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[latefortysomething]

Hi all,
Just to say moving house and stuff being packed up, b&^%$y stressful!
i hope you are all well....
I am worn out scrubbing house down to ensure all is ok for next owner, and will be scrubbing new house out too..no doubt!
My partner tells me not to do so much as people never bother to clean out houses/flats for us, but I think it's only fare to leave a place as you would wish to find it.

Trouble is I think I will have to hoover around as removal men go at last minute.  It does worry me, that it will all look nice for next owners.

Cant stop worrying today...i am going completely mad!...nothing new!  another rambling post!

LFS

[Rowan]

I have had a lifetime of cleaning houses and then cleaning again, my mum did too married to a Service man as I was. Moving around Britain and overseas packing up Crates un packing and then doing it all over again

It is so stressful and probably why I hate clutter, now I have house that is chock o block since living with OH, it does drive me potty and the thought of moving 

I have decided if I ever have to move I will get cleaners in and let removal men do all the packing, just don't have the energy to do it all myself now.

Good luck latefortysomething with your move.

[Joyce]

Good luck with your move.

I clean like fury when I move house, but you nearly always have to clean the one you're moving to. I wouldn't rest easy thinking folk thought I'd kept a mucky house.

[Greyhoundgal]

Good luck with the move - are you going far?  I cleaned Mum's house from top to bottom before the completion date, DH thought I was crazy but it was just something I had to do.......

[honeybun]

I always clean before I go too......then clean the new house. I could not walk away and leave things dirty. Once it was really important as I moved next door and the people I sold to were going to be my neighbours 

My move, not the last but the one before that. The couple breezed in and she told me she was ready to clean everything as no one did it to her standard. I was a bit miffed but thought ok.
Two days later I had to go back to my old house to collect a parcel. I was asked in and the place was like a midden. I was so shocked at what they had managed to do in such a short time.

Good luck with your move, I hope it all goes smoothly for you.

Honeyb
x

[CLKD]

I always clean, it's my way of putting the old property to rest.  Having said that, we've moved 3 times since being married in 1975 .......... now I would get a cleaning company in unless  I had time to do a final fie out.

Good Luck in your new home!

[Ju Ju]

We used to own a flat that we rented out. It shocked me how dirty people left it when they moved on. The first time, we cleaned it ourselves, but from then on I refused to and insisted we had the place cleaned by professionals and the cost taken out of the bond. Not cheap as this included the oven  and carpets being cleaned.

[Joyce]

the place was like a midden.

We moved across from our old house last time round. Well old house is now a tip. Guy who bought it from us was married at the time, now on his own & a recluse. Garden is overgrown, a trailer lurks amongst the knee high grass. Ivy creeps up the walls & in at the roof. Curtains have damp creeping up them.  Seldom opens the curtains except certain visitors. He doesn't cause anybody any reason to complain about noise etc. Private house, so can't complain to anyone about state of garden. Desperate for him to leave, though doubt anyone would want to buy it. He surfaces once in a while to do food shopping.  He gives me the willies.

[Rowan]

The last house I moved from I even used essential oils in the cleaning, it really did smell nice, I have met the girl who moved in a few times and she told me she often got a faint lingering smell of them in the first year and it was so nice.

That was 10 year ago I wonder who that lady was then don't think I would be so obsessive now, though our house does smell of essential oils.

[CLKD]

We have 1 over-grown garden on the Estate, the couple are in their 80s and were keen gardeners  …….. as for over-grown gardens, 'down here' the Council can post a clearance notice because of the risk of vermin  ….. as far as I know we don't have rats, even though we keep chickens.

I would love a new garden to get my teeth into, then I look at all the books, silver, jewellery, paintings …….. 

[Limpy]

Moving is awful, stressful and hateful (did I mention I didn't like it?)
Good luck
Hope everything goes well.

[latefortysomething]

HI ladies,
Many thanks for all your good luck!
It is just so stressful, and just dreading new house (cleaning wise, not everyone is as good as us lot here on these forums, if only).
I am moving from Surrey to Wiltshire(think of Red Dwarf!) ....so we shall see how things go)
Really feeling my 51 years plus....(i know, I should change my username, ,
I look on the bright side and may just get myself a better GP...
I hope you are all enjoying slightly cooler weather.
I will probably post again...... in a month's time..post cleaning (AC)...After Cillit Bang.....does work!
Take care and enjoy what's left of Summer (ps...if you're thinking about moving....stay put!
LFS

[honeybun]

Could not even contemplate all that bubble wrap   

Last time we massively down sized...Now that was a shock to the system.

Are you staying the same kind of size or changing up or down.


Honeyb
x

[Taz2]

Hope it goes well! Are you moving for work or just for a change of scene?  I love Wiltshire - something very surreal about the county especially at dusk.

Taz x

[Rowan]

I always imagine King Arthur on horseback appearing through the dusk when ever I have been down there on those sort of evenings. ( my brother lives there)

Ely has that sort of atmosphere too.