Whilst I believe the vendor must take responsibility for the details of the house they are selling I also expect an estate agent to play a lead role in the sale. After 7 months I ended up walking away due to too many outstanding issues and in this instance I blame James du Pavey for not taking control and being the voice of reason. Time and money aside the whole episode has been a shambles and I would think twice before trying to buy another property through this estate agent.