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Morning al.

I'm in the process of buying a house where the owner has passed away. Any ideas on who/how I find out about my potential neighbours? Ideally when buying you just ask the vendors. As this is vacant and I'm dealing with the owners estate, I'm not really sure who to ask? Short of knocking on the neighbours door and asking if they're insane!!

Any tips would be great.

TIA,

Nick
 
Also, the vendor's agent is obliged to disclose whether there have been any disputes with neighbours etc although they may be 'unaware' of any.
 
Assuming you have visited the property sometimes just having a cursory glance at the condition of the neighbouring properties can be enough to ascertain what your new neighbours are like e.g. well maintained gardens etc.

Failing that i know of no other solution that may assist.
 
on a few evenings go and park up and walk arround but like above don't be afraid to knock on and ask
check out the state of the gardens
 
We know the area, we only moved from their last year, and the new house is approximately 600 yards from our new one. But the current neighbours only moved in 6 months ago. There's no reason whatsoever to suggest they may be dodgy, it's just that with three young kids in tow, we want to ask all the relevant questions. I have spoken to the agent, who is also ours to see if anything has been declared. It helps that it's a tiny village too. Everyone seems to know everyone. I'll ask around discreetly
 
If the seller was still alive I suspect he might be reluctant to declare that the neighbours were insane as it could put buyers off
 
NickTB said:
We know the area, we only moved from their last year, and the new house is approximately 600 yards from our new one. But the current neighbours only moved in 6 months ago. There's no reason whatsoever to suggest they may be dodgy, it's just that with three young kids in tow, we want to ask all the relevant questions. I have spoken to the agent, who is also ours to see if anything has been declared. It helps that it's a tiny village too. Everyone seems to know everyone. I'll ask around discreetly
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What are the relevant questions?
 
stupar said:
Assuming you have visited the property sometimes just having a cursory glance at the condition of the neighbouring properties can be enough to ascertain what your new neighbours are like e.g. well maintained gardens etc.
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What do well maintained gardens tell you about the neighbours, except they like gardening?
 
Sorry, when I say relevant questions, what I actually mean is deducing as much about the neighbours as I can. Do they have kids of a similar age, do they have dogs as mine are terrified of them, that kind of thing.
 
onomatopoeia said:
What do well maintained gardens tell you about the neighbours, except they like gardening?
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When have you known a chavy scummy occupant to be into horticulture.

It can be a hint that a well tended garden stretches beyond just the corners of the property and may also give a suggestion to someones personality as a neighbour.

Its not fool proof but makes for a good start point
 
stupar said:
When have you known a chavy scummy occupant to be into horticulture.

It can be a hint that a well tended garden stretches beyond just the corners of the property and may also give a suggestion to someones personality as a neighbour.

Its not fool proof but makes for a good start point
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Indeed, but not all nasty, vindictive, undesirables neighbours are chavy scum.
Some are teachers, engineers, nurses etc.
 
viv1969 said:
Indeed, but not all nasty, vindictive, undesirables neighbours are chavy scum.
Some are teachers, engineers, nurses etc.
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Yeah i know, i was just trying to paint the most extreme and obvious scenario........under the caveat that growing marijuana does not constitute horticulture :D
 
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NickTB said:
Morning al.

I'm in the process of buying a house where the owner has passed away. Any ideas on who/how I find out about my potential neighbours? Ideally when buying you just ask the vendors. As this is vacant and I'm dealing with the owners estate, I'm not really sure who to ask? Short of knocking on the neighbours door and asking if they're insane!!

Any tips would be great.

TIA,

Nick
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Check if they are Nikon using TPers

If so, dip the house [emoji23]
 
If I had a garden I'd probably let it grow pretty wild as it's is good for insects and wildlife - I actually quite like stinging nettles
What I hate are those awful manicured lawns - life is too short for mowing lawns!
 
boliston said:
If I had a garden I'd probably let it grow pretty wild as it's is good for insects and wildlife - I actually quite like stinging nettles
What I hate are those awful manicured lawns - life is too short for mowing lawns!
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No its not, it gives the impression I'm not a serial killer if I maintain my lawn at 37 mm and my recently deceased neighbours houses will sell quicker to tasty new victims, I mean vendors :D​
 
boliston said:
life is too short for mowing lawns!
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After being a slave to the lawn for a few years, mowing, scarifying, edging, aerating, weeding & feeding, *I decided several years ago I was wasting my life, so bought a couple of kilo's of clover seed & scattered it amongst the increasing amount of moss on my lawn.
It looks greener in Winter, takes less mowing in Summer & is popular with the bees & flutterbyes. (y)

*I recently decided that, even drastically reducing the amount of time I was spending mowing wasn't enough, so............... I now pay next doors gardener a tenner, every fortnight, to do mine when he's leaving. Sorted! :cool:
 
OldCarlos said:
After being a slave to the lawn for a few years, mowing, scarifying, edging, aerating, weeding & feeding, *I decided several years ago I was wasting my life, so bought a couple of kilo's of clover seed & scattered it amongst the increasing amount of moss on my lawn.
It looks greener in Winter, takes less mowing in Summer & is popular with the bees & flutterbyes. (y)

*I recently decided that, even drastically reducing the amount of time I was spending mowing wasn't enough, so............... I now pay next doors gardener a tenner, every fortnight, to do mine when he's leaving. Sorted! :cool:
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Well I'm glad I'm not moving next door to YOU! ;)
 
I know my grass needs cutting when it touches the legs of the trousers hanging down from the washing spider.
 
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