House move - to clean or not to clean?

I cleaned mine before we moved. Just pack up one room at a time, and clean it.

I kept the vacuum and mop and some cleaning materials to hand on the last day and as the truck left, I went through the house vacuuming and mopping my way out then dumped it all in my car and followed the van down.

As a veteran of many moves, that's what I do. It's absolutely grim expecting someone to move into a dirty house and it's so much easier for you to clean it once it's empty than for them to clean it when they're trying to move their stuff in. And it's your dirt anyway, so you clean it up. I've moved into filthy houses and it's grim and energy sapping.

Any pets and I've hired a carpet cleaning company. Logistically this can be difficult but I've always rented and you don't get your deposit back unless you do this, so you work out the logistics.

Yes clean it .. it's grim to leave a dirty house . I pack non essential things weeks before then work my way backwards and clean rooms that aren't used closing off conservatory for example so it's just the main rooms to clean before you leave . As the removal men take the boxes etc I clean . At the very least hoover and clean bathrooms !

We had the removal people packing two days prior to the move and as soon as they decared one room done we cleaned it. The last one to go was the kitchen and that was done in the afternoon before moving day.

Then when the moves took out the boxes and furnitures we cleaned floors and took away cobwebs, cleaned behind and underneath radiators etc.

It helped that we went through all belongings and boxed up unnecessary stuff before we put it on the market so the rooms were fairly low maintenance.

I found it easier taking three days leave from work and DD in nursery out of the way instead of packing over a period of weeks and living in boxes.

Always clean! 😱 surely it's just common decency, wether it's by you, relatives and friends or a professional it has to be done.

I moved in somewhere once that when previous residents were there looked immaculate, when it was empty and we were moving in we discovered it was actually grimy and filthy. 🤢

When we moved last year everything except the bed was in the van the afternoon before so we were able to clean it . I deep cleaned the oven thoroughly as well as the other appliances. I always move to brand new houses and would hate other people's dirt so would appreciate a clean house ( if this were not the case) but would still clean it myself .

When I was a teenager, we moved house and it was absolutely filthy. All the cupboards were thick in dust and sticky residue. The carpets were covered in hair and stains and dirt. I remember not wanting to be there at all. I felt dirty just being in it. It took years to renovate it and I’d left home before it was finished and they sold it.
We obviously did a deep clean when we moved in but it was so bad that it barely made any difference. I hated living there. It felt like living in someone’s armpit 😂

We pay someone. We have been really fortunate that the two places we've moved into have been cleaned too. Might feel grumpy if I had payed to have cleaned and then the same the other end. Thankfully hasn't happened yet. I wouldn't want to leave my house in a state (which it always is once you've moved everything out!) and with two small children and no local family it just isn't possible to do it ourselves.

I’d clean it myself yes but I wouldn’t get it professionally cleaned I don’t think. Stuff like making sure the cooker is clean is the descent thing to do.

I’d leave toilet roll and hand wash in bathroom too just to make it a bit easier for the family.

I last moved when had one young child. I always leave houses clean so this is how we did it:
Started eating through freezer contents in last few weeks.
Thoroughly cleaned fridge and freezers few weeks prior so only needed a wipe on leaving day.
Booked oven clean and window cleaner for week before moved.
Cleaned dining room and spare bedroom and then used them for box storage.
As emptied kitchen cupboards, fitted wardrobes etc would clean them.
Got movers to pack van a room at a time.. I followed with hoover and wiped down surfaces...
New people could just move in... Our new house was dirty and needed 3 skips to clear it (owner deceased) . Cooker blew up on first use. 😱... I cried at this point...

We were first time buyers and I took it for granted that people clean their home before moving on. Apparently not. There was wee in the toilet and the whole place was filthy. They had filled the wheelie bins and what they couldn't fit in, they left in the garden. The woman was so lovely when we viewed the house too.

I've always left properties clean. When we moved to our current house it was filthy. Absolutely disgusting. It took 2 days of scrubbing to remove the grease build up from the kitchen cupboards and the toilet had been cleaned so infrequently that we replaced the whole thing including pipes as it smelt so bad. I don't know how the previous owner felt okay leaving it like that. Filthy bugger!

Clean. Basic good manners. Our hoover died on moving day though but that was just a final whip round and the new owners turned up early and said they would do it themselves.

I always clean inside kitchen cupboards during the week before moving. On moving day every room’s hoovered as it’s emptied and the kitchen floor gets mopped. The basins in the loo and bathrooms get a once over and every loo gets a blast of bleach after the last flush. There’s far too little time on moving day for a professional clean.

We had cleaners come after all furniture and boxes were taken out. DH went with the movers to new place, I stayed behind with cleaners to make sure we have done proper move out cleaning. I take it seriously - can't expect a clean place to move in if I don't do my part on the other end.

Always clean when everything is out (if I can) as makes it so much easier. And I clean but not an intense deep clean as I always know that when I move into a new home, no matter how clean it appears, I'll be cleaning it again myself....no idea why, just cant imagine not cleaning the house before we move in

Yes I would and leave a toilet roll in the bathroom!

I wouldn’t dream of leaving a house a mess. I clean from top to bottom including a last hoover after all the furniture has gone. Leave it as you would hope to find it.

I have always left the places clean, they were normally clean anyway so giving a quick clean, leaving bathroom and kitchen clean was not much trouble.

I once offered to give a lift to the station to a family who were moving out of the area, the house normally was clean and tidy but that day it was a pigsty, she left all a mess, the bathroom was disgusting, the kitchen sink and worktops were covered with dirty pans and plates, there was rubbish on the floor all around the kitchen, the beds were un made, etc.

I was shocked she was happy to leave the house like that especially considering what a helpful landlord she had.

She still had the cheek to ask me for advice on how to get the landlord to hand back her deposit when he went into the house a week later to find it all the food she left out walking.

Unbeknown to her, we stopped being friends that day, I was not her landlord but someway her attitude showed me she was a nasty piece of work.

The thought of moving in to somewhere dirty is horrible, has anyone experienced?

Believe me it is awful to turn up at your new house and find it so dirty you have to get the hoover out because you can’t bring in any stuff. We couldn’t unpack anything in the kitchen until I had spent 4 hours scrubbing and bleaching it. There was even a junk drawer still full of crap. I should be grateful the oven didn’t work because it would have taken forever to get rid of the thick, congealed grease. It made the house move a miserable experience. I had left our house spotless.

We're looking to move this year. I will leave this house spotless, probably cleaner than it's ever been. It will be so much easier to clean with nothing in it!

The trouble is not knowing what you're going to find in the next place. Our current home was grubby, but it was a house that had got too much for the owner so we expected that. But we viewed a house a few weeks ago that was beautiful inside, but the garden was full of dog turds. If that was viewing clean, I dread to think what moving out clean would be!

Yes, I'd leave it clean but I wouldn't break my back to achieve "spotless", shining taps and polishing light switches etc.

It is easy to do the insides of cupboards and drawers as they're emptied so I would dust and wipe inside.

We left our last place sparkling clean with a bottle of bubbles and a card for our buyers. They stuck with us as we found a new house to buy when the first one fell through and I would have felt terrible leaving the house dirty for them moving in. It’s the right thing to do.

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