I really, really hope he's genuine - as I said, we were supposed to be exchanging yesterday & everything else has gone through. Everyone else in the chain is ready to go & getting jumpy - so you can imagine how we're feeling! He does seem a bit naive & over cautious though - when he came to view the property first time round before making an offer it took him over an hour to look round (we have a 1 bed house) & he came armed with a notebook, tape measure, camera, Dulux colour card thing (to match against the colours of walls & carpet) & he's asked for proof of really silly things, eg that we're in a neighbourhood watch area.

See? I've got to stop visiting the Channel4 4homes forum, because this is what happens. Some honest-to-goodness homeowner dips a toe into the slug-infested pool that is the UK housing market and pulls it out with a nasty disease... I read about it and have to go and open a bottle of wine in sympathy because it brings back all kinds of memories of property tussles past. Head over (on the link above) for up-to-date news on Josie's property sale and if he turns out to be a gazunderer let's stick pins in his effigy.