You Couldn't Make It Up Part 82646

[Barman]

You couldn't make it up! 

After uge delays caused by the buyer, our house sale was due to complete this week...

I've been massively busy sorting everything out, tax completion, cleaners, moving out our tenant's final bits, donations to charity shops, etc.

So on Friday our solicitors are due at The Land Registry to effectively swap a big bag of cash for the title deeds and keys...

However...

Last week The Land registry suffered a ransomware attack on its computers... They are still down...

Each day the 'puters are down delays completion by a day... 

[Uncle Mort]

  doesn't quite cover it.

I have tendency to quickly lose it whenever anything goes wrong (it's a family trait)

erit terminus in lacrimis (family motto)

[Barman]

doesn't quite cover it.

I have tendency to quickly lose it whenever anything goes wrong (it's a family trait)

erit terminus in lacrimis (family motto)

 

I'm still hoping that (due to a bizarre freak of laziness on the part of the buyer's lawyer) we should have his money in our client account and hold the title deeds by the end of the week...

So the tears will be his but we won't get the cash until The Land Registry sorts its shit out... 

[Steve]

 

Hopefully you had no part in designing their IT system.

What a fuck up but seems organisations the world over are naive about the need to protect data no matter how much it annoys their employees. 

. . .

erit terminus in lacrimis (family motto)

    you should licence rights to use that

[Nick]

I feel your pain

Stupid useless conveyancers took 16 WEEKS to process my flat sale

[apc2010]

doesn't quite cover it.

I have tendency to quickly lose it whenever anything goes wrong (it's a family trait)

erit terminus in lacrimis (family motto)

 

I'm still hoping that (due to a bizarre freak of laziness on the part of the buyer's lawyer) we should have his money in our client account and hold the title deeds by the end of the week...

So the tears will be his but we won't get the cash until The Land Registry sorts its shit out... 

Lend us a .....I'll wait....

[Barman]

I've just learnt that to the surprise of everyone the buyer is going to fly in tomorrow to inspect the property! 

[Steve]

I've just learnt that to the surprise of everyone the buyer is going to fly in tomorrow to inspect the property! 

Hows the Land Registry doing? 

[Barman]

I've just learnt that to the surprise of everyone the buyer is going to fly in tomorrow to inspect the property! 

Hows the Land Registry doing?

Puters still down... Talking about reinstating in sections now, I'm guessing another week at least before they are back to 'normal'...

[Steve]

I've just learnt that to the surprise of everyone the buyer is going to fly in tomorrow to inspect the property! 

Hows the Land Registry doing?

Puters still down... Talking about reinstating in sections now, I'm guessing another week at least before they are back to 'normal'...

Memo to self:  I really must make that independent from the Cloud full back up

[Barman]

Quite a day...

Met the buyer at the house this morning and everything was fine there - he was happy to do some form of 'cash in exchange for keys' scheme if the lawyers could work something out...

However, my (brilliant) lawyer has managed to get an appointment at The Land Registry on Monday to do a proper transfer! 

[Nick]

 

[Barman]

Well that all went tits-up quite quickly! 

[apc2010]

Well that all went tits-up quite quickly! 

Where is the popcorn seasoning .........

[Nick]