Tenterhooks
We've been on tenterhooks for while, and it's very uncomfortable... It's possible that we're anxious without reason - or alternatively, everything is about to fall apart!
Towards the end of last week we got quite wound up about the fact that we have still not exchanged contracts. Part of me thinks that it doesn't matter, because our purchasers have to leave their flat on October 2nd so they have to buy a house. But part of me is just worried: worried that the place will fall down around us, that we'll never finish the process, that it will all fall flat. It's silly, really, and I know that it is, not least because if there are any problems we have friends who would be cash buyers who could step in. Why, you may ask, are we not going to sell to our friends? The answer is simply that we didn't know that they were interested until we'd already gone half-way down the road with our existing purchasers, darn it.
But that was the end of last week. Our purchasers have just gone on holiday, so in theory they were at their solicitor's office yesterday signing the contract prior to exchange - or at least, that's the rumour, which means we have very disappointed friends... Hopefully someone will let us know what's going on fairly shortly.
Tomorrow I'm off up to the Midlands to see my mother's cousin before we depart. I've always had a soft spot for J. I had hoped to see my uncle and his wife too, but it looks as if they're still on holiday, visiting their daughter (my cousin) in Sydney. I am told that I may see pictures of my cousin in Sydney airport, but as I wouldn't recognise her if she walked past me, I may not realise it's her!
Towards the end of last week we got quite wound up about the fact that we have still not exchanged contracts. Part of me thinks that it doesn't matter, because our purchasers have to leave their flat on October 2nd so they have to buy a house. But part of me is just worried: worried that the place will fall down around us, that we'll never finish the process, that it will all fall flat. It's silly, really, and I know that it is, not least because if there are any problems we have friends who would be cash buyers who could step in. Why, you may ask, are we not going to sell to our friends? The answer is simply that we didn't know that they were interested until we'd already gone half-way down the road with our existing purchasers, darn it.
But that was the end of last week. Our purchasers have just gone on holiday, so in theory they were at their solicitor's office yesterday signing the contract prior to exchange - or at least, that's the rumour, which means we have very disappointed friends... Hopefully someone will let us know what's going on fairly shortly.
Tomorrow I'm off up to the Midlands to see my mother's cousin before we depart. I've always had a soft spot for J. I had hoped to see my uncle and his wife too, but it looks as if they're still on holiday, visiting their daughter (my cousin) in Sydney. I am told that I may see pictures of my cousin in Sydney airport, but as I wouldn't recognise her if she walked past me, I may not realise it's her!
posted by Sara Bowen at 10:04 pm
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