How do you do to move out and in in the same day?

RADDERS

I know this is a money saving site, but on the day we moved I employed a local cleaner. As we emptied a room she cleaned it, skirtings and paintwork. As my buyers paid asking price and we had to delay completion due to my MIL dying I thought it was nice to leave the house spotless.
It was the best £50 I spent !!!128514;

lessonlearned

I have always left every house I have sold absolutely spotless, with a bunch of flowers, a bottle of fizz and a welcome card.

I also compile a little folder of local info, including a few takeaway leaflets.

Do unto others and all that.....:rotfl:

My house is currently on the market and I hope to move in the near future. Normally I pack myself but this time I shall let the movers do it.

leon103

The issue we have about being out of one property at 1pm and into the other is that it's only across the road. Hopefully the sellers will allow us to move across earlier. Being friends will hopefully work in our favour.

tori.k

dunroving wrote: »

I was fascinated by the various opinions on whether you would/should clean your house. I can't imagine just doing a 20-minute run-through with the hoover, and am considering paying a local company to do a deep clean. Even though the buyer may start off by doing a clean, it doesn't mean you should leave it uncleaned. Interestingly, I found on the TA6 (Law Society Property Information Form), the seller does tick a box (Section 14.4) that confirms (or otherwise) they will ensure that, "all rubbish will be removed from the property ... and that the property will be left in a clean and tidy condition"

I think on the whole most people that are concerned enough to ask about cleaning are naturally clean and tidy people anyway, so a hover where bigger furniture has been, is likely all that's really needed.

Cakeguts

leon103 wrote: »

The issue we have about being out of one property at 1pm and into the other is that it's only across the road. Hopefully the sellers will allow us to move across earlier. Being friends will hopefully work in our favour.

It isn't an issue. You have to have moved out by then. How you do it is up to you.

What you agree with your sellers over completion time is one thing but you have to be out by 1pm for your buyers. You can't use your buyers house as cheap storage until you are ready to move across the road.

If your sellers won't let you in earlier you can't leave your furniture in a house that no longer belongs to you in order to save moving/storage costs. You have to find a way round it and have cleared the house out by 1pm when you will cease to own it.

If you have sold through an estate agent you have to hand all the keys to the house into the estate agent by 1pm. You are not allowed back inside the house for any reason after 1pm because it isn't your house anymore. If you are moving across the road do you want to start off in the wrong with the new neighbours in your old house?

The contract says 1pm to stop people from doing what you thought you were going to do because you knew that your buyers were coming from some distance away.

Cakeguts

I am losing the will to live. What is it that makes people think that they can continue to use a house that they no longer own to store furniture until they are ready to move it?

If the contract says that you have to be out by 1pm that is what you do. It is up to you to work out how to do it not to use someone else's home for storage because that is convenient for you.

It is this attitude that is why people are advised to have a locksmith ready to change the locks immediately on completion.

leon103

Someone needs a !!!!ing chill pill. Most negative poster ever award goes to....

leon103

Cakeguts wrote: »

It isn't an issue. You have to have moved out by then. How you do it is up to you.

What you agree with your sellers over completion time is one thing but you have to be out by 1pm for your buyers. You can't use your buyers house as cheap storage until you are ready to move across the road.

If your sellers won't let you in earlier you can't leave your furniture in a house that no longer belongs to you in order to save moving/storage costs. You have to find a way round it and have cleared the house out by 1pm when you will cease to own it.

If you have sold through an estate agent you have to hand all the keys to the house into the estate agent by 1pm. You are not allowed back inside the house for any reason after 1pm because it isn't your house anymore. If you are moving across the road do you want to start off in the wrong with the new neighbours in your old house?

The contract says 1pm to stop people from doing what you thought you were going to do because you knew that your buyers were coming from some distance away.

I didn't say storing in my buyers house past 1pm.

I mentioned that hopefully the people selling to us will allow us to move belongings across before 1pm.

Clutterfree

lessonlearned wrote: »

I have always left every house I have sold absolutely spotless, with a bunch of flowers, a bottle of fizz and a welcome card.

I also compile a little folder of local info, including a few takeaway leaflets.

Do unto others and all that.....:rotfl:

My house is currently on the market and I hope to move in the near future. Normally I pack myself but this time I shall let the movers do it.

Thank you, me too!
When everyone was saying don't bother I thought I was strange for cleaning.
We have left every home we've moved from absolutely spotless so that our buyer can just unpack their things straight into the cupboards.
When we bumped into our last buyer a few months later she thanked us for leaving the house immaculate. It's called pride.

Sadly we've never been afforded the same pleasure when moving in but never mind, I will still always leave a house as I would wish to find it.

PThome

Thank you all for your great tips!

When I moved in to this flat it was spotless and the previous owners left me a card and an ornament (that my daughter loves ) and I felt really special as that shows respect and care even though should have been a stressful few last days for them So, as I had a so great experience, I just want to do the same and hopefully that will help the new owners to relax and have a better experience (or at least help to cut off the stress of the previous days).