help! completion was yesterday but sellers did not move out!

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

What was their story of why they lived like that/why the house was like that?

It feels a bit bad talking about it. The house had been inherited a couple of times and as far as I can see, never cleared out in the meantime. The further back you go, the older and more rotten it got. Behind all the bags and boxes were bookcases wtill neatly lined with old, but rotten books. There were 21 black bin bags of brand new clothing from mail order catalogues.

Old lady, but with a family who visited weekly, we have no idea where she would have gone to the toilet even. There is proud but there is proud beyond reason.

We were told it would be cleared and basically paid SDLT to effect that. Except they did nothing - which also doesn't surprise me, tbh. It was gross. They would have given up very quickly. We filled seven or eight industrial skips and still have one room full of stuff.

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

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Some of the furniture didn't look too shabby..... but I'm used to living in houses that are decorated with old tat from the 60s that were probably hand outs at the time.

Nixer

Wow, I had suspected mental illness of a sort. Saw a Paddington Bear in there too and childrens shoes which was a bit sad.
Still I don't feel so bad for not doing the hoovering today...

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Some of the furniture didn't look too shabby..... but I'm used to living in houses that are decorated with old tat from the 60s that were probably hand outs at the time.

Much of it was rotten with mould and rot evident. Just climbing up it. There was, well, still is a gorgeous looking stained glass door but H just kicked it slightly with his foot and it is completely hollow. There is nothing left behind the paint. The whole place is riddled with rot, including the furniture. You wouldn't want anyone to put it in their house. Our damp guy thinks that rot is like an STD!

Drodough

Wow- very sad really

JQ.

My parents had a classic when they moved into their first and only house 40 years ago. It was a large farmhouse on quite a large plot and the vendors had cut the plot in half and built a new house for themselves next door. So the vendors were to be my parents new neighbours. My parents moved in at 4pm on a winters evening to find the vendors had removed all the lightbulbs along with plenty of other stuff. I can understand some people are tight, but in this situation it was madness. As you can imagine the relationship with their new neighbours did not get off to a good start.

Drodough

JQ. wrote: »

My parents had a classic when they moved into their first and only house 40 years ago. It was a large farmhouse on quite a large plot and the vendors had cut the plot in half and built a new house for themselves next door. So the vendors were to be my parents new neighbours. My parents moved in at 4pm on a winters evening to find the vendors had removed all the lightbulbs along with plenty of other stuff. I can understand some people are tight, but in this situation it was madness. As you can imagine the relationship with their new neighbours did not get off to a good start.

To do it when yuo will never see the buyers again is very tight (and unhelpful!). To do it when your buyers will be your new neighbours is just downright stupid! . Did they manage to build a good neighbourly relationship after that??

silvercar

Doozergirl wrote: »

It feels a bit bad talking about it. The house had been inherited a couple of times and as far as I can see, never cleared out in the meantime. The further back you go, the older and more rotten it got. Behind all the bags and boxes were bookcases wtill neatly lined with old, but rotten books. There were 21 black bin bags of brand new clothing from mail order catalogues.

Old lady, but with a family who visited weekly, we have no idea where she would have gone to the toilet even. There is proud but there is proud beyond reason.

We were told it would be cleared and basically paid SDLT to effect that. Except they did nothing - which also doesn't surprise me, tbh. It was gross. They would have given up very quickly. We filled seven or eight industrial skips and still have one room full of stuff.

Sounds like mental health issues to me. At least a shopping addiction.

It would make me feel wierd moving in to that, luckily its been bought by someone doing a complete refurb.

Ulfar

Any update from OP ?

egyptiangirl

Doozergirl wrote: »

Much of it was rotten with mould and rot evident. Just climbing up it. There was, well, still is a gorgeous looking stained glass door but H just kicked it slightly with his foot and it is completely hollow. There is nothing left behind the paint. The whole place is riddled with rot, including the furniture. You wouldn't want anyone to put it in their house. Our damp guy thinks that rot is like an STD!

I'm confused.:question: Didn't you view the house before you bought it? didn't you see all this?