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To sell my house to annoy my neighbours

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Holoqueen · 01/10/2019 16:43

DH would never let me but we have been at war with our neighbours since they moved in 2 years ago. We have been here for 11 years. I love this house but it’s going to court and it won’t end there. I feel like a prisoner. I want to sell once it’s all sorted. But for stupid silly money, so I can get a beer swilling, screaming wife, 6 obnoxious kids and 2/3 barking dogs living here. With motorbikes and everything else possible to annoy stuck up, entitled twits next door. Then I can just sit back and watch the chaos unfold. Iabu of course I wouldn’t do it. It be nice to though. I’ve spent most of the day imagining we had enough money to buy a house we loved and then hold auditions for the worst family ever and then just giving them the house. It’s nice to dream! I can’t be the only one to sit and dream the most ridiculous ways I can cut my nose of to spite my face!

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VinandVigour · 01/10/2019 22:23

If I win big in the lottery, I would offer my house, for free, to a homeless charity, halfway house etc.

We were the same as you, Had wonderful neighbours for 12 years, now we barely speak to the new ones. It has taken them 4 years to re build the house, working on it every weekend, and evening, even Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. Extension, loft conversion, plumbing, electrics, they have done most of it themselves.

Along with three huge, endlessly barking dogs, and having their milk delivered by a diesel van, blaring out hard rock at 3.00 am every other morning, despite them going to the shops every day.

Actually it seems endless, and so sad as we used to love this house. It is the lack of control. We can’t plan anything because the noise level is so bad, we wouldn’t invite anyone over, but we don’t know when it’s going to happen, so can’t plan around it.

SlothRunner · 01/10/2019 22:27

Worst neighbours we had was the woman who tried to stab our very little dog with a garden fork! I would of quiet happily given the house away to somebody awful if it meant pissing off that witch. We moved eventually because of them but still hear about the neighbour from hell, and she hasnt got any better.

Claphands · 01/10/2019 22:34

I sympathise I really do as I’ve had some shitty neighbours, but those of you who sold or are going to, do you keep it quiet or do you get a board outside? I’d be reluctant to do that as it would feel like giving in to them!

greathat · 01/10/2019 22:36

I had an evil neighbour. He died. I reckon the rage inside was not healthy

Rainbowknickers · 01/10/2019 22:54

I’ve had evil neighbours
1st house-they just refused to speak to us cos I was a single mum
2nd house-it went from snotty looks to death threats
3rd house-lovely neighbours until they moved and rented the house out to the most two faced nosy nasty cunt I’ve ever met-if we farted he’d be emailing the council about the noise-he even stood at the bottom of the garden to get a better look at my teen daughter who was getting changed but would stand and say hi if we saw him in the street
4th house-top neighbours-never heard them-always had a nice chat and they moved when she fell pregnant-then the new neighbours moved in
Dog howling all day/night
Kids screaming 24/7
Them fighting 24/7
Tv blasting all the sodding time
They’ve taken up the curb so they can park-which means we can’t
Lighting bbq’s so I can’t put my washing out
The amount of diy they’ve done-it’s like they’ve ripped everything out and have rebuilt it-that goes on for hours-at one point I thought they where going to drill right through into our house
Toys/balls thrown into our garden-and the kids just climb the fence to out garden to get them back
If we use our garden they just peer through the slats at us
A ten foot trampoline at the end of our garden-so the kids can jump and gawp into our kitchen

So much more but would be outing

Nightmare neighbours are the pits

Otterseatpuffinsdontthey · 01/10/2019 23:10

caringcarer · 01/10/2019 23:21

We live in a quiet cul-de-sac. We lived there for 11 years happily. Then neighbours from hell moved into house opposite to us and within a few weeks we were pulling our hair out. They used to have screaming arguments with swearing at the top of their voices day and night. My adult son told them to keep the noise down at night and had his car damaged. He could never prove it was them but they pointed and smirked at the car and my son. Various neighbours called the police but all they did was ask them to keep noise down. Then after three years of their reign of terror they just moved out. It is heaven now. A nice normal quiet family have moved in. Looking back I can see it put all of my family under stress and caused arguments between me and dh about how to deal with them.

inkydinky · 01/10/2019 23:28

No don’t sell! Rent somewhere then rent yours out to people with a) multiple vehicles b) multiple children with at least one trampoline c) noisy dogs and who are d) preferably deaf and in need of a very loud TV. (I’m currently fantasising about doing the same).

Bouledeneige · 02/10/2019 00:06

I think I realised our new neighbours opposite were trouble the very first day they moved in when he hurled their TV through the front window...... It went downhill from there.

Rachie1973 · 02/10/2019 00:29

We have a neighbour up the road from us who rings the police weekly to complain about me or my kids. Last week it was because I was screaming abuse at her outside her gate?!? Fortunately next doors neighbour has builders on the back of their house at the moment who were able to inform police I’d not left my garden all morning.

Another occasion she’d seen me let her tyres down. Whilst I was at work.....

Once my son supposedly broke into her garage. When we were on holiday.

More recently my daughter verbally attacks her in the street daily. My kids have all moved out! The one in question lives 150 miles away in Norfolk!

I have no idea why the police countenance her stupidity all the time. It’s infuriating, but to do anything I’d have to pay a solicitor and sue her for harassment. I’ve tried a cease and desist letter but she got worse!

I think, but I might be wrong, that perhaps she has early dementia or something. I’m trying to be kind and give her the benefit of the doubt but she seriously needs a psych assessment.

I have literally never had a cross word with any other neighbour in 10 years of living here.

sweetiepy · 02/10/2019 04:17

My neighbours threatened to attack me with an axe when I was 7 months pregnant, because I objected to them using my front garden to grow potatoes in! Also, refused to believe my house wall wasn’t theirs and painted my fascias right up to my bedroom window! Eventually had a site meeting with solicitors from both sides. Both mine and theirs just looked at them like they were idiots when they realised what neighbours were claiming was their property! Gave me immense satisfaction when they had to pay my legal bill and the cost to rectify the issue!

They also damaged my car, but I couldn’t prove it. Total b@@@@@ds!!

minesagin37 · 02/10/2019 05:13

Don't you have to declare your disputes now when you sell? That may cause you a problem.

JoObrien7 · 02/10/2019 05:30

@Holoqueen

You do realise that you will have to disclose to whoever buys your house that you don't get on with your neighbours?

smugmug · 02/10/2019 05:37

At a previous house the neighbour decided to cause parking issues in the Cal de sac the houses were in , we were up for sale anyway and when we moved out with our one little car the new family moved in with six cars plus a camper van - karma !

JoObrien7 · 02/10/2019 05:40

@smugmug

We once had neighbour who sold cars from his house so you can imagine what our road looked like! He also kept a boat on his drive! So I reported him to the council and he had to move them.

Dongdingdong · 02/10/2019 06:11

I think I realised our new neighbours opposite were trouble the very first day they moved in when he hurled their TV through the front window

Was the window open or closed?

Bouledeneige · 02/10/2019 22:17

Dongs I got it was closed!

Bouledeneige · 02/10/2019 22:17

Sorry for the mashed up typing!

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