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Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local

Government

3rd Floor, South West Quarter

Fry Building

2 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DF

Email:susan.peart@communities.gsi.gov.uk

www.gov.uk/mhclg

Date: 13 June 2018

Dear Norbert

Thank you for your email of 30 May to Dominic Raab MP concerning the home

buying and selling process. I have been asked to reply.

In my previous letter dated 7 September 2017, I explained that the Government had

committed to look at ways to streamline the home buying and selling process so it is

more efficient and less costly.

We have since published a call for evidence on ways to improve the home buying

and selling process and sought views on how to increase the commitment from

buyers and sellers to a sale.

The Government’s response to the call for evidence was published on 8 April where

we stated our intention to encourage the use of voluntary reservation agreements to

help prevent sales falling through and crack down on gazumping.

I hope that these changes will help to address the concerns you have raised. The

full response is available here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attach

ment_data/file/697939/Improving_the_home_buying_and_selling_process_response

.pdf

Thanks again for taking the time to write to us with your concerns.

Yours sincerely

Susan Peart

Home Ownership Division

Dear Norbert

Thank you for your email of 30 May to Dominic Raab MP concerning the home
buying and selling process. I have been asked to reply.

In my previous letter dated 7 September 2017, I explained that the Government had
committed to look at ways to streamline the home buying and selling process so it is
more efficient and less costly.

We have since published a call for evidence on ways to improve the home buying
and selling process and sought views on how to increase the commitment from
buyers and sellers to a sale.

The Government’s response to the call for evidence was published on 8 April where
we stated our intention to encourage the use of voluntary reservation agreements to
help prevent sales falling through and crack down on gazumping.

I hope that these changes will help to address the concerns you have raised. The
full response is available here:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attach
ment_data/file/697939/Improving_the_home_buying_and_selling_process_response
.pdf

Thanks again for taking the time to write to us with your concerns.

Yours sincerely
Susan Peart

Home Ownership Division

HMO property noise situation next door has reduced to a reasonable level now.  But this has nothing to do with Stevenage Borough Council; because as far as they are concerned, I can stay here and rot instead of them solving the noise situation!  The level of noise now, is what I suppose is known as 'living noise' - unlike what the council had classified as 'living noises' before from their covered-up and flawed noise investigation.

The noise changed in the HMO house that is coming through the party wall into my house, was achieved where it seemed one of the young male tenants that was creating most of the noise was kicked out for non-payment of rent, and been replaced with 2 couples - one couple and a child, and the other couple with a baby due soon.

I don't suppose all the noises can be got rid of because of the poor construction of these domestic houses, moreover, being fitted with 6+ hydraulic spring fire doors that they weren't designed and built for.

HMO house noise situation next door has reduced to a reasonable level now.  But this has nothing to do with Stevenage Borough Council; because as far as they are concerned, I can stay here and rot instead of them solving the noise situation!  The level of noise now, is what I suppose is known as 'living noise' - unlike what the council had classified as 'living noises' before from their covered-up and flawed noise investigation.

The noise changed from the HMO property was achieved where it seems one of the young male tenants that was creating most of the noise was kicked out for non-payment of rent, and been replaced with 2 couples - one couple and a child, and the other couple with a baby due soon.

I don't suppose all the noises can be got rid of because of the poor construction of these domestic houses, moreover, being fitted with 6+ hydraulic spring fire doors that they weren't designed and built for.