My house is now on the market since August. At the moment, it would appear to be worth €16K (and dropping) than the identical house sold beside me last Easter. I have decided that I can take the hit of the €16K, but once it goes down under that, I dont think its worth my while.
Over the past two weeks, I have had two offers both just within the borderline asking price, both of whom then pulled out.
A couple of weeks after I put up my for sale sign, my neighbour got someone in to put in wooden floors in his house. The old carpets, underlay, edging, etc were promptly dumped under his sitting room window in the front garden. They have remained there for the past four weeks or so. This evening, coming home I have noticed that the pile of has gotten considerably larger with now bits of worktops and wardrobes added and the pile is now advancing down the middle of the front garden. It now looks really bad, and I would be worried that this might definitely put people off.
I think at this stage, if I get any viewings for the not too distant future then perhaps I should cancel them? When I moved in first I had a similar problem in that one of their cars went on fire and they left it half burned out for about three months, without making any effort to move it. Eventually one of the other neighbours had to take the plates off it and it got moved!!!
I dont really think I want to approach them. They own the house so there is no landlord to whom I can report them. I know every person is entitled to do what they want to their own property, but when my other neighbour was trying to sell earlier in the year, I made sure that my grass was cut, garden tidied, etc to help her sell. They have lived beside me for the past five years, though I only say hello and goodbye to them, we have not had any cross words.
Would this put people off buying or am I just panicing at this stage? I was also thinking of offering to pay for a skip, as it is in my best interests to sell? Every night driving in, I am hoping its gone, but its getting gradually worse.
Thanks for any advice.
Over the past two weeks, I have had two offers both just within the borderline asking price, both of whom then pulled out.
A couple of weeks after I put up my for sale sign, my neighbour got someone in to put in wooden floors in his house. The old carpets, underlay, edging, etc were promptly dumped under his sitting room window in the front garden. They have remained there for the past four weeks or so. This evening, coming home I have noticed that the pile of has gotten considerably larger with now bits of worktops and wardrobes added and the pile is now advancing down the middle of the front garden. It now looks really bad, and I would be worried that this might definitely put people off.
I think at this stage, if I get any viewings for the not too distant future then perhaps I should cancel them? When I moved in first I had a similar problem in that one of their cars went on fire and they left it half burned out for about three months, without making any effort to move it. Eventually one of the other neighbours had to take the plates off it and it got moved!!!
I dont really think I want to approach them. They own the house so there is no landlord to whom I can report them. I know every person is entitled to do what they want to their own property, but when my other neighbour was trying to sell earlier in the year, I made sure that my grass was cut, garden tidied, etc to help her sell. They have lived beside me for the past five years, though I only say hello and goodbye to them, we have not had any cross words.
Would this put people off buying or am I just panicing at this stage? I was also thinking of offering to pay for a skip, as it is in my best interests to sell? Every night driving in, I am hoping its gone, but its getting gradually worse.
Thanks for any advice.