How clean do you leave the sold house?

megzmam

we moved just over 5 weeks ago and i left our old home spotless in fact i think the removal men probably thought i had ocd cos as soon as they moved something i hoovered under it. wish the same could be said for people who lived in our new house we bought. . . . .five weeks down the line i'm still finding muck and dust everywhere, it took two days just to clean oven extractor fan think it was stuck with lard!!!!

vacheron

The last two rented places we left were cleaned like a military operation as if CSI were paying a visit! (the motivation is always there when there is a 4 figure deposit riding on it!)

When we bought our new house the seller was a lady on her own who was downsizing and already living in her new smaller house.

She spent 3 whole days travelling to the new place and cleaning before we moved in. The place was immaculate and her efforts were really appreceated (with a big bunch of flowers and some wine and chocolates) :-)

juliettelixora

leaving the place clean can increase the value of the place. And can change the vision of the people as some of them might be overlooking. Others judge the house on the outside criteria but if they check what's inside it they would stop doubting but rather be impressed.

And with all due respect the the new users of the place. You are not just leaving a place were the janitor or cleaning maintenance crew will empty those trash bins and etc.

chemsatain

juliettelixora wrote: »

leaving the place clean can increase the value of the place. And can change the vision of the people as some of them might be overlooking. Others judge the house on the outside criteria but if they check what's inside it they would stop doubting but rather be impressed.

And with all due respect the the new users of the place. You are not just leaving a place were the janitor or cleaning maintenance crew will empty those trash bins and etc.

What on earth are you talking about?

casper_g

chemsatain wrote: »

What on earth are you talking about?

Probably just building her post count until she can post some spam links....

devotee

casper_g wrote: »

Probably just building her post count until she can post some spam links....

LOL! Be nice, she might have not read the thread properly.

The place is already sold, so no value increase.

FireWyrm

When I sold my last house, it had been completely renovated from top to bottom with new carpets, shower etc. I left all information to do with local resources and bills as well as a bottle of red and one of white. The greedy sod still did me out of £3K....sometimes karma doesnt help.

I'm hopefully moving soon (urgh, this takes forever) and I'll be interested to see what shape the new house is in when I get there. I would generally expect that the house should be reasonably clean, bathrooms and floors scrubbed and appliances that are staying should have been given a thorough going over. I wouldnt be checking the tops of doors or anything.

tomatoe_2

When I sold last year I had to take 5k less than i wanted as it was the only offer. I would have seen 2.5k less as fairer but the buyer would not budge. Needless to say I didnt clean a dam thing or cut the lawn again after exchange. Wine ? you must be joking, they can buy there own dam wine with the 2.5k they managed to screw me for.

Slinky

My sister in law bought a place where the oven was so filthy they ended up with takeaways the night they moved in, and when the oven cleaning bloke came to clean the oven, by the time he'd finished there wasn't much metal left! They never used the oven, it put them off completely. The carpets were so full of cat fur their son's girlfriend who was living with them had an asthma attack.

A few weeks after they moved in they had problems with blocked drains. Dynorod discovered huge great lumps of congealed fat they'd been throwing chipfat down the sink for years.

Yuck, dirty people.

Tiddlywinks

How clean?

That depends on your personal pride and general consideration for others, doesn't it?