An agent will never pass on negatives like this to buyer…
Well, it’s not our problem. We disclosed the problems as were legally obliged. We’re not responsible for policing the agent, we pay them to do a good and legally sound job.
It has got absolutely nothing to do with the agent. As the seller you are legally bound to disclose details of any disputes in the Property Information Form which your conveyancer passes on to the buyers solicitor. The buyer could sue you if you didn’t tell them and they find out (e.g. letters from you to the council or the third party you had a dispute with).
I personally know of someone who failed to inform their buyer about a boundary dispute years in the past. The seller found out and successfully sued them for a large sum.
I think its more an issue of how you answer the question about neighbours on the property particulars form that the solicitor sent you.
Thank you, David. It was in Spain, spanish property, and I don’t remember filling property particulars there. Thank you for heads up. A shame the law doesn’t work the same way for LL who are allowed to give falsely positive references for bad TT.
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@Tim ‘in Spain’ yes, thank goodness there’s no PIF in Spain or I would have had to disclose nightmare aggressive 2-faced downstairs neighbour (from Hollywood) who even threatened my solicitor in her office. Buyer beware - over there. @Yvonne did he buy after you bought? If not, did the PIF you were given disclose anything? Could you have some recourse for inaccurate/incomplete info?
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I had a similar problem a couple of years ago (mental illness, threatening my tenants) and it was the council who dealt with it in the end as anti social behaviour. I lost tenants because of it and cited loss of income, threatening behaviour when corresponding with the council. We kept a record of all incidents and police call outs. It took about two years to resolve I am sorry to say but it got there. Try and find a single individual at the council to deal with. We got batted through a few departments first.
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Thank you for your reply, it sounds pretty much like my problem, how did it resolve,? this guy owns the property, I have all the face book posts and all the crime numbers, I have lost 6k up to now, I’m lost rent, council tax, communal charge etc, I am worried now because on here I have been told I cannot sell it without diclosing this, what hope have I off selling, it’s terrible situation to be in,
He bought after me, I have down loaded a deed form from land registry and it show it was bought through solicitor whose name is on and cannot be sold without their permission, just shows he hasn’t got full capacity
Grim. If you know your CPO and are lucky enough to have a good one, they can be a (surprisingly?) good resource for information and remedies in my experience - they certainly can potentially get surprisingly involved in issues like noise in apartment blocks as well as litter in the street. It could be anti-social behaviour, but I don’t know. The police manual says “Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is conduct that has caused – or is likely to cause – harassment, alarm or distress to any person”. If you have a void period you could ‘move in’ e.g. overnight and hence be affected directly, hence able to do something to involve the CPO. But you might not like that idea, understandably.
is it worth writing to that solicitor and explaining the situation?
Seller has to disclose this to buyer. Agent can lie whatever he wants to anybody he wants to.
I’m not sure how you propose to do it. You should know that seller and buyer don’t communicate with each other. Solicitor knew, agent knew. Any other suggestions?
The buyer’s solicitor will send you a questionnaire through your lawyer. You will have to declare and send the document to your solicitor. They will then send it to buyer’s solicitor.
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I was never sent such questionnaire. I guess you think it was in the UK. It wasn’t.
You seem to have tried the legal route without too much joy. I thought davids idea of renting to the council a good one.
another route is to put a hard man in there , the tenant knows what its like to be beaten up so a hard man who will not take any abuse is a language he will understand, usually just to front up is enough. You have to communicate in the right language.
You asked for ideas. You might even get a police officer if the rental price is right
also online laws continue to evolve, maybe keep a note/screenshot all the stuff there maybe some laws he is breaking. your tenants are entitled to the quiet enjoyment of the property and his may be construed as anti social behaviour.
i guess there is no benefits fraud going on?
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No need to be from tenant , if tenant has complained about it to the landlord. Landlord has the right to write such a a letter from him/her self. Due the landlord is loosing it’s profit because of other person behaviour which is devaluating the property’s worth. In this case due it’s ongoing issue , I would go with the letter first and then if needs proceed with the legal actions.
Kind regards, Natalie.
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Legal action against unemployed T? Or somebody else?
Really Natalie, could you help me with a bit more info how I can do this
??? Facepalm.