Things to be done to the house in Haddenham to render it saleable...

• Clean windows in:
  • Study
  • Bedroom
  • Bathroom
  • Front door
  • Lounge
  • Kitchen
• Heaters in:
  • Study
  • Bedroom
  • Lounge
  • Alternatively, price them as a discount to the asking price
• Hang medicine cabinet in bathroom
• Touch up paintwork in bedroom
• Handrail on stairs
• Touch up paintwork in lounge
• touch up paintwork in kitchen
• Lay /KitchenFloor -- Needs finishing with the sealant goo
• refit back door
• Decide on an asking price (Ideally 20k more than agreed-upon price for .BowlerStreet? in order to cover moving costs and end up debt neutral) On the market for UKP 112,500.

Timeline

• Monday August 15th, DanielSilverstone to obtain materials to do cleaning of windows.
• Throw out as much crap as you can before Wed 31st. Making rooms look bigger is almost more important than making the place tidy.
• Monday 5th September, Chris Summers (Regional manager for Januarys) visited, filled out forms, arranged things, instructed solicitors.
• Week of 12th Sept, lay /KitchenFloor.
• Monday 12th September, 18:15, viewing to do. (fell through)
• Friday 23rd September, viewing by Januarys to prepare for weekend of sale attempts
• Saturday 24th / Sunday 25th September, open-house viewing from 2pm to 5pm each day.
• Monday 10th October, Daniel agreed to drop the price to 105k to see if we can sell more quickly.
• Friday 28th October, Daniel rang them to give them a kick up the arse.

Januarys say

• Phone: 01353 661 171
• Approx 112,500, aiming for 110,000, now dropped to 105,000 to see if it'll sell more quickly.
• Fee would be 1980+VAT
• Countrywide lawyers, approx 1200+VAT (top-whack)
• Survey is likely to be approx 250+VAT
• I.E. approx 4000 all-in on fees
• Andrew Gibbs is the manager of the Ely Branch
• The negotiators are Georgina, Melanie and Sarah
• Mortgage advisor is Nadine (away until the 12th)