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24th April 2025
The house in Cyprus that has sold
24th April 2025
Gareth and James with Gareth and Laura Worgan's little treasure, Tobi
At long last, we have sold the house in Cyprus. Admittedly we still do not have the deeds so we have had to sell on a basis of 90% payment with 10% in escrow (held by the lawyers until the deeds are available). The deal is due to be completed on 2nd May when the final contract is signed and the keys are put in the hands of the lawyer - as soon as the money appears in our account the keys will be handed over. We had a lot of trouble getting our UK Euro account to accept the money - they had to make sure we were not money laundering, drug dealing or human trafficing !!!!!! But, things are nearly there. Isobel and I, with Rhian and Gareth, are going out to Cyprus on 28th April for a week to make final arrangements. The renter will be out by 1st May but there is still a lot of furniture left in the house. We have told the renter to take what she wants of it, the buyers also can have what they want and anything else we will hopefully arrange to have collected by a charity. It is likely to be a busy but exciting week!!
Grandson James is just completing his second year at Portsmouth University in a few weeks. His degree course in Architecture allows him to take a year out for practical experience and he has been applying to companies for a position accordingly. Well, after much soul searching and applications he beat hundreds of applicants to get a year with Mitchells and Butler including a salary and a car! We are all as proud as punch for him.
As far as Gareth is concerned - he is still managing a local restaurant but is in the process of applying for something more professional and rewarding. Moves are a-foot for something exciting - more news on this when the time comes.
Now that the house in Cyprus has sold, Isobel and and I have been looking for a place of our own. We have found what we wanted so more news on that later. In the meantime, look out for an email or message detailing our new address. Also, after a lot of thinking, there will not be a landline and we will be switching to mobiles only - so no change in those numbers (email us if you don't have them and I will reply).
Pip in her better days with Gareth
Do you remenmber Pip? That's the little lady that Isobel, Rhian and I adopted some years ago as she was slowly going downhill. We think Pip did have some relatives up Lancashire way but, as we understand it, she fell out with them many years ago and has never been in contact since. Pip had given Power of Attourney to the husband of a local lady friend of hers (who has died). Unfortunately, that husband spent her money instead of managing it and after Guy's and my intervention the power of attourney was taken off him - but not before he has spent some £75,000 of her money. Police were involved but although he was considered guilty the charges were dropped 'because of his advancing age (85)'. Anyway, Pip finally ended up in a nursing home where she was looked after until she passed away at the end of november age 97!!! RIP Pip.