I have bought a property. Is it reasonable to expect it to be clean?

bylromarha

Last house I moved out of I was 8.75 months pregnant, with a 22 month old toddler and a husband who worked solidly 8am - 10pm.

I packed as much as I could, bought a bottle of wine for the buyers. Packing finished by OH all through the night leading up to moving day. But the house was left dirty. I could see the piles of fluff from where we moved large items. I could see the layers of dust. I could see the scum on the shower tiles.

It was how it was.

Bullion_Baron

A house is bought "as is". You can't expect the seller to have any inclination to clean a house they'll never see again leaving. That's just human nature!

suicidebob

Gwhiz wrote: »

Sorry - no excuse EVER for leaving a house a mess in my mind.

What if you're dead?

savingmummy

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'll hire some professional cleaners when I buy a house. Toss them the keys, go down the pub. Full of win.

:rotfl:Love it! I`m doing that when i next move

Gwhiz

suicidebob wrote: »

What if you're dead?

Then it's down to selfishness

Matt1977

When I sold my flat last summer I cleaned the place up, with assistance from my mother. The kitchen and bathroom were positively sparkling when I left the place for the last time.

Once the big items of furniture were moved out, big areas of dust were revealed on carpets and skirting boards. I'm not a clean freak but I was pretty keen to vacuum up the dust. Nevertheless, the carpets could have done with a shampoo but that was for the new owner to decide upon.

Seanymph

There are limits surely?

I will have no option but to clean where we are moving to (if we ever exchange!) - in fact, I shall be cleaning it to the extent of putting hte carpet into a skip.

The one I'm leaving will be cleaned (we have already done window frames and the like) - but without taking out the cooker and such you can't be spotless and I would expect they would move in expecting to clean anyway.

spook

I have just spent the morning thoroughly cleaning the kitchen, including the oven which hasn't been cleaned for years (yuck) for our buyer.

For all I know, it might be a huge waste of effort as they may be planning to rip the kitchen out as soon as they move in. Or perhaps their standards of cleanliness are so low that they wouldn't have noticed the muck anyway.

The only thing that would truly make sense would be if nobody cleaned before moving out and everybody expected to clean when moving in. Then less effort would be wasted.

KateLiana27

I think this falls squarely into the category of Kind And Decent But Sadly Not Legally Required Things, along with holding open doors, giving up your seat for the less able, and letting people into traffic queues.

Nice people do, selfish people don't. No way of knowing until you get there. If you expect it you'll just set yourself up for disappointment. If you don't, it'll be a nice bonus if it happens.

poppysarah

I helped someone moved out and helped clean the place. They got a full refund from the landlord so it met their standards too.
However the person who moved in (didn't know I'd been involved in the clean up) tried telling me how filthy the place was and that they spent all day having to clean it.

Even the oven was spotless... So I just think some people are a bit sensitive.