Last minute demand from buyer

harz99

Many, many congratulations OP. Please don't forget to give us one final update to confirm all is well in a couplefof days.

Now forget the tiresome twosome and get on with life!

amateur_house

Glad to hear it went through in the end, it sounds very stressful, but amusing to read.

::laugh::laugh::laugh:

lichfield22

Oh everyone, your kind thoughts are too kind!! And the 'I don't like it' picture has just reduced me to tears :rotfl::rotfl:

So here's the update. I'm afraid it starts with very little to laugh at, but I think the entertainment value is in the punchline ...

We heard that the purchase had completed an hour after the sale and used the interim to NOT clean apart from some halfhearted hoovering and of course to switch off the shower, put the toilet roll in the car and shake the lightbulbs EA turned up to take the keys and told us Daddy was due in 10 minutes so we hastily said our thanks and goodbyes and got the hell out of there.

Of course we then had to pack the bloody Hoover (massive Dyson) into a Fiat 500 (s**t) so we spent a frantic few minutes parked on the drive trying to fit the thing into the car, and then saw a large black shiny car pull up. With a tiny white haired man inside.

I thought 'oh no, here we go' and was braced for being asked to leave or asked to pay for his daughter's TV licence or something, but he never even got out of the car. He SHRANK into his chair, pulled out a book and made no eye contact. It was definitely daddy as I stopped at the end of the street to check and saw him move his car onto the drive.

So we then got our new keys, got to the house, unpacked (joke - boxes EVERYWHERE) and I have a text from my now-former neighbour. We were neighbours for 10 years and he even gave the removal man a hand this morning so we had a hug and a few tears before we left and I took the opportunity to tell him what a cow this buyer has been.

Seemingly unimportant detail that will be important later - this neighbour lives opposite in a house with no driveway but has a space on a car park to the rear, with each space numbered for the house it belongs to.

So back to his text, it said (and I quote verbatim):

'Think I've just seen your buyer's dad. He's parked in my space and he's outside your house with a hi-viz jacket and a CLIPBOARD.'

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

marksoton

lichfield22 wrote: »

I thought 'oh no, here we go' and was braced for being asked to leave or asked to pay for his daughter's TV licence or something, but he never even got out of the car. He SHRANK into his chair, pulled out a book and made no eye contact.

I bl00dy told you!

Cheeky_Monkey

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Btw, brilliant idea to shake all the lightbulbs - I wouldn't have thought of that :T:T:T

maninthestreet

If the buyer's dad had parked his car on the drive of what was the OP's house, perhaps the man in the hi-vis jacket with the clipboard who parked in the neighbour's spot is someone else - some sort of surveyor, maybe?

Jhoney_2

maninthestreet wrote: »

If the buyer's dad had parked his car on the drive of what was the OP's house, perhaps the man in the hi-vis jacket with the clipboard who parked in the neighbour's spot is someone else - some sort of surveyor, maybe?

Whoever he is, i'm glad he has on a hi-viz jacket. I hope to god he needs it!:rotfl:

ETA It may be the electrician or an accountant coming to count the £90 cash!

walwyn1978

Yay to completion! Yay to successful move! Yay to resisting the urge to tell Daddy what a !!!! he is! Boo to not having further updates, such as 'the father feels the grass isn't green enough, and wants it returfed at OP's expense' and ' exchange will only happen on receipt of every lightbulb in the house being painted over as the glare from the bulb is too bright for my darling daughter's eyes'

Joking aside, best wishes for the future OP and family and well done for getting though it.

rosyw

OP I applaud you for retaining your sanity through all this! Sincerely hope you are tucking into a takeaway and have a bottle or 2 opened :beer:

lichfield22 wrote: »

'Think I've just seen your buyer's dad. He's parked in my space and he's outside your house with a hi-viz jacket and a CLIPBOARD.'

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I'm now wondering when you will receive a copy of the list of "complaints" being written on the clipboard!

1. House has not been professionally cleaned
2. No loo roll (very inconvenient)
3. Some light not working - suspect bulbs have been shaken
4. Cat vomit behind bedroom door
5. Shower doesn't work
6. House not aired - noticeable smell of fish, presumably from last evening meal

Etc.! :rotfl::rotfl: :rotfl: :T

NYM

Hope you left the new owner of your old house a list of useful numbers..

Energy supplier...
Doctor...
Psychiatrist



Congratulations on a successful move..
Wish you many happy years in your new home.

*edit* Hope you took meter readings