The House Mover's Tale

Just a quick entry whilst I'm in Limerick at a conference. I did get an offer last week. I showed a couple round and they were right enthusiastic, then put an offer in for 1k below asking price (why? what's the bloody point of shaving 1k off?) which I accepted. Then I ring my estate agents from Ireland on Tuesday and in turns out they withdrew the offer because they'd "found out" that there were "council tenants" in the area! Yet this couple are living off Anlaby Road in Hull, which is a serious bloody dump and one of the worst areas to live in in West Hull. I know - I used to live on Coltman Street, which has some seriously dodgy characters on the streets, and which I left after some minor drug dealer was blasted away by a shotgun on his doorstep, two doors across the road from where I was. How this pair could afford to be so snobbish is beyond me, and the guy was only some bloody joiner for feck's sake!

So, back to square one again, only it's going to be more awkward from next week as I'll be in Nottingham during the week at the new job. This one could run and run, and in the meantime I'll be forking out big bucks for hotels, b&bs;, or lodgings in Nottingham. Or, if my money starts to run out, in a tent. I joke not :(