We drove past the Old Old People's Home yesterday [we'd seen it in dreadful conditions on Friday, and then seen two other places in full, blazing, light-shining-in-all-of-the-important-windows conditions on Saturday, and I just wanted to reassure myself it wasn't going to be in permanent gloom like Scanacre Lodge]; sun full on the front of the house, so the reception room off the kitchen would have sun almost all day long - mind at rest [on that score at least]!
We went on to Sittingbourne [Mossy's had incredibly-priced acers, and I wanted to buy another couple - £4 for an acer? I don't think I've paid that little for 20 years], and were walking past the estate agents and Rob was sitting at his desk. We knew he was working over the Bank Holiday weekend, but he might have been out on viewings. I nagged a little to pop in, just to check he'd received our email containing mortgage offer/savings statements and didn't need anything further.
I'm so glad we did: it sounds as though the first chap who bid the asking price still hasn't come up with any evidence for how he is funding the purchase, and Rob has discounted him, and the second potential purchaser (cash buyer) had borrowed the extra to take his offer to the asking price from relatives and can't secure any more funds [according to Rob; fingers crossed]. Apparently he loves the house, but is very unlikely to be able to raise his offer again. I feel desperately sorry for him, but that doesn't mean we're going to withdraw our offer; we'd already gone over the asking price before we knew about his increased offer [Rob received it about half an hour before we phoned him on Saturday, so we know nothing about it], and Rob says he thinks that should be enough to secure the property.
Now all we have to do is hurry up and wait!
As I say, I'm trying desperately not to get excited...
Please keep your fingers crossed for us.
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