There is definitely room for negotiation with properties now. We accepted an offer of about 20% under the asking price for our place and an estate agent actually told us recently to offer someone less than half their asking price for a house we looked at! We didn't have the heart to do it...
Cyn, there's no need to apologise. We saw the whole drama unfold and under your circumstances I think we'd have reacted pretty much the same. I'm sure all of us here lost a much loved pet at some point, dog, cat or chicken. And you've lost more than one recently... The absolute last thing a...