Albert is dead, long live Vernon!

We have a new house, 9 Vernon Terrace! Its an even better spot than Albert but without the bubbling brook. Stunning views of the southern alps from the living area and a plum, orange, grapefruit, feijoa, apple and lemon tree in the garden! So we will have a venue to have a BBQ after our wedding after all! Move in on 5th Jan.

We're free

Latest news is Harcourts have confirmed they will be returning all of the remainder of our deposit. Their policy following the earthquake has been to return all commission money if the property is deemed untenantable which is very generous of them. So sweet. Now we can go house hunting all over again! and quickly before we get kicked out of our rental.

Never thought we'd be so happy to be out of the sale agreement.

So the lesson here is use Harcourts there very amenable after all!

Love
The A Team.

MARK where are you?

Well. It looks like we will avoid court. We've just received news from the Vendors Solicitor saying they accept the Letting Agent statements that the property is untenantable and therefore that the contract between us is cancelled as per our original notice.

Thats the good bit. The bad bit is they will only be returning half of our deposit because Harcourts have already taken out their commission which is unfair but, amazingly, LEGAL!

Ergo through no fault of our own we are a lot of money out of pocket. Bring on Fair Go and Mark Sainsbury!