Titre de propriete

We received a letter from the Notaire with our titre de propriété (title deeds) for the house and gites. I suppose the titre is the last piece of paperwork issued by the notaire after the Compromis de Vente and Acte de Vente. A good demonstration on the speed of bureaucracy in France, as we had bought the house over 18 months ago. The problem was that the titre was not ours, it was another English couples' house. The covering letter and breakdown of the account, with the amounts paid for the house, the agents fees, the notary fees etc. was ours, but the actual deeds belonged to someone else. Caroline went to visit the notaire to explain, who was extremely embarrassed and appologetic, and assumed, like us, that the various bits of paperwork had accidentally swapped envelopes during collation. Because he did not speak any English he then asked if Caroline could phone the other English couple and explain to problem and ensure everything was returned to it's rightful owners. Hopefully everything should sort itself out.