Re: Noisy neighbour and house sale

>> > When I moved into my flat two years ago I shortly became aware of one
>> > of
>> > my neighbours regularly playing music until ~2am that could be heard in
> my
>> > property. As I work nights this has never been an issue, seeing as I am
>> > rarely in my flat when the music can be heard. I have never issued a
>> > complaint to my neighbour, nor got environmental health involved as I
>> > don't see it as a real problem.
>> >
>> > I am currently in the process of selling my flat (purely for financial
>> > reasons) and have accepted an offer. I am going through all the
> paperwork
>> > sent through by my solicitors and need to know whether I should declare
>> > this "problem" in case the buyer moves in and then subsequently comes
>> > after me because I failed to make him aware of it, even though it's
> never
>> > been of concern to me.
>> >
>> > Do I have to state things like this when providing details to my buyer?
>> >
>> > Can anyone offer some (legal) advice please?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > steve
>>
>> you have already anserwed your own question , you have never had reason
>> to
>> complain about the noise so there isnt a problem
>
> Not so. It's a matter which clearly might affect the decision of a
> prospective purchaser. However in the absence of any complaint or
> litigation
> about the matter the OP can easily say he was unaware of it or that maybe
> it
> didn't even exist while he lived there. Morally therefore, and probably
> legally, he ought to declare it but in practice he's safe from any
> comeback.


The standard questions ask if you have any dispute with your neighbours. The
truthful answer is no. If the question is phrased differently then the
answer would be different.

--
Peter Crosland


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