New kitchen. Would u clean the old one before being ripped out.

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My ll had just ordered a new kitchen as when we moved in 18m ago it was in a state. Obviously I cleaned it etc. But it's very tatty.
The new kitchen was ordered a few weeks ago..
Due to be here in 2 weeks.
The old one is being skipped. But the thought of the builders seeing the marks on it makes me feel a bit odd. When I say marks. It's the groove pattern shaker style. It attracts all dust and marks. Then obviously there's always marks from things like tins, stray salt grains etc. Would u just empty it. And let them skip it.or empty and clean it before they arrive.

By all means it's not a manky hygiene hazard haha. Just normal marks that I'd normally wipe out very regularly however because I knew we were getting a new one. I've been very lazy!

I wouldn't clean it for the skip!

I wouldn't clean it for the skip, especially as the kitchen fitters will likely put a hammer to it to get it down as quickly as possible, and you'll end up with black marks all over it from that anyway.

Not a chance

God no, life is too short for that kind of self-consciousness!

No way!

I would make sure it wasn’t actively unpleasant to touch, they’ll need to pick bits up and manhandle them out of the kitchen without getting old food on their clothes, no one likes that! But a bit of grubbiness and marks? No problem.

nutter.
Collect some other rubbish to go on top.
Years ago when I was younger we had a mattress for the skip.
I sewed it into an old duvet cover because I was a nutter felt embarrassed, don't be me!

Good god no!

Haha OK. No definitely not horrible to touch lol.
I don't hoard anything at all so have no other rubbish for a skip.. Well just 1 old garden toy.

Ha ha ha. Good one. Cleaning stuff going in a skip, that's a whole new level of unnecessary.

Why do people care what others think ?! Sod them , if anyone judges you it’s their problem not yours !
You’re having a new kitchen coz this one is fit for the skip , who’s really going to be going through your skip to see what state your kitchen is in ?

If it was proper filthy ans greasy yes I would because it would be unfair on the workmen to work in those conditions. I’d not want to so I’d not make someone else. But if it’s just marks from tins etc no. I’d not.

Yes, of course. You are only talking about a spending a few minutes wiping the surfaces?

I've always thought that if builders etc see that you don't look after your things they probably do a half arsed job. How would you feel working in a house that you thought was manky - just hold your nose and get out as soon as possible right?

We just had a new oven. You can imagine years of grease under and behind the old one. I spent about half an hour cleaning all this up: we had just found a really good plumber/gas engineer, didn't want to gross him out.

If it's definitely going in the skip I wouldn't bother, but a couple of years ago when I had a new kitchen installed I cleaned the old one because the kitchen company quoted heaps to remove and dump and those cupboards were still OK and I thought someone might be able to use them.

I listed the whole kitchen (minus appliances) as a free giveaway on Gumtree, but the new owner was to remove the cupboards and clean up any mess they made (had heard horror stories of people smashing stuff they didn't want and leaving it spread all over the floor).

Had about 8 or 9 phone calls, but the first man took it and removed it very carefully as he wanted to re-use it in a house he was renovating. He got a free kitchen and I saved $2k that it would have cost to have the kitchen company remove and dispose, so we were both in front.

Don't know if this would work in your area? depends how much you will be charged for removal? Good luck and hope you enjoy your new kitchen.

Not the same but I nearly died of shame when I skipped my old mattress. Mostly tea stains

It's purely because I wouldn't want the builders to tell the landlord it was dirty and him think we weren't going to look after a new one.
DH said I'm daft too. As the landlord is great even let us choose a kitchen to go in and design etc. As he knows the old was so bad.

I don't like making extra work for myself

I'm not paying the removal or anything. The ll is covering it all.
Definitely skip. It's beyond repair and I think it wouldn't take much to actually rip it out. It'll prob fall apart. Not fit for any purpose at all.
All the appliances are my own except cooker which he's renewing to.. Again the old cooker has one burner not working so that will go to scrap.

When they do the demo they will wear gloves and overalls/ work clothes so don't give it any thought.

Don't be daft

God no, they will wear gloves anyhow probably

Are you my mum?

Please don't waste your time cleaning landfill.

If it helps, I'm a LL and I wouldn't even think to ask about the condition of a skipped kitchen.

Absolutely extra work for yourself, don't even think of this!

Ok. I've been told. I'll put the spray away haha

I'd make sure it wasn't unpleasantly sticky to handle, although they'd be wearing gloves and dusty work clothes anyway. No benefit to it being immaculate!