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  1. Well, exactly, Judith. As it was, we informed the agent of our sale long before the 7 day cooling off period had elapsed. He then waited 6 days before informing us that he had also sold our house - at the full asking price! Will be interesting to see if the agent as anything to say once he has received our registered letter.
  2. Oh, Will, thank you soooo much for writing that. I am not alone!!!!! Mind you, I'm not sure many journalists these days would know the correct version! Have you read an English newspaper lately?
  3. Thanks for the link. Have now sent the registered letter online. brilliant. Bumped into French people over here this morning too and they were adamant that, with a non exclusive mandat, the first buyer gets it. no question. am i feeling a bit better? erm - a smidgeon. All this support from the forum is a great help. Thanks. And, even though we wrote to our solicitor again last night, there is still no reply! good job we're not paying him.
  4. Thanks, Gardener. Will check out that website. Won't hear anything from the notaire today now - its aperitif time over there. And, thanks to you too, Quillan. Should have done that. I do still have all the emails saved, both received and sent so at least I can print and post if needs be. Just don't like to do anything to mess things up further until the notaire advises me.
  5. Still nowt back from our Notaire. Soo frustrating. Have just sent him another email saying we're waiting for his advice before doing anything. I pushed the fact that we are miles away from France and that an email was instant whereas a letter recommendee (whatever they call that in Spanish ) would have probably taken a week. I also pointed out that the mandat which we signed actually has a higher price on it than this later offer. I hereby swear I will NEVER buy or sell another house in my life!!! i hate every bit of it.
  6. Ah, thanks. They did take out a loan for about half the price of the house. Will keep that one up my sleeve as ammunition.
  7. We knew that these Belgians were flying in to Carcassonne. We were told that they had shortlisted our house but were looking at another one too. The price talked about (which we had not agreed to) was 19,000euros below the present asking price. Before we heard any more about these Belgians' decision, we had a private offer from someone we actually trusted a little more .. So we accepted that. And they went to our notaire and signed, leaving a 10,000 euro deposit. The full price offer came as a complete surprise on 10th - 6 days after we had informed the agent by email that the house was sold. We are not in France. The agents knew that. We are on holiday in the Canaries so we couldn't easily have sent a registered letter and stupidly didn't think it necessary. We just told them by email that we had agreed a sale. If we had managed to find a post office and get a registered letter sent to France I doubt if it would have arrived even now!! There is one glimmer of hope, the mandat - which seems to be what it all relates to - quotes an earlier price which was 10,000 euros higher. We did agree verbally with all 3 agents to lower the price but nothing was put in writing. I've scanned this mandat and emailed it to our notaire. Come on, maitre notaire - tell me what's what. ps just read your post idun. thanks
  8. Thanks. Not what I wanted to hear though. The first buyer left a cheque for 10,000 euros. Is this the amount I would have to pay her in compensation? Or would I have to pay 10% of the asking price? Not having a good day. Still waiting to hear back from our notaire.
  9. I think the photos were because they are Belgian - well, that's the only reason I can think of. The saga continues: This morning, an email from the agents saying that they are disappointed and that we owe them 9.000euros for their commission since they did their job as described in the contract which remains in force until they receive a registered letter cancelling it! They have put the matter in the hands of their solicitor. Aaaaaaaaaagh! I've just written to our solicitor so I hope he can sort it out. The sad thing is, we were doing the decent thing. The offer we have accepted is 18,500euros net for us less than the full selling price. Still not entirely convinced that these Belgian people really were ready to pay the full asking price, or even that they exist. But.......it's just horrible. I think the agence means business about the 9grand since they haven't even asked us to send it, just say that their solicitor is dealing with it.
  10. Same thing with my father in law. He was sitting up in bed reading his cowboy as he did every night before going to sleep. Called out to his wife "Have you got a sweetie, Margaret?" She brought one for him but he never got to eat it!
  11. I think he would have to help out financially!! 14 year old boys can eat you out of house and home.
  12. Still waiting for his riposte! Shake every time I check my emails. Still, alcohol helps settle the nerves. Thanks everyone for the support. Will update if there is anything to tell!
  13. Well, the mandate ran out after 3 months but apparently it just keeps on renewing itself like some insect for 12 months. It wasn't an exclusive mandate and I did write to tell them really politely that we had sold the house. This was 6 days before their bombshell yesterday. I wrote to the other agent too and they were perfectly civil, just asking how much we accepted in the end - for their records presumably. Good news is our notaire has replied and reassured us, saying simply that we must write back to the agent saying that the compromis was signed on 2nd February and that the house is sold!!! Feel a bit better now.
  14. Well I did write to the notaire and "joined" as attachments all the documents the agent sent me. Waiting for an answer! I also texted my person on the ground there and she said don't let them "menace" you. That the house is already sold to the first buyer and I can't sell it twice. Hope Mrs Will is reading this and can give a definitive answer.
  15. I hope you're right, Debra. We had never heard of this second notaire. It's just that we are a long way away and, just when things seemed to be going smoothly, it all gets complicated again.
  16. After marketing our house for about 10 months and finding then losing two buyers, we eventually accepted an offer by a private buyer who duly went to our notaires and signed papers on 31st January. She also left a deposit of 10,000 euros. We had previously signed a procuration so that the notaire can act on our behalf and we don't even have to be present for the acte de vente. We duly wrote to both agents by email on 1st February, explaining that the house was now sold, thanking them for their efforts and asking them to deliver the keys to the notaire's office. We sat back and waited for the 7 day cooling off period to elapse and then felt quite optimistic, almost relaxed! This morning, 10th February, we received an email from one of these agents saying that they have now sold our house at the full asking price, acting on our mandat with them. They gave the names of the purchasers, even enclosing photos of them and a document signed at a different notaire's office. They state that the "buyers" have deposited 10% of the asking price. We have felt uncomfortable with these agents for a while (for various reasons) and really wouldn't trust them to tell us the truth. They had told us in mid January that someone was interested in the house and had promised that there was an offer on the way. Then we were told that ours was one of two houses being considered. Then they started quoting a lower figure although this had not been agreed. In the meantime the private buyer appeared on the scene so we agreed to sell to them. Now we receive this bombshell. Really, my question is this: if someone has offered the full asking price do I have to accept? Apparently the mandat was (or even is) still in force since it seems to renew itself automatically at the end of three months and continues doing this for a year. Hope someone can put my mind at rest. Or break me the bad news at any rate.
  17. I think he only wears that gear at weekends.
  18. How long before Chancer or Wooly have something to say about your pornic leanings, Sweet17?
  19. I hadn't but I have now. Didn't realise I had to do that too Thanks
  20. I managed to switch this on and it worked. Unfortunately, I contributed to the I hate Ryanair thread. Cosequently I was getting umpteen notifications every day which my OH initially thought might be "important personal emails". Soooooooo.... I switched off the notifications. Buuuuuut.......a week later they are still coming in. How long does it take? I picked the wrong thread to contribute to since it is probably the longest one on the whole forum
  21. We bought our machine when we bought our house. That was 1989. We have now left it for the next owners!! Still works brilliantly. Never once needed attention - except when we let the house to americans who couldn't work out how to open the door when the wash had finished. The trick, incidentally, was to wait 3 minutes!
  22. We've both been practising - just in case. I think this is one of the things we just might remember if on our own and experiencing heart attack symptoms. Merci beaucoup
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