Completed But House a Tip

flora48

I succumbed to having my oven professionally cleaned last year, the best money I ever spent. Restored to almost new condition in less than an hour. Why did I bother trying to do it myself for the past forty years!!

anotheruser

The oven I find easy.
To be fair, the oven was left in such a way that we were happy to cook pizza in it. It'll just need a wipe down on the inside.
I get the oven cleaners with the liquid and bags from Wilko, they're pretty good.

So far, both bathrooms are cleaned, the living room, dining room and study are also cleaned. We've been able to do some painting too, which is nice.

Still to do, the kitchen, which is by far the worst area Very smelly so will need to use lots of product around the floors and under the cupboards.
I've tried with some fabreeze but still smelly.

michelle2008

I am planning to move in a few months. While I might be lucky and move into a house whose owners are like me and will scrub the house from top to bottom and leave a bottle of wine and house warming card - I am planning for the worst and have built a deep clean by a professional firm into the budget.

It's a couple of hundred pounds well spent - and is nothing compared to the overall cost of a house move!!!

It's a stressful time and people can be lazy and self absorbed. Hope it all works out well - you will laugh at this in a few months!!

sheff6107

If your solicitor sent you the standard homebuyers templated form it has a pre-printed clause about the property being in a clean and tidy condition.

Andypandyboy

Full professional oven clean is about £30. I wouldn't tackle it myself for that price. They bring them back to almost new condition, we have ours done twice a year.

Bonfire_Bride

I wouldnt be happy either, especially with doggy poop but I would just suck it up and get cleaning.


We have our oven professionally cleaned and even though we are buying a house that was only built last year, I will stay pay for it to be done.


We had ours cleaned while we were still having viewings on the property...the day after it broke. So our buyers are getting a brand new oven - lucky things.

teddysmum

The fact that the bin was overflowing shows that they ran out of places to put rubbish (perhaps had no transport to the tip or it was too far).


A few dog biscuits possibly dropped while hurrying to move) and unused cat litter, still in a bag, are no huge problem. The dead bird could have been dropped by a fox or something and the dog could have pooed just before they left (moving does stress animals),so not noticed. The tools etc area freebie, if they work..


A steam cleaner is a very effective cleaning tool, as it blasts dirt out of crevices and the heat sterilizes.

kerri_gt

and windows open as much as possible - makes a massive difference just getting air through the place.

alumende27

Houses do tend to look a little grubby when empty, and owners aren''t always that bothered about doing a bit of last minute tidying when their focus is moving somewhere else.

I bought a house off (what was then) a friend, and he left the place a terrible mess. I had to get a full size skip to clear out the rubbish he left (including a broken "portable" washing machine in the loft). And I have never seen, before or since, such a disgusting oven. No comeback, just chalk it up to experience.

He also left a few things he later decided he wanted back, but naturally they went in the skip. We've not spoken for 15 years.

PasturesNew

All houses, once you walk in and they're empty, look a LOT grubbier than you'd ever imagined. They also look smaller.

It's just one of those things. As a rule sellers don't do super deep cleans of a house - just their regular cleaning.... and once everything's out of the house it all takes on an instant air of neglect because it's empty.

Meanwhile, you've spent the last 3 months dreaming of your perfect house.

Just shrug and say "!!!!!! happens"