I am at the long boring bit of buying a flat

[Ash]

You’d prefer someone else to be responsible for your boiler? Is that you, Jeremy?

How is the boiler now, btw?

[Sir C]

How is the boiler now, btw?

She’s had a cold for a week but she’s back at work now thanks a.

[redgunamo]

She’s had a cold for a week but she’s back at work now thanks a.

No Spring chicken then?

[Burney]

She’s had a cold for a week but she’s back at work now thanks a.

Ah. The dread flu, is it? Poor girl. It's a rough old go, that one.

[Burney]

You’d prefer someone else to be responsible for your boiler? Is that you, Jeremy?

Not at all. I just think p needs to realise that there's more to home ownership than apparently lower housing costs.

[Pokster]

Not at all. I just think p needs to realise that there's more to home ownership than apparently lower housing costs.

It's the fact you can decorate it how you like, nobody can demand to be let in at 24hrs notice, the fact you end up with an asset rather than flushing money down the drain.

[Pat Vegas]

It's the fact you can decorate it how you like, nobody can demand to be let in at 24hrs notice, the fact you end up with an asset rather than flushing money down the drain.

and have a kitchen that is designed in a reasonable way.

anyway it's a initial investment it's not a place for the rest of our lives.

We got all the stuff for it already furniture and appliance wise. just need to buy a new fridge freezer.

[Burney]

Almost lost out on my flat as my solicitor was dragging her heels. Best advice was exactly as you say - annoy the **** out of them and they'll prioritise you

Solicitors are usually the sand in the KY Jelly during the house-buying process. This is in no small part because conveyancing is very much the remedial class of solicitoring, so they’re only doing it because they’re shít.

That said, we had a splendid gay Greek last time who was constantly in the ball and got shít done. Even then, the buyers’ solicitor almost fùcked it up by lying about having transferred the funds, buggering off to lunch and then informing us they knocked off at four on a Friday. Cùnts.