Owning your own home

What a nightmare! Haven't the prospective buyers read the lease? I mean it's a legal document so if it says in there they wouldn't be liable...

I take it the current managing agents are moving on?

Yup, come May 22 this won't be an issue anymore. I think with the benefit of hindsight and a cost of living crisis looming it might not have been a great time to move anyway, plus the sun is shining and my current flat is lovely in the summer - things could be worse. Appreciate the vent!