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

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Absolutely pull out. After years living with nightmare neighbour who we thought would be fine, it totally ruined our lives

@Hopingtomovehouse A person can be nice and a hoarder - these traits aren't mutually exclusive. But for how long will this woman seem "nice" when you're living next door to her rubbish tip? Hoarding is a terrible fire risk OP - if her house were to catch fire, it could spread to yours (if you buy it). Are you willing to take this risk? I wouldn't.

Have you been round to see the extent of the mess? I wonder whether it would bother you too much, given that neither of you noticed it on viewing. If it’s messy rather than an eyesore, and you know and like the neighbour, I’d be tempted to proceed. It would be different if they were loud / aggressive.

Have you been back to have a look?

Withdraw.

rats are a nuisance and if unfortunately, neighbors dispute are handed with the house sale.

We have crappy neighbours had I realised before we bought I hope we wouldn’t have moved here.

Do a few drive-bys, what does the neighbours house look like? Is it untidy or problematic as described in the complaints? Is next door close enough to be a problem for you? Do you love the house enough to occasionally offer the neighbour help with disposing of items?

We had similar OP in that nothing was declared by our seller on any of the forms. Estate agent told us the boundary to our property was at the top of an embankment and we offered based on that. After we moved in it transpired there's been an ongoing dispute for a decade between all houses on our side of the road and a man who believes he owns the land that runs alongside.

We'd still have wanted this house but would have offered less as this dispute potentially halves the size of our garden. The agent might not have known but the seller definitely did - we've been shown emails he'd been sending to the other person dating back years!

Abandon ship. Neighbour disputes can run on forever/ escalate into legal ( expensive) action. If you havent had the disclosure form though maybe get it - if dispute is mentioned and you are inclined, use it as leverage to get a price reduction, accepting that you'll then have the dispute to continue to deal with. If its that bad surely the council would be dealing with it anyway?

They don’t have to tell you only once they submit paperwork where there is a question about it. Once that is filled out you can then do something about it if they are not honest. Frankly I would walk away and save yourself what could be a complete nightmare to live next door to

If others have pulled out then Assume you could be in same situation of living next to filthy people with a house you can’t sell

I am bit on the fence with this. Maybe they should've told you about the dispute but given it was a dispute about the garden being full of rubbish they may have thought that it was fairly obvious the neighbours aren't great.

I would run unless you want years of aggro plus the seller has not been honest so they may hide something else

Think it's the TA7

And the council does nothing. Honestly why normal law abiding people go through this in this country.

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If the rubbish is so little of a problem that two people didn't notice it - people who had specifically gone to look - who cares?

I would knock on the neighbours door to ask them directly and call the council to see what they have not done anything.

I agree. Buying a house is a huge deal. If you were unwell OP, why didn’t you arrange a second viewing before offering?

Personally, if you think you can find an equivalent property, I would walk away.

pull out ! Neighbours can be a nightmare are and if there are issues before even getting there it’s a very bad sign

If I didn't see it I would pull out, some rubbish we could live with.
Sadly we live next to a sexual predator who prefers women and children. Your vendors have a legal obligation to state any issues- sadly we bought a deseased for over 2 years estate and none of the neighbours breathed a word.
They like to moan now and I give them short shift, 4 children and we live next to a school.
We have police visits on a regular basis and if they (police officers) see me in civvies in the local supermarket they hug me as they know how bloody awful it is - they are bloody amazing 👏.
I just have to keep plodding on and sadly my children know more than they should have done but now are older are very aware.
Breaks my heart that he ruined thier innocence.

The rubbish could get worse- talk to the estate agent and the neighbour???
Sorry for tmi.

Amend offer to include clean up and complaints cleared.

They can’t clean up the neighbours crap!

Perhaps the awful neighbours leave the rubbish there bc the vendors are awful neighbours. They might clean up their act for you.

Withdraw