To feel so guilty

[Bottletopsx]

We live in a beautiful rural area very quiet with one close neighbour. House has been on the market and just accepted an offer from buyer who has ten dogs. Both me and my neighbour have no pets and they told me they would hate to live next door to neighbours with barking dogs. Should I warn them or just move and say nothing?

I wouldn’t say anything. You’ve accepted the offer so it’s happening either way, isn’t it?

What good does telling the neighbours do expect maybe help them to think the worse of you. Selling a house is a needs-must thing and you can't afford to pick and choose. Maybe speak to the buyers and let them know that your neighbours are really nice people but simply that they're not keen on barking dogs. Maybe the new people will do what they can to curb loud barking etc.

Didn't know when we accepted offer.

That would be my absolute worst nightmare. Was that the only offer you got? As your neighbour, I’d offer you the difference between the highest and second-highest offer not to sell to someone with 10 dogs.

Would it have made a difference if you had know before accepting the offer OP?

They offered more than we were asking so too good to turn it down

Ten dogs? That’s not pets, that’s a kennels! How big is your house?

We have 2 acres of garden.

I wouldn't have accepted the offer. Yes you should definitely warn them, presuming you like them.

Are people even allowed to have 10 dogs in a private home where you live?

The only thing your neighbour is going to be able to do is move house, isn’t it? Why tell her? She’ll just think you’re inconsiderate (she would have a point, though perhaps many of us would do the same) and she won’t be able to do anything anyway.

I am not sure what I would have done if I knew about the dogs at the time of offer. The neighbour is not very friendly and never talks to us even though I tried when we first moved in. I only know that they would hate the dogs as its the only thing they said to us when we moved in and they found out we had no pets.

I wouldn't say anything unless you are chatting about the buyers and she specifically asks if they have pets. Don't feel guilty, you have to do what's right for you, not what's best for your neighbour. It sounds bad but you're not going to turn down a good offer because your neighbour doesn't want dogs next door. That's their problem, not yours.

What difference will it make. You've done it now.

That sucks but not your problem 🤷🏼‍♀️

You’re not friends with them despite your efforts. Don’t feel too guilty. Vendors can’t vet their buyers on behalf of their neighbours, nor should they.

You can’t choose your neighbours, you can only move or put up with them so she will have to do one of those things. You can’t live your life for strangers, you didn’t know she had ten dogs and they might not be ‘barky’. Nothing you can do now anyway.

I can’t believe someone with 10 dogs looked around your house and never once said something like “just what we need for the dogs” or “this will be perfect for the dogs”. They would have been looking at the place with their dogs in mind. We don’t have dogs so I can always smell “dog smell” when I go to a house with dogs. If they have 10 dogs they themselves must have smelt of dogs.

I did not know it was TEN!

Why on earth should you care? It’s not for you to police buyers in behalf of your neighbours.

Doesn’t mean they are barky dogs, one of mine has never barked. If you have that many they do tend to be well trained. Take the ££ and run!

Just say to her that you've discovered since accepting their offer that they have 10 dogs and you wanted to warn her... Its not like you'd be lying and I'm sure she'd understand.