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I wish I could see things as black and white as that.
It was probably one of the saddest things I heard last Friday when my wife was hysterical on the phone.
I s'pose that whilst I am a very very nice bloke, I am also fairly vindictive. And I want the stupid twat that caused all this to be punished for it.
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Who are you expecting to compensate you? Why 5k?
As @NickCJ says, take the emotion out of it and just exchange and move on it with it.
I think you are only angering yourself by doing this - what is the motivation? To punish the guys that fucked you around? To feel like you have won?
If you want the house... exchange and forget about all of this.