Thursday, 31 July 2008

The almost last supper

Well, not quite, but last night was the last night in our little house. We didn't even have a meal together, Jo having eaten at work, I ended up with Fish and Chips!

So we pretty much have one last car load to take to my parents and then we close the door and hand over the keys. The electrical inspection takes place today as well, so hoping that no problems are encountered.

We had another scare when the invoice came for the transfer of equity (Jo's name has been added to the house title deeds) and it was £360 higher than what we had been quoted for. The solicitor advised that it was related to the drawing down of funds, i.e. the mortgage and that I would need to speak to the bank. This took four days and left us both extremely unimpressed.

It turns out that the solicitor, in his wisdom and without consultation, decided we wanted the mortgage 'drawing down' immediately and thus arranged this which meant that we were going to incur early redemption fees and interest charges which accounted for the extra money. All sorted now!

So a busy day ahead, plus I have to go to a wedding rehearsal tonight. The wedding is tomorrow, which I'm filming, and we have Jo's brothers birthday and a family photograph to fit in somehow.

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