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and the agent has just told me ‘it’s libellous’ that he isn’t answering emails and the valuation surveyor hasn’t contacted him despite showing him an email from the broker on the contrary.

which is bollocks because they are short staffed and our surveyor had no response trying to book an appointment and i had to get the seller to intervene.

(its only libellous if i publicly name and shame and its provable in a court of law that the statement is incorrect, people love to throw the words ‘slander’ and ‘libel’ around but nobody has ever paid thousands to prosecute over a slightly angry email about pulling their finger out)

its only libellous if

You know that the onus is on you to prove the accuracy of your statement, right?

If you told him off over the phone rather than in email, go back and tell him he's thinking of slander and ping him a link to someone from this list, telling him to crack on once he's got round to doing what he's meant to.

(or just vent on here)

what like providing evidence of 3 other situations where communication has been non-existant?

such as the vendor being in the property for a 2 day period and contacting the agent saying i could pop down and have a look (i hadn’t yet viewed in person after offer accepted) and not passing that info on to me?
Our surveyor being unable to book an appointment despite calling and emailing for 3 days?
No Memorandum of sale produced after offer accepted effectively stopping the sale process from starting?

all backed up by broker/vendor/surveyor.

anyway i don’t want to discuss legal minutia i just want people to do their jobs properly.

And if you want to fully go for that aesthetic IKEA sell big round mirrors for under a hundred quid.

Can people stop posting photos please.

It's making me realise just how cluttered our place is, and how in need of decorating.

LOLLLL

Some "experts" say look in your wardrobe for colours you like

I guess the repeating black and white Assos "houndstooth" pattern might look nice on a feature wall, like a chimney breast...

can you get selvage denim wallpaper?
there must be a GorpCore interiors collection out there?

https://www.therange.co.uk/decorating/wallpaper-and-accessories/design-trends/plain-wallpaper/arthouse-denim-pattern-wallpaper/

mini dryrobe tea cosy

TBF that would look cool in a kids bedroom.

Disappointed by the lack of selvedge seam at the bottom tho...

Or maybe its on the underside.

Not them. It's too light.
It must be elm.

Says walnut in the listing.

Looks like unsteamed English walnut to me.
Ebony inlays are a bit tarty though.

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You know that the onus is on you to prove the accuracy of your statement, right?

Not unless you say it to someone else. Libel or slander requires publication. You can say anything you like to someone's face in private and it's not defamation.

Hasn't @Mr_Smyth just published all of his thoughts on the agents bone-idleness on the interwebz though?

he hasn’t named them..
(did seem to get results by pissing them off though!)

I think I see my desk under there.

So if someone was to leave a business like that a negative review, in let’s say Google, with a truthful account of their performance they would still be liable? Just asking as I am quite quick to switch into keyword warrior mode 😅

he hasn’t named them

Zackly

and the agent has just told me ‘it’s libellous’ that he isn’t answering emails and the valuation surveyor hasn’t contacted him despite showing him an email from the broker on the contrary.

How ridiculous, what a tit. This is the other side's agent right? If so very much the below.

anyway i don’t want to discuss legal minutia i just want people to do their jobs properly

I hope this was your single line email reply to the agent.

anyway i don’t want to discuss legal minutia i just want people to do their jobs properly

Fucking estate agents eh? I had to give a bollocking to both ours and the vendor’s when we were buying this place.

Ours had a key for pre-agreed viewings when we were out of the country. Went ahead and did additional viewings without asking us: “it’s our home, you ask us before you go in with strangers in our absence”.

And then the vendor’s estate agent - with it being a probate sale - assured us they’d arrange a contractor to empty the property so we had vacant possession on exchange day. That contractor - bizarrely - took down some floating shelves and the rest of the place looked like someone still lived there (including drawers, wardrobes and cupboards full). I emptied it all into my van and told them “the rest is all up to you, before I instruct our solicitor on legal proceedings”. Next day a guy turned up with a van - I gave him the keys to mine and let him move everything over.

Bunch of cunts.

This light paint dark paint thing - I used to hang out in a pub with light walls and low lighting - it was horrible in terms of lighting really. Bright enough to read anything (board games) and it felt glaring and clinical. Cosy feel, eye strain. You want to be able to have enough light falling on whatever it is on you're looking at but not necessarily bright in the background. Dark walls are fine for this although light ceilings are useful.

I now own two garages. Much excitement