Probably hoping ITS give her a collaboration too
Also she is giving the impression she has bought this house by saying about plastering etc. There is no way she has saved for a deposit (while constantly talking about paying off her big credit card) , and had all the solicitors and surveyors done in the short time it's been since she shared she was viewing houses, then decided to stay at the flat, then suddenly moving.
She refuses to admit she rents because she is a snob and feels like she is regarded as better if she gives the impression she has bought the house.