said with an email stating that you did not knock on anyone's door and that the woman from number blah blah invited you to come in.

That way you have it in writing what happened and it would be really wrong of the housing officer not to take your word for it.

If you have been offered house then unless the tenant leaving revokes their notice it shouldn't affect you getting the house. But confirm what actually happened in writing.

Even if I still can have the house I feel this has put me off the neighbor next door as she has gossiped, I can't be sure it's her or old tenant lying saying I asked to be shown round.

I just have a feeling now this is telling me not to move

OP - you're never going to find somewhere with perfect neighbours. Sure, she gossips but there are worse thing in life than a gossiping neighbour

Go with your gut instinct. Would you be waiting a long time for another place?

Don't let this put you off if the house and area are otherwise acceptable. So your neighbour will be a bit of a gossip - there are a lot worse things, you have no guarantee at all that your neighbours would be perfect at the next place you get offered (whenever that is) and forewarned is forearmed. But do write to the HO and say what happened - if you didn't knock on any door then you followed the instructions as you understood them - you weren't told not to speak to anyone at all were you, just not to speak to the tenant.

I'd be most surprised if the offer were withdrawn for supposedly talking to the existing tenant. There are very few things that a housing association is allowed to turn down a nominated tenant for if the nomination comes via the bidding process and the applicant has been screened by the Council. As others have said, set the record straight via email and bear in mind that this neighbour is a busy body/gossip. If you turn down this property, what are the chances of another being offered?

On a positive note at least you know to avoid this neighbour from the get go!

If I turn down unlikely I will get somewhere else, they can withdraw as I've applied direct through them they have no obligation to house me

I've only provisionally accepted a,I have no contract and I'm sure they will say it's breaching some tenancy rule

I've now got it into my head the neighbour didn't want me to move there as I was telling her where I was was noisy at night and she replied she has her music on loud in the day sort of and that's that tone, so maybe she didn't want what she perceives as someone wanting quiet

Why would you tell her you are noisy at night?

And worrying about backstabbing and gossiping this much is a bit, well, odd really.

I'm not noisy at night my current neighbours are!

I'm worrying because my offer could be withdrawn because of someone telling lies and gossiping,would you not be worried about being made out to have harassed someone?

Go with your instinct and let this place go. Noisy music in the day doesn't sound good, aside from a nagging feeling about the people you've come across there. I would email what happened and say you're uncomfortable with moving there now anyway.

I would avoid if possible. Someone who is playing loud music and is also a busybody would put me off big time. I would email an account of what happened and would also add that the neighbours behaviour and comments have made it difficult for you to accept now. It also seems ridiculous that you are not allowed to speak to anyone or look at the property.

Sorry, I completely misread what you wrote!

It doesn't sound like a great area, really. Are you likely to be offered somewhere better if you turn it down?

I wonder what the existing tenant would say about the area, if you were allowed to talk to them?

I wonder why they're moving?

I think sunbathe is onto something. I would seriously wonder why someone was leaving a HA tenancy to go into a private renting and the HA being so keen for you not to talk to the tenant

Yes, sounds dodgy to me with the extra info, the neighbour is probably moving because of the one you spoke to being noisy and the HA don't want you to know.