Seller not declaring neighbour dispute

[Hopingtomovehouse]

Hi, we put in an offer on a house. Found out that the seller has complained to the council about their next door neighbour over rubbish in front garden, rubbish includes food that is left to go mouldy and it is attracting rats. Neither the estate agent nor the seller told us about this. It appears other people have made offers and pulled out when they have found out. Not sure how they found out as I believe it isn’t declared on any sellers documents. We offered the asking price, it was offers over, but we didn’t offer over

I’d pull out. Scruffy neighbours and dishonest sellers? Nah.

😅Why did you go and look at it then?

Had they been asked directly?

Pull out. We have a shit neighbour, we overlooked the state of her garden when we bought because we loved the house but turns out she has a long history of drug use and MH issues and she has been a total nightmare.

When we asked our seller about the neighbours he gushed about how lovely the couple on the other side are (they are great) but didn't have as much to say about the adjoining neighbour... we should have taken his silence far more seriously!!

as I understand it if you ask a direct question to the EA they should answer it. Ask them. And go have another look.

when we were looking at properties we noticed that the hallway had been recently partially decorated and the letterbox blocked up. We asked a direct question about what had happened. The EA was shocked I had noticed but had to give a response (fire started maliciously). As a result of that and it being b overpriced for the road (because of loans secured on the house - always do a land reg check before you offer!), we didn’t make an offer.

No they haven’t

Its a long ongoing issue, so you need to ask yourself do you want to deal with this issue moving forward. I'd imagine not, I would be looking for a different house.

Don't buy it. Bad neighbours are an absolute misery.

I'd pull out. There's few things more annoying and harder to fix than a bad neighbour.

Loans secured against the house don't stay secured indefinitely, they do follow the person that moves out FYI, the solicitors would just have to deal with the creditor as well dependant on how much of a % of the house they have an interest in.

OP, run for the hills. Neighbours can make a perfect home a nightmare.

Pull out for sure.

If it’s possible to see when viewing the property then they have done nothing dishonest. They don’t have to declare anything at viewings/offer. They only have to declare this when filling out the sellers info pack with solicitors. If others have pulled out previously at this stage, then I would presume they have been honest and not tried to hide it from anyone.

It’s a shame you missed it at the viewing, but that’s not the sellers fault.

I would pull out personally.

If the rubbish is no longer present then I guess it's up to you. If it is present then you knew when you offered so surely can't be that fussed.

I have a hoarder neighbour and it never actually caused any problems. Other than his house and garden looked a state but I couldn't care less about that really.

But the fact the seller didn't mention it seems dishonest.

I’d pull out. You don’t want to live next to a rubbish dump.

Withdraw your offer, tell the EA exactly why......and walk away! You don't want the hassle of inheriting someone else's aggro.

I would withdraw the offer in these circumstances.

Wouldn't touch with a bargepole

In that case I’d in honesty walk away unfortunately.

That's awful. It is a horrible problem for the sellers to have but you certainly don't want to make it your problem. It should be pretty straightforward to sort this type of thing so the fact it has dragged on suggests the neighbors are awful and will not change.

I would pull out too if I’m honest. You can move anywhere that looks nice and find you have nightmares neighbours, but when you know upfront you will only have yourself to blame when the extent of the nightmare becomes apparent.

For someone to leave rubbish out attracting the rats, but to also then CONTINUE to do so when the council gives them warning suggests very unpleasant people. I would be mortified if someone put a complaint in to the council, let alone multiple people.

A dispute would normally involve a solicitor's letter at the very least, or legal action. You could surely see the rubbish yourself. Withdraw your offer if you don't want to potentially have to deal with rats — although you're like to have rats not very far from you anyway.

An official complaint to the council should be declared when selling a property.

Have they filled in the form for solicitor where this needs to be declared?

in any case, it's a moot point - surely you aren't going to buy next to nightmare neighbours so your only action is to pull out?

There's untidy, loud, considerate, nice and everything in-between neighbours. If the rubbish bothers you now don't go near it. People have disputes big and small. I never know what actually constitutes 'a dispute', what's the definition in house sellers speak? We have some fairly well to do neighbours that can't be bothered to bring their bins in, leave rubbish piled up, and I watch and hear rats going through their rubbish sacks. I doubt they even blink an eye.

This. The law makes it clear that complaints to the council must be declared on the property form. If the form hasn’t been served yet, not mentioning it so far is ethically wrong but possibly legally OK. It’s just a waste of everyone’s time if the buyers promptly pull out when they find out.

I’d pull out. I’ve had nuisance neighbours and they were a nightmare,