Ah, Pov - that is utter shit for you and everything that is wrong with the system. The bare faced lies are the worst part, I think.
Brambs, I hope you get to exchange with a decent interval before completion
and that you are settling in to your lovely new home.
And Scooter - that all sounds very exciting as well as emotional.
We’ve accepted an offer from a couple who have sold to a first time buyer so it’s a short chain with the house we want being a new build.
I absolutely dare not get properly excited though because of the terrible system plus the never ending economic uncertainty plus people are twats; conveyancers doubly so. Once we have all exchanged I will feel a lot less anxious about it.
it seems that my cash buyer was actually buying with a mortgage which was only discovered 4 weeks into the sale when I was moaning about lack of progress, but was insistent that a desktop valuation had been done and offer was in place. I’ve been chasing for another 4 weeks and it turns out that was a lie too and they’ve only just done the valuation this week as they turned up at the estate agents requesting keys. Their solicitors won’t send enquiries through until they have the mortgage offer so we’ve just trod water for 8 weeks now, which is infuriating.
:eek: and 
for new challenges and leaving the home we brought the monsters up in. It’s the longest I’ve lived in one house (apart from mam’s house)
Now I just need to be sensible with the money 
