Well we received a call from our conveyancer this morning to tell us that our vendors have skipped Australia owing 120,000 Aus dollars worth of debt.


This has meant that our lovely, sweet, very hard working conveyancer has received papers to summon her to court tomorrow.
Apparently a legal firm are trying to claim some of the money from the house sale.

I am not sure how successful this will be or whether it will slow our completion (we're due to move at the end of next week). Is our house at risk?
Anyone have any idea?

Having been at the house this morning, I notice that there is a load of mail, all looking like unpaid bills, which means we'll be getting letter after letter and then debt collectors arriving at our new house once we're in there. We noticed the phone hasn't been cut off... so we'll be having issues with that, because our broadband is meant to be installed next week.

There's also letters from their bank in Spain... I'm sure the legal people might be interested in that.

Apparently even their own conveyancer can't get hold of them.


So if you're thinking of skipping out on your debt, be very careful.


So a message for you, Mr and Mrs ******, British couple returning to the UK, thanks for the hassle, the worry and the stress.
Thanks for being pathetic human beings, cheats, thieves and liars.
No wonder you wanted to leave so quickly.
I hope you get caught, I hope the judge seizes all your profit and I hope you have a really miserable time back in the UK and in Spain.
I hope it rains on you every day of your sad little lives.

Oh and acquaint yourselves with a vacuum cleaner next time you have carpets. Your floors were disgusting.




PS - I'm giving all your mail and bank statements to the legal people.

oh poor you, hope it works out, bloody sods i wish them lots of bad karma
where's the French connection btw?

This lucky streak you've been on lately shows no signs of slowing up, does it?

Oh bugger!

In Spain.

I know. Impressive, isn't it?

Succinct and to the point as always, Wendy.

What has the conveyancor said? Do they think it'll all go through alright still, after all if the house was reposessed they'd stick it on the market anyway wouldn't they?

Was cooking, so had to be quick with my reply

Conveyancer's getting legal advice as we speak. Thinks it should be ok, but not sure.
Hopefully it's just seizing their assets ie - profit, and not our house!

It should be. A house isn't going to clear the debt is it, well until they sell it anyway. I can't see them going through all the hassle of a re-sale when you're buying anyway.

God I hope not. It's just stress I don't need right now.
Not this close to the moving date.

The last house we bought in the UK had debt letters coming to it after we moved in. They were for the people before us. We sent all letters back to the companies that sent them and told them we were the new owners and the previous owners had vanished. Good job we did as they said we would be dealing with alot of headache if they weren't informed.

Thanks Nu, that's what I was thinking...
Time to get a few letters out before the sh*t hits the fan.

We've already been told there may be people 'coming to the house' but not to worry about it.

I don't get it Call me Mr Thicky if you must, but if they are a British couple moving to Spain, how is that a French Connection.

Good luck with the move btw.