malicious neighbour unintentionally does me a favour
Thursday brought seemingly bad news. Council wanted to rescind the contract on the cottage due to a complaint against "fibrous asbestos". There was no doubt, the neighbour that missed out at auction was set to spoil. My enraged Conveyancing man hatched a plan to offer a reduced price to salvage the deal, with me paying for remedial work to be carried out. Late Friday evening I received word that Council intend to proceed on these grounds. I will argue, after the lowest sale price is set, that the property contains only a modest quantity of "non-fibrous asbestos" as do thousands of houses across the state. I get a reduction in the sale price and have to renovate the property. Bingo!