Previous, resolved neighbour dispute, to declare?

[Ellzbellzz01]

Hello,

I understand that neighbour disputes need to be declared when moving house, I have recently accepted an offer and on the paperwork it asks about ongoing disputes, past or present?

we had an issue with our neighbours dog barking for a few weeks when her working hours changed, although it wasn’t everyday as she was on half day sometimes. As I hate confrontation, I understand now this has back fired, I complained to the council so they would get an anonymous complaint letter. After this the council said no complaint to be brought forward as little evidence as only a normal level of barking, when needs to go out or post man coming etc. (When ND got the letter the barking ceased as someone now let’s dog out at lunchtime so doesn’t bark in afternoon). As this was never past the initial letter stage and the council said no evidence does this still need to be declared would you say? This was at the very start of the year, have lived in the house for five years and never a problem until then!

sorry for the long winded post 🫣
tTIA

this makes no sense

you say your complaint was anonymous

and yet the council got back to you to confirm that no grounds because noise was within normal range

how did they get back to you if it was anonymous

oh i see

so you did not report anonymously

i can’t believe you even ask if you have to declare. of course you do

the fact that your dispute didn’t fall in your favour is neither here nor there!

Hi @Ellzbellzz01 , I was wondering how this was going for you? I'm in a similar situation, I complained to the council, they sent her a letter (or at least they said they would) and the noise is less now I don't know if this is related. In hindsight I should have waited it out but I didn't realise you had to declare it.

Did you declare and did it affect your sale?

Thanks!

If you ask the solicitor I would expect them to cover their backs and say declare it however trivial it was. I don't know, I wouldn't like to lose a sale over a dog that used to bark sometimes, don't most dogs bark sometimes?

Hi!

I did declare and as there was no active problem the buyers were happy that on the three times they viewed they hadn’t heard the dog once… we’ve been happily in our new home since December and the buyers are happy in the home with still no issues of barking.

the letter from the council did the trick in stopping the dog from barking and it was what was best for us at the time. My solicitor helped us word it on the form in a way that downplayed it and also confirmed no problem was still occurring!

I hope you get the same outcome!

Thanks for the update, glad to hear everything went well for you in the end!

This gives me hope :-)