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Help! £500 Bill for cleaning post sale of property

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  • bertiewhite
    bertiewhite Posts: 1,904 Forumite
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    Blimey, I've been in my house just over a year now and I've just about got there with the decorating all bar one room - maybe I should present the previous owner with a bill as well?

    It'd be hard though as she's dead now.
  • bertiewhite
    bertiewhite Posts: 1,904 Forumite
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    NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »
    £650 labour charge for cleaning a house and a bit of redecorating (£38 of paint won't go far)???
    Paint
    2 x£20.00
    £40.00

    Paint
    £26.00

    Paint
    £23.00

    Paint
    £15.00

    £38 ? Where did you go to school?
  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,977 Forumite
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    edited 16 January 2020 at 1:05PM
    EHomer wrote: »
    So I replied to the solicitor

    Good evening

    Please do not respond to this request from them. The house was sold in a condition commensurate to their viewing, they were offered to come to the property when I went back to clean the property.
    To answer will I pay for their bill of items, the answer now will be as it will be going forward, and i refer you to Hamlet Act 3 Scene 3 Line 87... "No".
    I do wonder however what the bill would be for a house requiring renovation. If for a small end terrace it is to this value a house requiring full renovation must be a considerable amount.
    Please do not respond to any further communication from them regarding this as I am not paying for anything.

    Many thanks

    Well done. You now look like a bit silly/childish to the person who helped you sell your home. The solicitor also tried to do you a favour by having them take anything off the bill that is not applicable before coming to you with it. Whether or not that was the right thing to do is debatable but they still tried to help, I am guessing after you quoting hamlet and ending it sounding like a kid, that help will probably be thin on the ground going forward.

    Just a simple thanks for informing me, please can you advise the couple you do not believe the costs are valid and so will not be paying nor replying to further correspondence and thanking your solicitor would have been a lot better (in my opinion).
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  • Skiddaw1
    Skiddaw1 Posts: 2,368 Forumite
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    bertiewhite wrote: »
    Blimey, I've been in my house just over a year now and I've just about got there with the decorating all bar one room - maybe I should present the previous owner with a bill as well?

    It'd be hard though as she's dead now.


    It's probably in the worst possible taste but this made me laugh so much I spat my coffee out...:rotfl:
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    Skiddaw1 wrote: »
    It's probably in the worst possible taste but this made me laugh so much I spat my coffee out...:rotfl:
    Careful, Bertie, you'll get a cleaning bill.
  • Skiddaw1
    Skiddaw1 Posts: 2,368 Forumite
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    Brilliant!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    You'll have to take me to court, y'know.
  • Ben1989
    Ben1989 Posts: 470 Forumite
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    Tell then you'll pay, but you'll be reimbursed for this in the sale of all the white goods in the property that you left for them.
  • lees80
    lees80 Posts: 160 Forumite
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    The easiest response to this would've been to tell your solicitor not to act and end all correspondence. The transaction is complete - nothing else to discuss.
  • Silver_Queen
    Silver_Queen Posts: 824 Forumite
    Does your buyer realise they've BOUGHT the house...? Maybe they think you're their landlord and just charge really, really expensive rent? :rotfl:
    Debt Totals July 2019::
    [STRIKE]£350 Natwest Credit Card [/STRIKE]/ ]Now £0 (paid off and closed 04/2017) £15,500 postgrad loan from parents/ Now £7,000 £5,000 sister loan/ Now £0[STRIKE]£500 train ticket loan from parents [/STRIKE]/ Now £0 (paid off 16/02/18)[STRIKE]£2,000 Overdraft[/STRIKE] Now £0 (paid off 09/03/18) £1,967.83 Barclays 0% card Now £0     Total £7,000
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