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Hi Everyone. I hope that this post finds you well and looking forward to a bright and sunny weekend, with or without Scottish Independence and irrespective of your personal views regarding the outcome. I won't go into my own political leanings on this blog to avoid debate. That said, I agree with you Matt P. Hah! Now you are guessing.
So what is new here with me and my kin?
We sold the house in Macclesfield that many of you may have visited in the past. It took the better part of a year to finally go through and I certainly wish the purchasing of property in England would learn something from Scotland. We went through a number of purchases that fell through and it wasn't until we were weeks away from completing that we started looking again in ernest at property down here.
The house that we decided upon was owned by the Devil. A knowing solicitor alternating between stories of illness, needs and threats. She gave away nothing and wanted everything. Our own solicitor kindly told us that our vendor was the most difficult person to deal with she had ever come across in a professional capacity. We 'had to' get the mortgage approved before she would take the house off the market, we 'had to' exchange with the tenant still in the house or the house would be put back on the market, we 'had to' agree to give her a deposit because we wouldn't exchange with a tenant in place. She was aggressive, and her agent called us an average of three times a day hounding us until we threatened to pull out if she kept threatening us... well either that or paying the damned deposit shut them up. I would prefer to think the former, but it is probably the latter than had the desired result.
Well, we are still looking at other houses in case something comes up but in the meantime we are on track to move next month. It will be worth it. The area, the house and the location relative to friends and family are big positives. We have a free Zoological Museum within 5 minutes walk of the house, a wilderness of forest to explore, a local produce market, theatre, auction house and a brewery all within easy walking distance of the house. Oh, and the train station isn't too much further away (2 miles from the house).
Anyway, I'll sign off now. I wish you all joy and I hope you will wish us luck in return.
Simon and I are well. Our 3 moggies are all monsters but well. Penny and her little one Hollie are equally well although my bully of a moggie Oliver had decided that he likes Hollie's food better than his own. We are all doing well in our little two bed flat, 3 adults and 4 cats.
Liz, Simon, Boots, Ebony and Oliver.
So what is new here with me and my kin?
We sold the house in Macclesfield that many of you may have visited in the past. It took the better part of a year to finally go through and I certainly wish the purchasing of property in England would learn something from Scotland. We went through a number of purchases that fell through and it wasn't until we were weeks away from completing that we started looking again in ernest at property down here.
The house that we decided upon was owned by the Devil. A knowing solicitor alternating between stories of illness, needs and threats. She gave away nothing and wanted everything. Our own solicitor kindly told us that our vendor was the most difficult person to deal with she had ever come across in a professional capacity. We 'had to' get the mortgage approved before she would take the house off the market, we 'had to' exchange with the tenant still in the house or the house would be put back on the market, we 'had to' agree to give her a deposit because we wouldn't exchange with a tenant in place. She was aggressive, and her agent called us an average of three times a day hounding us until we threatened to pull out if she kept threatening us... well either that or paying the damned deposit shut them up. I would prefer to think the former, but it is probably the latter than had the desired result.
Well, we are still looking at other houses in case something comes up but in the meantime we are on track to move next month. It will be worth it. The area, the house and the location relative to friends and family are big positives. We have a free Zoological Museum within 5 minutes walk of the house, a wilderness of forest to explore, a local produce market, theatre, auction house and a brewery all within easy walking distance of the house. Oh, and the train station isn't too much further away (2 miles from the house).
Anyway, I'll sign off now. I wish you all joy and I hope you will wish us luck in return.
Simon and I are well. Our 3 moggies are all monsters but well. Penny and her little one Hollie are equally well although my bully of a moggie Oliver had decided that he likes Hollie's food better than his own. We are all doing well in our little two bed flat, 3 adults and 4 cats.
Liz, Simon, Boots, Ebony and Oliver.