I've just spent some time reading the posts about this character and it highlighted again why this forum is so important.
Without it, as we start to look at properties, there's every chance that we'd come across this bloke and be taken in by him. It's reassuring to know there's a community of lovely and experienced people out there...there are other rogues of course, and many of them, and it doesn't mean we won't get ripped off...but it does feel as though the chances of that happening are reduced.
You're all fab.

(Though obviously, as we know from Mr James, nobody actually bothers to read CBF....)