AIBU - Flithy oven in house Im buying, would you expect it to be cleaned?

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House Im buying had a look round and oven was filthy. Im thinking of asking for it to be cleaned before completion date. AIBU?

@KruelladeVille23 you don't know much about the UK rental market clearly. In many countries (esp places like the US) this is very possible. Here, not so much.

No it won’t be. There’s no requirement for it to be and I’d think you’d were cheeky asking! Though when I sold my last place I did get an oven cleaner in and it was as new.
It costs £35 to get it cleaned so just get someone in.

Our house was filthy when we moved in. There was an old pizza left in the oven. A fridge in the garage full of rotten meat. Some people are grim.

I wouldn’t expect a clean oven!

Exactly. I'd want it cleaned properly! Whats £60-£70 quid when you're buying a house?! I'd book a cleaning company too these days (not able to do it myself) & would want it cleaned thoroughly.

When we moved house I had a guy come in and clean the oven plus they also cleaned the washing machine for no extra payment. I had a choice of the washing machine or dishwasher so I choose the washing machine as I was taking it with me but leaving the dishwasher which tbh didn't really need the same deep clean.

No because they probably will just waft a cloth in its general direction, not get it professionally cleaned.

Every time I've moved house the previous owners have made a big thing of cleaning the empty house. Every time they have left it minging despite this and the first step is always a deep clean.

Buy a new oven when you move in
And fridge etc
And washing machine
Tell them you do not want their appliances

The previous owners of our house had a husky and when we took the glass off the front of the oven it was full of clumps of husky hair - this was after an alleged deep clean 😂

I'd just clean it myself, then you can be sure a proper job is being done!

The house is sold as seen. You should offer accordingly. Once you know your completion date, arrange to have an oven cleaner come on that date, or the next day to clean your oven. Until that date it's not yours so you have no say in it.

YABU. Unless you’re buying a new build, you’re basically buying second hand, sold as seen.

Most people just book an oven cleaning g service for the day they move in or soon after and consider it part of the normal cleaning they would expect to do when buying a previously lived in property.

I would ask, no. Just clean it yourself. Or if it’s genuinely that bad, invest in a new one.

You sound like a lovely person to buy from but having moved a few times, I would say really unusual. I don’t think it’s always people being intentionally grim, i think sometimes all the packing and sorting just gets the better of people and cleaning end up being a rush job.

Nail on the head. Buying a house is usually "as seen". When we bought our first house, we went to the shops first to pick up a load of cleaning stuff, hired a carpet wet vac etc and gave it a thorough cleaning on the weekend we picked up the keys. It wasn't actually that bad and we said at the time we needn't have done so much, but it was good to give it a thorough deep clean before putting furniture and our possessions in.

This. I have an oven company twice a year.

You put an offer in and buy a house based on its current appearance, so if you viewed the house and put an offer in when it had a mucky oven then surely you would think beforehand it’s dirty but I’ll have it cleaned once I move in.

Wow so many replies. Def needs a pro in.its intergrated and included in sale but ditched

If you want it professionally cleaned that’s for you to organise and pay for once you move in.

In the grand scheme of things that could go wrong I think a dirty oven is not worth bothering about.

When I was moving I had enough to do without pissing about cleaning the oven for strangers. Clean it yourself op when you are the owner of the house.

If a dirty oven is the worst thing I wouldn't worry.
DD has just completed on a house. In years of DC in student rentals and other grotty rental places I've seen some sights but the filthy state this place was in was indescribable. I would say they hadn't cleaned since they accepted the offer but actually it must have been much longer.
When they viewed the house it looked ok, not a doer upper just in need of some tlc. It wasn't a case of just not hoovering around on completion day it was every surface and cupboard filthy. Inside all the kitchen cupboards, the carpets had to be thrown away. To cap it all they unscrewed some fitted cupboards from the bedroom and took them and took all the lightbulbs.
Such a depressing start after the excitement of buying your first home.

This is how I did it, we moved in with a relative until the house was the way we wanted it and moved in afterwards. I can’t imagine the stress of moving everything in, cleaning and living in an unfinished house, especially with children.

How will that help though, the OP cleaning her oven isn't going to make the sellers clean theirs

Id treat it as a moving cost and get it cleaned after completion

I’m moving house and paid to have my oven professionally cleaned for the buyer. I had it cleaned in September when we were originally meant to be moving but the date’s kept getting pushed back and now we’re finally moving next week. I haven’t used my oven since September!

A friend hasn’t used the oven in her new house because it was such a state and is waiting till she can afford a new one.

No - you’re buying an asset not renting a house.

when it’s your oven do what you like with it .

id refuse if you asked me

the state of one’s house as a form of shame has kept women compliant and in people pleasing mode throughout history.

youre the one who should be ashamed, trying make another woman feel humiliated