I might ask a friend to get me this for Christmas

[clarenmax]

Maybe Woking is a bit more pikey then    Most of them seem to drive Focus's as they're cheap for the company's to buy, and Foxtons have Mini's I think.

Know what you mean about having time on your hands Dawn, I know I certainly have a bit more time to spare to peruse the lovely Purrs   

[Dawn F]

well it was 1991 that I left - and the last recession - we read a lot of magazines!

[LeighK]

Not round here they don't, one was driving a Porsche and another a Merc soft-top and the third a BMW 

[Dawn F]

things have changed they drove astras in my day!!

[clarenmax]

my heart bleeds must hurt filling up your Porsche  and dry-cleaning your Armani suit

Come come Leigh, you know estate agents drive Audi TTs   

Or if you're like me, a bloomin Ford Ka   

[LeighK]

Absolutely hun,

I spoke to a desperate sounding estate agent yesterday evening who must have sent me 20 e-mails / voicemails etc. to tell him I'd found a place and you could hear the dissapointment in his voice, he asked if I had a solicitor etc. I told him I did and he sounded even more dissapointed that he couldn't even get a few quid for putting some trade the way of their favourite one. Normally, round here with the property prices being astronomical they don't even bother to give you a call when your spending what I'm spending but it's a totally opposite situation at the moment, they're desperate, my heart bleeds must hurt filling up your Porsche  and dry-cleaning your Armani suit

Cheers

Leigh

[Dawn F]

excellent news! - good point Clare

[clarenmax]

Keeping fingers and toes crossed for you hun 

If there's one good thing about a bad market, you know you will have the estate agent's undivided attention, as they all want the sales to actually go through!!! 

[LeighK]

Hi Dawn,

Everything is progressing slowly but shurely in the right direction thanks. I had the valuation report yesterday and should have the mortgage fully arranged in the next few days  so hopefully the ball is rolling now. There's still a fair way to go but, with the flat being vacant possesion, I'm hoping that things can progress fairly quickly and my hope is to have a completion date that'll permit a move by the end of January at the latest.

Cheers

Leigh

[Dawn F]

dare I ask how that is going Leigh??

[LeighK]

She said that if my flat purchase fell through she'd buy me a tent for Christmas, I told her only to do so if she wanted to loose a friend on Boxing Day 

 

Leigh