another funny update:
I was promised a call back by cob tomorrow, they
didnt
I called back two days later very annoyed, and while I was on the phone to them chucking up a stink, I started getting a call from them on my call waiting ( i suspect they were just calling me just to leave a record)
anyway, another promise to call me back after 'investigation' in 24 hours
no call back,
today I called again, and they said theyd call me back within an hour to investigate,
got a call back in 5
they said that they did another manual check and my default isnt there anymore and will proceed,
they also said that they will remove the earlier credit enquires off my file (didnt know this was even possible)
I asked how it was even possible for this to happen give that the credit wasnt there, unless you had the same file from 5 years ago (which I didnt apply 5 years ago), and got a vague answer
and a few questions later, another problem, i took some time off recently and they needed 3 months consecutive part time employment
which doesnt help the fact that the company I work for moved/opened a new office in december, and when we moved all payslips started coming from a different company
so much hassle for a simple application!
but it feels a lot better now