Neighbor From Hades
I bought a townhouse last year and within six months had to sell due to a neighbor from Hades. He was extremely mentally ill. Between the threats to myself and family, damage to our shared wall from him pounding on it, bottles being thrown at us, etc we couldn’t take anymore.
The authorities couldn’t do anything, HOA doing nothing—we had to sell. Without getting into too much of the story, this neighbor was not disclosed to us at closing between the seller and HOA. This neighbor was a serious issue for YEARS before us buying the townhouse.
This whole process was very obviously very awful I still suffer PTSD from this person. A beautiful house I renovated and was so excited to start a family in our new 3-bedroom home.
It all came crashing down due to one man. My lawyer (who helped me close on the house to buy and then again six months later closed on the house to sell) put a provision in all his contracts and named it after me, saying all social issues with neighbors must be disclosed when buying a home.
Maybe it’s because I’m now pregnant, but I’m crying my eyes out. I’m so happy that my lawyer put this in all his closing contracts going forward. I tried everything to keep my home. Story credit: Reddit / (mand_)