Still Waiting

The Building and Pest reports have come back and are absolutely fine.

The buyer's finance has not yet been approved 😢

It was supposed to be done by yesterday but their bank has decided that they need to have a valuation done on my place. The valuer is coming shortly. The buyer's conveyancer has asked for a week's extension, which both my conveyancer and estate agent have recommended I agree to. So I did. Reluctantly.

You would have thought they might have got around to that before now.

Sigh!

Freyja and I went to look at the Flat with a View after work yesterday. Freyja hadn't seen it before and I thought it was a good idea to get her to look it over with fresh eyes. It's a good size, in a good location and, of course, has a fabulous view. It's a bit tired in some ways. It's had a tenant in until recently and could do with a bit of a spruce up and a couple of (minor) repairs and a coat of paint. It does have new flooring, which is an advantage. The estate agent says the owner probably won't take a low offer because a similar flat on the 9th floor sold for 400k+ three months ago. Which is all very well, but this place has been on the market since the beginning of April and has already had a price reduction and still hasn't sold yet. I shall wait and see what is happening when my place eventually becomes unconditionally sold and I have a mortgage pre-approval. And if it is sold by then, or the owner really won't take a lower offer, then there are other places available. I am not paying lots of money just for a view, no matter how fabulous.

Freyja and I went for coffee at Southern Cross Station and then she took a train to her place and I drove back to mine.