On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:32:18 +0000, Mike Mitchell
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 12:31:59 +0000, Andy Hall
wrote:

In the context of the various costs of the property sale it is not a
lot......

Absolutely. While I detest moble phones, it would be daft not to be
contactable when that magic buyer with a suitcash full of cash turns
up at the estate agent's door and I am out buying T-shirts at ASDA or
something.

MM

That's not as far fetched as it sounds.

In the 70s when I was selling my first house for about £30k, a young
couple came along to view and liked the property.

They came back later with her father, who had just arrived from a
middle eastern country, clutching a large briefcase. This was duly
opened, and contained the asking price in £50 notes.

It was difficult to explain to them that this wasn't how houses were
bought and sold here and that there various legal processes that had
to happen and would take a little time. I had a hard job convincing
the father that I wasn't being stand-offish - he was thinking that the
offer wasn't enough and I was offended.

Fortunately, the prospective son-in-law had been here for a while and
knew a bit about what happens and explained the situation to the
father, who was quite happy after that.

Our solicitor was amused by all of this but the sale went through
without a hitch.


..andy

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