Nosy neighbor...
 

My daughter is selling her house and has an offer on it subject to a home inspection.
The problem is the neighbor woman is too nosy. When she saw the photographer taking pics of my daughter's house she was knocking on the door shortly after. She said "are you putting your house up for sale". My daughter said yes.

This nosy neighbor has telephoned my daughter several times during work hours while my daughter tried to work from home. Her concern is drainage and the City has reassured my daughter that there is nothing wrong with the drainage. The nosy neighbor thinks we are paying the City off.

If the nosy neighbor interferes in the home inspection it could spoil the sale.
What are my options and suggestions for my daughter?

Cheers, Guy

Take her to lunch or dinner around inspection time

rjp

Tortious interference, also known as intentional interference with contractual relations, in the common law of torts, occurs when one person intentionally damages someone else's contractual or business relationships with a third party, causing economic harm.

Gladys Kravitz is spot on Craigster.

I have a karen next door who called the fire department on me two weeks ago. I was burning some branches in a barrel. When the fire fighters knocked on my door I told them what I was doing and one of them said he does the same thing so they left.

I would ignore this one.

Have your daughter throw a really loud party the night before the home inspection that runs until 6:00 AM. Keep the entire neighborhood up all night. Arrange the home inspection for 8:00 AM the next morning.

One of 2 things will happen:

1. Nosy neighbor will want her gone and not play games.
2. Nosy neighbor will be fast asleep and not know home inspection is happening.

I had a similar situation when I sold my house a few years ago. My neighbor tried to interfere with showings, etc. Her basement flooded when ever it rained a lot. She kept blaming it on my house/yard since my basement did not flood.

My realtor (who is my good friend) had a nice conversation with her explaining pretty much what Matthew stated above. She was quiet after that.

Have her realtor at the inspection.

Very good!

Wonderful thanks!

Most drainage problems can be easily avoided or fixed with a ditch and grading, with placement of downspouts to a low area or drywell.
If the daughter's downspouts are the concern, there are flex extensions to take water to a safe lower drop point away from neighbor's foundation.
$100 fix. Done.
Now is a good time for that, before the winter snow melt.

Otherwise the neighbor should be looking at her own property and adding a sump pump well in the basement

Mom's old house had moisture problems which she wouldn't let me fix. There were no problems when she first bought the place. The city inspectors were useless. There was a constant dribble from the uphill wall of a basement stairwell even after weeks of no rain. That indicated there was a natural spring or a break in the neighbor's fresh water line or they watered their lawn way too much. An audit would have found that. A landscaping company could have fixed the (gradual) grading for $5-10 grand permanently. The plumbers installed an system she didn't need and then their first sump pump failed which flooded the basement majorly. Again. Everything down there had been nicely finished into a living space which her nice second husband with health problems used as his office but then it all needed to be torn up. Problems after problems. She ended up selling the place for at least a hundred grand (probably two) less than it was worth.

Beat me to it! Lol!

Show her a place where the drainage is very good.

....and then sneak out the back door and return home.

It's winter time in Edmonton. You guys have lots of snow.

Buy a 2L bottle of orange crush and pour it in the snow around the nosy neighbor's porch, sidewalk, etc. Make sure you have a good foot print on either side of (and slightly behind) where you pour it... write 'Merry Christmas' with it in the snow in the front yard for extra style points.

She will be too busy trying to figure out who peed on her porch to care about your daughter's house sale...

Bury her in the basement.

You'll become very famous and you'll have your very own mini-series in a few years.. :)

rjp

Ignore the nosy neighbor or buy a skunk .... those are the best options imo.

I have shown my daughter this thread. She is an adult and can make her own choices as to what to do but you have provided some excellent suggestions. I will let you know what happens after the building inspection is done. Thanks again!

I have a nosy neighbor as well, I can't stand that beesch

Does a seller have to disclose to the buyer a”Karen” neighbor??

What you gonna say if she asks to borrow a shovel?

rjp