{"id":2682,"date":"2015-08-05T14:05:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/to-sell-thy-neighbour\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T10:24:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T10:24:38","slug":"to-sell-thy-neighbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/to-sell-thy-neighbour\/","title":{"rendered":"To Sell Thy Neighbour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><!-- [if !mso]&gt;v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}&lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 688 3922 The Little House Company 32 9 4601 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">Love thy neighbour as thyself &#8211; Mark 12:31.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">Easy for him to say, Jesus never had to put up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yzI00jEaJ4Q\">Skrillex<\/a> played through a 100-watt amp at 4am. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whether it&#8217;s burning rubbish at the bottom of the garden or\u00a0practising\u00a0plate spinning at 2\u00a0in the morning, inconsiderate neighbours make life about as much fun as amateur naval piercing and they aren&#8217;t doing your insurance premiums much good either.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.vanburen.org.uk\/Van%20Buren%20Black%20&amp;%20White%20Plate%20Spinner.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Image source: www.vanburen.org.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span class=\"MsoFootnoteReference\"><span class=\"MsoFootnoteReference\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mooseyscountrygarden.com\/gardening-articles\/burning-autumn.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Image source:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">www.mooseyscountrygarden.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\" style=\"text-indent: 36.0pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">Maintaining a <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/housing-estate\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/housing_estate;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01rtvp;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Housing_estate\" >home<\/a> is already a fairly stressful proposition before even considering the Addams family you&#8217;ve got living next <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"doors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/door\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/door;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02dgv;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Door\" >door<\/a>. In a recent survey conducted by comparison website <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moneysupermarket.com\/?Source=GOO-004AEF27&amp;Keyword=moneysupermarket&amp;p=0&amp;mckv=senGFA5eP%7Cdc_pcrid_5233192982_mtype_p_kword_moneysupermarket_2764ri918980&amp;uuid=f237e241-a16f-4272-9475-d4da28cea11f&amp;Device=c&amp;gclid=CLe5jvux_L8CFfOhtAod7yMAOA\" target=\"\">MoneySuperMarket.com<\/a>, it found one in ten <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01l0mw;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home\" >home<\/a>-owners in the UK had made <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homeowners\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home-insurance\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home_insurance;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0313mp;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Home_insurance;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home_insurance\" >home insurance<\/a> claims because of their neighbours. On average, a claim like this will add \u00a350 to the standard home insurance premium. Projecting forward on that one in ten, affected home-owners across the country stand to lose \u00a3157 million thanks to their next-door neer-do-wells. It&#8217;s not all bad though; there&#8217;s always moving right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\" style=\"text-indent: 36.0pt;\">\n<p class=\"Prose\" style=\"text-indent: 36.0pt;\">\n<p class=\"Prose\"><img src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Film\/Pix\/pictures\/2013\/10\/31\/1383233472953\/1991-THE-ADDAMS-FAMILY-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Image source:\u00a0www.theguardian.com\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Selling a <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"houses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >house<\/a> is like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O0O8QpIKu7s\">solving a Rubik&#8217;s Cube whilst wearing oven gloves<\/a>: difficult even in good weather. But selling a house means also selling the neighbours, something that 12% of UK householders already admit will negatively affect the price of their home. Ten years ago, this was an even bigger problem due to the Sellers Information Form, part of the Home Information Pack, a set of Government documents compelling sellers to disclose certain information regarding the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05wrt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property\" >property<\/a> being sold. They have since been repealed, but not soon enough to save Sophie Duffy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 2004, Miss Duffy, a 35 year-old marketing manager, bought her first house in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Janet Musgrave, the previous owner, described her neighbour as quiet as a mouse. The Sellers Information Form has a number of questions including: Do you know of any dispute or anything which might lead to a dispute involving this or any neighbouring property? Mrs Musgrave wrote &#8220;No&#8221;.\u00a0 Miss Duffy soon discovered this was not the case. Not long after moving in, Miss Duffy&#8217;s new neighbour, Kevin Mack, made his presence known, banging on the walls and shouting obscenities until the early hours of the morning. On the one occasion Miss Duffy decided to bang on the wall back, he came round and tried to kick her door down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\">\n<p class=\"Prose\"><img src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2009\/05\/06\/article-1177774-04D0857F000005DC-881_468x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Image source:\u00a0www.dailymail.co.uk\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As such, Miss Duffy took Mrs Musgrave to court, claiming misrepresentation. After having an independent valuation, it was concluded that Mrs Musgrave would&#8217;ve lost \u00a350,000 had she disclosed the truth about Mr Mack. With interest, Miss Duffy&#8217;s claim came to \u00a359,000. However, the court found Mrs Musgrave innocent. Judge Andrew Rutherford ruled that Mr Mack&#8217;s anti-social behaviour was infrequent and not ongoing and that Mrs Musgrave was not compelled to disclose it. Mrs Musgrave felt she didn&#8217;t deserve to be penalised for someone else&#8217;s actions and rightly so, but nor should the buck be passed to the next owners. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\" style=\"text-indent: 36.0pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;Good fences make good neighbours&#8221;, writes Robert Frost. But what Frost tinged with irony, I now advise whole-heartedly to anyone with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mw0IakmQri0\">Gomez and Morticia<\/a>\u00a0living next door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\" style=\"text-indent: 36.0pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\" style=\"text-indent: 36.0pt;\"><a style=\"text-indent: 36pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/thelittlehousecompany.com\/property-blog\/93\/neighbours_from_hell_are_biggest_put_off_for_prospective_buyers\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">Are nightmare neighbours putting off your prospective buyers?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\" style=\"text-indent: 36.0pt;\">\n<p class=\"Prose\" style=\"text-indent: 36.0pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Prose\" style=\"text-indent: 36.0pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/thelittlehousecompany.com\/property-blog?author=9\" target=\"\">Joe Castle<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- [if !supportFootnotes]--><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<p><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ftn1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Love thy neighbour as thyself &#8211; Mark 12:31. \u00a0 Easy for him to say, Jesus never had to put up with Skrillex played through a 100-watt amp at 4am. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whether it&#8217;s burning rubbish at the bottom of<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/to-sell-thy-neighbour\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"wl_entity_type":[602],"modified_by":null,"_wl_alt_label":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wl:entity_url":"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/post\/to_sell_thy_neighbour","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15237,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions\/15237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2682"},{"taxonomy":"wl_entity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wl_entity_type?post=2682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}