If you have trouble with your neighbours, DON'T, go to the police or your local council!!!?

Question

about 10 years ago, a neighbour started having trouble with our next door neighbours, WHOM WE HAD ALWAYS BEEN ON GOOD TERMS WITH, and she went to the police and the neighbour on the other side of us, who happened to be a police officer, asked us to keep a watch out, as she was harrassing the neighbour. Its a long story but it turned out that she wasn't harrassing her just trying to be too friendly and it wasn't wanted.

But after all this time, the difficult neighbour is still living there, DOING NO HARM TO ANYONE but we were advised to avoid her and her family, so we did, and in time we passed on this information to other neighbours.

The problem we have now in a year or so we would like to sell our house and move somewhere else but the people on the other side of this neighbour can't sell there house, and it has had to reduced, but still nobody will buy it.

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE, we wished we had never got involved in the first place.

The police says be patient, A JOKE REALLY

Answer 1

I assume you mean the UK???

You have to declare any problems now when selling a house in the UK....if you did not speak to the police directly and did not file a complaint with the council or police, then I think you should be OK, as it is just 'hear say'. Are you friends with her now??? as if you were it would not be an issue, as you are friends.

However the issue is you passed on the 'false' information to another family/property owner so you will have to check with your solicitor if by doing this means you have to declare the action.

Also, they could be another reason their house is not selling, a bad area, not so new kitchen, to higher listing price..what I am trying to say is it may not be related the house near you not selling and this issue.

Answer 2

So you reckon the police made your property value go down?

If you had no issue with the neighbours in question, why avoid them? Just cos some one told you to? That's your own fault.

I don't believe one neighbourly dispute made your property price drop so much you are unable to sell you home.

Answer 3

Best stay out of the problem and don't get involved. It avoids a load of stress in the long run.

Answer 4

I doubt if either the police or the council have anything to do with the lack of sale.  Is it overpriced?  Not well presented? Not in a popular area?

With respect, the state of anyone's private relations with the neighbours aren't going to affect a property sale . . perhaps the people need to ask their agent why it's not selling?

Answer 5

Oh dear what a mess! But there really does not seem to be any real reason why the house won't sell. Speak to the esatate agent; perhaps it's simply overpriced?

Answer 6

You say the neighbour wasn't actually causing any trouble and that it was all a misunderstanding.  Were you passing on information to other neighbours about the so called problems or were you passing on the information that there was no problem?  I have always found it best, when new neighbours move into the area not to discuss present neighbours as this can cause prejudice.  My bad neighbour might turn out to be the new persons best friend or vice -versa.  

You do not have much choice now but to sit it out.  Perhaps you could start spreading the word about what lovely neighbours you have.  If bad news can cause harm, perhaps good news will repair the damage.

Answer 7

LOL.

Answer 8

Doesn't sound particularly funny to me, if you have troublesome neighbours you are duty bound to do something about it, sorry but perhaps in this instance you shouldn't have got involved.