> It's also further away from my mum, so... ;-)

Never a bad thing - I strategically placed myself with the M25 between 
us, and as she refuses to use that road on her own I don't get any 
surprise visits :-)

> Well, there is that. The current owner apparently wants to sell quickly
> for more or less this exact reason. I guess that's why my first offer
> was accepted - and why it's so cheap.

I was lucky with both my house purchases that the previous owners 
weren't buying anywhere - makes things faster and less reliant on others.

> I made on offer, it has been accepted, and I'm told the property will be
> taken off the market. Now I need to have surveys done, appoint a
> solicitor, finalise a mortgage application, etc. In other words
> EVERYTHING ELSE. So I'm really just at the beginning here...

So you're holding things up at the moment then :-) Get a friend to phone 
up to make sure the property is really taken off the market - often the 
estate agent will continue showing people round hoping for a better 
offer, or to ask you to up your offer.

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