I would like the house cleared?

Bluefusion

We are buying a 1940's house with the current owners going into a home and the sale is being dealt with by family. Most of the house stuff has been cleared, but there is still a lot of old large furniture and bits lying around, and old carpets throughout the house. The garage and shed are full of rubbish and an old coal shed if filled up with branches from a cut down tree.

When we move in we need to have the house empty so builders can begin to re-wire etc.

Can I request that the house is completely cleared before we move in?
e.g. old carpets thrown away, coal shed emptied along with all other rubbish?

real1314

yes you can. just ask your solicitors to make it clear to the vendors solicitors.
If it's not cleared by the day of completion, contact your sol's for advice - likely to be to get it cleared (might as well use a contractor) and bill the vendor.
your sol's may advise holding an amount back for a few days to cover this?

silvercar

real1314 wrote:

yes you can. just ask your solicitors to make it clear to the vendors solicitors.
If it's not cleared by the day of completion, contact your sol's for advice - likely to be to get it cleared (might as well use a contractor) and bill the vendor.
your sol's may advise holding an amount back for a few days to cover this?

If you want to hold any money back (called a retention) to cover this, it has to be agreed and written into the contract. Your solicitor requesting the insertion of a retention into the contract may be a sufficient spur on them to ensure the property is vacant of possessions as well as people.