What state will you leave your house in when you sell it?

couriervanman

Some people are oblivious to the filth they live in 

theartfullodger

Sold a house October, Scottish Highlands, empty since March.  Not been up there at all, grass got to 4 ft high, had that cut & rubbish in garden removed.  No idea what state it was like. 

Tippytoes

Although I've never been lucky enough to move into a thoroughly clean home, my conscience would not let me leave the home I'm vacating in an unclean state. (wouldn't want to give my old neighbours something to gossip about!)

Superclarkkent

I plan to clean thoroughly, but not fill holes or repaint. I will however leave the paint I originally decorated with so that the buyer can choose to touch up with the same colour if they wish to.

badger09

When we moved in over 20 years ago, the first thing I did was to get all the boxed stuff moved so I could rip up all downstairs carpets which stank of old dog. The kitchen was more than grubby but the toilets were ok. It really took the pleasure out of moving in.

After we accepted offer end August we had a massive declutter and I gradually tidied/sorted every room. Packing things we wouldn't need for a while, moving all books to one place etc and thoroughly cleaned inside cupboards & wardrobes at the same time. Following exchange 18th December, I packed more, cleaned every window in the house and deep cleaned spare bedrooms, bathroom etc. (Christmas? Missed that completely). Then a couple of days before move I 'flicked around' again.

On day removal men came to pack (6th Jan 1st day of lockdown 3), I was up at 4.30 cleaning the kitchen - just as well as by the evening I couldn't get near most things because of all the boxes! On 7th, husband & I immediately ran vac over now empty rooms. The house was immaculate. I had developed a great relationship with our buyer and wanted them to love the house as much as we had. I left them a letter, all keys labelled and a box file with instructions for every thing they could possibly need. We even made the removal men unpack some pool related stuff they'd packed in error. We then drove to our temp accommodation in Wales, opened a bottle of fizz and collapsed.

8th was Completion. Buyer emailed me a few hours after collecting keys 'We are finally in, boxes everywhere but we love it' and 'Its been a pleasure dealing with you. Keep in touch'

Can't say how happy that made me  

amandacat

What are your thoughts on leaving fixed mirrors in place? I have one in the hall and one in a bedroom and they are fixed to the wall. If I remove them I’ll have to fill in the damage and try and paint but this will look patchy unless I paint the whole wall which I won’t have time to do. They’re fairly modern inoffensive mirrors so I was going to leave them. Would that annoy you as a buyer or would you be grateful to have some mirrors in place to keep you going in the interim? 

Superclarkkent

amandacat said:

What are your thoughts on leaving fixed mirrors in place? I have one in the hall and one in a bedroom and they are fixed to the wall. If I remove them I’ll have to fill in the damage and try and paint but this will look patchy unless I paint the whole wall which I won’t have time to do. They’re fairly modern inoffensive mirrors so I was going to leave them. Would that annoy you as a buyer or would you be grateful to have some mirrors in place to keep you going in the interim? 

Are you able to contact your buyer to ask whether they'd like them?

Scotbot

amandacat said:

What are your thoughts on leaving fixed mirrors in place? I have one in the hall and one in a bedroom and they are fixed to the wall. If I remove them I’ll have to fill in the damage and try and paint but this will look patchy unless I paint the whole wall which I won’t have time to do. They’re fairly modern inoffensive mirrors so I was going to leave them. Would that annoy you as a buyer or would you be grateful to have some mirrors in place to keep you going in the interim? 

If you can't contact the buyer to ask them I would leave them, I would prefer that to holes in the wall. 

badger09

amandacat said:

What are your thoughts on leaving fixed mirrors in place? I have one in the hall and one in a bedroom and they are fixed to the wall. If I remove them I’ll have to fill in the damage and try and paint but this will look patchy unless I paint the whole wall which I won’t have time to do. They’re fairly modern inoffensive mirrors so I was going to leave them. Would that annoy you as a buyer or would you be grateful to have some mirrors in place to keep you going in the interim? 

If removing them would damage the walls, I'd definitely leave them. As a buyer, I wouldn't be at all annoyed by this. Inoffensive mirrors don't come under the heading of 'junk' IMO and I'd simply replace them as & when I redecorated.

jackomdj

If people live like this then they probably think it is acceptable.  I keep my house clean and tidy and would leave it that way for new people.  As it is kept clean the only things I need to do when moving is hoover where beds and cupboards get moved or clean needs of drawers/kitchen cupboards etc.