Fouling neighbour derailing our future plans!

[UglyBoy19]

DHs house has finally got a buyer (low offer but c’est la vie). His tenant is moving out before Xmas. Last year when I was heavily pregnant we spent thousands doing it up and tried to sell it, but the market was stagnant and we had to relet it for another 12 months.
Our big problem is the reclusive neighbour next door and his bull mastiff and huskie dogs. We’ve had a few issues, but mainly it’s the Piles and piles of faeces in plastic bags or Unbagged littering his garden and the smell wafting over. The neighbour doesn’t go out much or walk the dogs sufficiently and they jump up at the window and scare passersby. DH has been on at him to clean up the weeks old dog shit for the sake of his tenant and her young daughter and also for our house viewings and with a lot of polite pestering and reminders, he has cleared it up in advance of viewings. Now that the For Sale sign has gone up, he’s let the shite pile up worse than ever and the tenant has sent us a picture and wants us to report him. He has mental health issues, takes strong medication and has a social worker who comes round to ‘plant lavendar’ with him. I frequently tow the line between really feeling sorry for him but also wanting to punch him and his horrible dogs in the face.
We need to sell this property and then Mine so we can have a nice family home with a garden for our son. We currently have a shared yard in a dodgy area ; we can’t afford to lose our buyer and put our life on hold plus obviously we would like to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday. What should we do?

[2bazookas]

I'd do whatever it takes to avoid the buyer pulling out. Just bite the bullet, get round there and clean up the dog shit until your tenant moves out and the sale completes.

It's not fair but it's temporary and solves all your problems .

[UglyBoy19]

The tenant has been there for 6 months.

[sundowners]

It would 100% put me off buying a house- most non-dog owners smell that "dog smell" ie. wet fur the moment we walk into a house with dogs and their shit is literally one of the worst, probably worst smell in the world. Dog owners get used to it/don't notice it but if you dont have a dog its awful. I know I'd definitely smell the wafts of even those poo's lying around on his patio all day and I'd definitely not want to live in close proximity to it, its just vile.

[makingmammaries]

If that is one day’s worth of poo then no, it does not count as abuse. If the dogs are given food, water and shelter and not subjected to violence, you would be wasting your time involving the RSPCA. It’s fine to want to sell the house, and fine to be irritated by the neighbour. That’s how it is living cheek by jowl with strangers. But the neighbour is not breaking any laws and deserves to be left alone.

[makingmammaries]

And for those saying “poor dogs”, note that interventionism with animals as with children can lead to very bad outcomes. Seriously, I despair of these people who jump to conclusions on the basis of one day’s worth of poo in his OWN GARDEN.

[contrmary]

I'm not sure that wanting to punch his "horrible dogs in the face" will be very helpful. Your best bet is to get the RSPCA involved, perhaps they will be able to take the dogs away and fingers crossed they will get put down.