Livre d'Or

The estate agents advised me that in their judgement these people, although awkward, were a better prospect than putting the house back on the market.

Of course they did, because to an estate agent £x thousand in commission now is better than the possibility of £x.1 thousand at some point in the future.

I'm annoyed by the behaviour of the buyers, honestly. They made me an offer on condition that I would take the house off the market

.. and they should have paid something for that.