House move - the good news and the bad news

The tax people have come up trumps with the document needed for the completion of the sale, and the other documentation (parasite and catastrophe report) has all been renewed.

BUT

The vendor says he cannot sign before the 30th October.

I said "Impossible. We are already a month late. We have to vacate this house by 1 November and we have nowhere else to go." Actually, I suppose it would be JUST POSSIBLE if we were to sign on 30th and move on the 31st!

Meanwhile on the removals front:

I just spoke to five French firms. Four have no space in their diary next week. One said to e-mail them the list of stuff to move and they'd get back to us.

I also phoned a British chap who was recommended to us. He can do it on Saturday 28 October, but he's very expensive and needs to be paid in sterling if possible. (It is!)

And I thought that moving from a rented house to a purchased one would be less stressful!

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Alan said…
OK. I found a French firm who will come and look on Monday 23rd, knowing that we have to move out by 1 Nov.
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