Have just had it confirmed the doc will honour his previous offer (and then some) and are happy to step in as the buyer for Clare's house. So the chain is mended again and our house move is back on it's way! WOOHOO! (For now anyway. :-P )
Latest news about the house moving is now that the buyer of the house here has lost his buyer. So the man with the hat have had to withdraw from buying this house. :-(
That means our purchase of the next house is in danger (we can't buy a new house without selling this one first, can we? We're talking of hundreds of thousands of pounds after all.) and then the vendors of that house might be in danger of loosing their deal on their next house, and so on... Not the most fun of situations I've been in.
Fall back is to see if the Doc, who lost the bidding war on the goal line, is still interested in buying this house. First indications are that he is. Which is a big yay in the middle of all this malarky.
As much as I don't like it, I must say that out estate agent have been really really efficient and good here. As soon as the man with the funny hat told them he had to withdraw, they contacted Clare, put the house back in their window and took off the "sold" sign online. They also contacted the Doc as soon as they had the go for that from Clare, and they have now (a few business hours later) come back with an first answer that they are still interested.
Ladies and gentlemen hold your noses (or thumbs if you're Swedish)...
