So I’ll keep it relatively brief otherwise this will be a three page long thread. A house in our village went on the market last year (we were nearly read to get ours on) we viewed it and loved it, ticked most of our boxes. The couple then took it off the market due to not much being available in the area they want to move to. A couple of weeks later I bit the bullet and knocked on their door making it clear that I could leave if they felt I was being intrusive. They were lovely and invited me in, we then spoke about how much me and my husband loved their house and whether they would consider selling to us privately. They agreed and said once ours was on the market we could discuss a price and move forward with it all. Fast forward to spring of this year, ours is on the market and we agree to purchase theirs for 375. Around a month ago they invited us over to have a look at the work they’ve done on the outbuilding in the garden whilst they were away. I walked round there with my son and whilst we were there, what sounded like a large dog (Doberman) barked the entire time. To the point where even my son said mummy whose dog is that? As we were leaving my husband walked past the house directly next door (attached to the house) as a couple were outside it talking, to say hello. To his surprise the woman at the house is someone we have had issues with previously. An incident occurred where they were both driving through the village but it was my husbands right of way yet she continued to drive. She would not let him go and he had tonnes of cars behind him. It escalated quickly, to which she then knocked on my door at 8am in the morning shouting and swearing about my rude husband. So needless to say, seeing her next door was a shock. She told him that she bought next door at auction (needs completely gutting) and will be living there whilst renovating (adding extension). My husband kindly tried to smooth over what happened before and she was extremely cold, refusing to apologise and whenever I said anything would smirk to her partner. Just to add to make things more confusing, after agreeing to sell to us at 375, the sellers have put it on the market for 325 so a 50k reduction. My husband feels this is dishonest and said we have been ‘mugged off’.
so my question is - knowing all of this and potentially having someone live next door who not only has been difficult, but who will be doing tonnes of building work AND has a large Doberman that doesn’t stop barking (we planned to get chickens and the back of both gardens could be accessed from either house) would you let it get in the way and look elsewhere or stand firm and continue with the purchase?
well done if you got this far!!!