While it is easy to say "walk away" you don't have to explain to the other half that we're not going to be moving any time soon
Part of the "problem" we have is that we need a decent sized 4 bedroom house with a decent sized garden and parking, without going over budget;. and these are very, very few and far between. Add in the fact that we have three kids to house plus one on the way, and thus also have the "fun" of finding decent schooling to go alongside everything else, as well as being commutable to my current work plus London for future work... let's just say we finally found our needle and are a little reluctant to just walk.
I am also concerned that, having got so far down the existing application route, my credit file will be impacted and I would not be able to get a mortgage for another property for the next couple of months should we manage to find another needle in the housing haystack.
Having calmed a little since Saturday I realise in hindsight that we had been dumped with the monkey as the organ grinder had the afternoon off (so to speak). As they aren't who we have dealt with over the past few weeks, they were evidently not aware about the details around our reservation...
Bearing this in mind, I emailed them today stating that we weren't happy about the deception, and were we to proceed we would be forced to buy a combination fridge freezer, and if we didn't we would lose a load of cash. I said that we want to proceed on the basis that they include integrated fridge freeezer as standard, and should they not agree, there was a veiled threat as to getting my money back via legal avenues...
The upshot is, they have agreed to include the fridge/freezer at no cost to us. We shall be double checking all the paperwork before signing and ensuring that we get the property snagged by a builder who will know what to look out for!