emptying bins + gardening before moving out

kazwookie

I moved earlier this year, the rubbish went to the tip, the wheelie council bins were left with what ever was in them.

In the weeks prior to this had power washed the wheelie bins out so they were cleanish

Marvel1

bhaisab said:

I am due to complete on Tuesday.
I understand that when moving out of the house, I will have to clean

Do I need to do the gardening?

Do I need to do the weeding 

Nope for all above.

Slinky

Our tenant left our bins in a right mess when he moved out. Wrong stuff including mouldy food in each of the bins which meant I had to drag it all out and re-sort it otherwise the binmen wouldn't have taken it.

Providing you try and keep the amount of stuff you leave to as little as you can, and it's in the right bins, I think you should be fine.

MovingForwards

In a perfect world the bins would be empty to give the incoming owner somewhere to put all of their rubbish from unpacking / clearing out.

At least you are leaving some space unlike what I had when moving and had to wait as it was bin day before I got the keys so I could use any of the three different bins 😬 

bucksbloke

warby68 said:

One of our vendors told us he was taking his bins with him (thinking he would avoid a charge at his newbuild) - his solicitor politely reminded him that wasn't the norm. He did however take all the light bulbs and toilet rolls.
I wouldn't worry but I would try to leave any rubbish in as 'nice' a condition as possible, bagged up etc and also not  leave types of waste such as food which will be very unpleasant if left for a few weeks.

On most large new build sites, the council charge developer for provision of bins etc via s106 contributions. 

KatrinaWaves

bucksbloke said:

warby68 said:

One of our vendors told us he was taking his bins with him (thinking he would avoid a charge at his newbuild) - his solicitor politely reminded him that wasn't the norm. He did however take all the light bulbs and toilet rolls.
I wouldn't worry but I would try to leave any rubbish in as 'nice' a condition as possible, bagged up etc and also not  leave types of waste such as food which will be very unpleasant if left for a few weeks.

On most large new build sites, the council charge developer for provision of bins etc via s106 contributions. 

Our council only started building this into planning permissions last year. Before that it was left to the developer who mostly didn’t! 

However they did know who had paid and who hadn’t so taking a bin to a new build from an older house would t have got you anywhere 

momo1103

I would leave the property in a way that I would like to find one in. Put yourself in their shoes.
Personally I wouldn't be too bothered about a few weeds but would be bothered about rubbish.

davidmcn

momo1103 said:

I would leave the property in a way that I would like to find one in. Put yourself in their shoes.
Personally I wouldn't be too bothered about a few weeds but would be bothered about rubbish.

Whereas I wouldn't expect a seller to have magicked away the rubbish before bin day.

TBagpuss

Yes, leaving it free of rubbish means inside the house. If you can avoid leaving the bins completely full, then do so, so the new people have space to throw out the stuff they produce between moving day and the next collection. And do make sure that it is all appropriately bagged and sorted.
It would be a kindness to leave a note stating which bins / recycling are collected on which days .

diggingdude

can you not take stuff to the tip before moving?