repossesion house clearances

evosy1978

Hy all.

was just wondering a couple of things.

Who cleans houses after they have been repossed? Like if ex-owners have left them in amess or left a mess out of bitterness mayby.

Do the banks/lenders have companies come in to empty and clean them, or is solicitors, or estate agents that have to get them ready for being sold again.

thanks

exil

I bought a repo'd house 20 years ago.

As soon as the bank repossesses the house it becomes responsible for its upkeep and for getting as good a price as it can, so it is likely to spend some money on tidying up and cleaning. It needs to get the house off its books as soon as it can!

In our case the house was perfectly presentable though no major repairs had been done, we were able to knock the cost of these off the price.

mizzbiz

evosy1978 wrote: »

Hy all.

was just wondering a couple of things.

Who cleans houses after they have been repossed? Like if ex-owners have left them in amess or left a mess out of bitterness mayby.

Do the banks/lenders have companies come in to empty and clean them, or is solicitors, or estate agents that have to get them ready for being sold again.

thanks

Had a business idea, have you?

It's a good one. In the boom, lots of people were doing rental cleaning, like when tenants lefta rental in a mess, a company would go in and 'professionally clean' for the next tenants (and probably a fair whack of the bond). So I suppose repossession cleaning is a good idea in these times.