Sadly she's still alive - the continued stream of bank statements, cheque books and invites to women's book festivals are still arriving in the post over a year since we bought the house (she was too tight to pay for more than 6 months of the postal redirection service).
Moral of the story is... don't buy a house from a complete weirdo - even if it is (sort of) cheap.
(, Mon 17 Apr 2006, 2:59, archived)