another one here who is getting less and less fastidious when we have viewings booked! We've had a no show and a cancellation at the last minute so far. But not that many viewings 
cuddy huge cheers for you
tau commiseration. I have seen some filthy places, not least our current home on the second viewing!
Well, two tiny bits of good and bad news here today. Good news is that the vendor of the place we are buying is leaving us two almost new single beds, kitchen table and chairs, all the many expensive gardening tools, and fridge, washer, cooker for £200. This means we could leave our 6 year old fridge/washer in our current house for a bit of cash without being out of pocket. That's reasonable deal right?!
Bad news is that I went in to see the estate agents for our house today and they were a bit uninterested. I've asked them to change the main photograph to an interior shot and update to 'no onward chain', but they think the small price reduction I suggested (£6k) isn't worth it and recommend that if we do a price reduction it should be at least £15k, which means we'll never get over the stamp duty threshold. They were generally a bit negative - they said that the buyer is probably on their system somewhere and they just need to connect the dots - well do it then! We had a very very low offer from someone before, and our EA is going to be representing her house as of next week - I think they just want her to buy it so they control the whole chain. grrrr!!