Knock Down Price

This is another Friday Fictioneersstory. It’s a sort of sequel to this one. Thanks to Mary Shipman for the photograph.

-This is it, then?
-This is it.
-And it’s genuine timber?
-100% stick.
-It’s in quite a state.
-Well, the vendor had to vacate unexpectedly. It’s reflected in the price.
-It’s practically derelict.
-There is some minor wolf damage, yes.
-It’s nearly as bad as that pile of straw you showed me in Cricklewood.
-…There were a few…structural issues but the vendor had built it himself.
-And was he a builder?
-No. He was something in sausages, I think.
-He shouldn’t give up the day job.
-He didn’t.
-And this really the only house you can show me?
-In your price range, yes.
-There’s really nothing else?
-Well…there is a brick house just come on the market. Zone 3. Convenient for the tube.
-Sounds good.
-The vendor’s just had a new patio put down, too.
-Oh.
-And between you and me, he’s in a hurry to sell.
-Sounds great..What are the schools like round there?
-Abominable.
-Best show me round the stick house then.