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Hi all,
We purchased a property in July 2020 and have had no issues at all until recently (March 2024). We learnt (after the issues started) that the house in the middle of the set of three terraced houses we live in has been turned into a halfway house (a property where ex convicts move to while they adjust to living in society). We have had no end of issues from noise at all hours of the night (keeping us awake when we have work the next day), strange people coming and going, all the way to using a blow torch to burn the key safes off the front of the house. I have complained to the Anti-Social Behavior team at the council but have been advised this isn't something they can help with as the house is not council owned. Its not a police matter because it being a halfway house isn't against the law (even though we weren't informed)
In terms of us moving away from the house there are a few things, my boyfriend has recently started working for himself so we do not have enough books to get a new mortgage, however, primarily the value of our house, despite the work we have done to it, will now be next to nothing and so we might not even break even on the house never mind the money we would of had as profit if this house was not next door
I am looking for advise on what I can do about this? or is there nothing I can do?
We purchased a property in July 2020 and have had no issues at all until recently (March 2024). We learnt (after the issues started) that the house in the middle of the set of three terraced houses we live in has been turned into a halfway house (a property where ex convicts move to while they adjust to living in society). We have had no end of issues from noise at all hours of the night (keeping us awake when we have work the next day), strange people coming and going, all the way to using a blow torch to burn the key safes off the front of the house. I have complained to the Anti-Social Behavior team at the council but have been advised this isn't something they can help with as the house is not council owned. Its not a police matter because it being a halfway house isn't against the law (even though we weren't informed)
In terms of us moving away from the house there are a few things, my boyfriend has recently started working for himself so we do not have enough books to get a new mortgage, however, primarily the value of our house, despite the work we have done to it, will now be next to nothing and so we might not even break even on the house never mind the money we would of had as profit if this house was not next door
I am looking for advise on what I can do about this? or is there nothing I can do?
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