to say get out of my new house

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Completed house move yesterday morning now legally owed the house but the seller is still moving stuff out this morning. I knew it was going to be late yesterday when she got all her stuff out so left her last night after initially going round at 5.30 yesterday evening with the view of her being all out. Got there 8 this morning with a view of cleaning top to bottom but only the kitchen hasn't got stuff in. Luckily we still have our house until tenant moves in beginning of month, but surely she is taking the proverbial now.

Have rang estate agents but not sure how far to push her? Aibu to give her til midday and then after that what's left stays... Though then I'd probably be left with all the crap!

SBG. Yes, I know. that,s why I said 'she said,.

We have exchanged, completed and moved house all on the same day. It was utterly nerve wracking but we did it.

I had a friend ask me if he could borrow my driving skills and car ownership to help him move out.

I said yes and when I got there NOTHING had been packed away ready for loading. I was fuming.

Great news OP, I'm glad you are able to get on with cleaning it etc and I hope you are happy there :)

Some people on here surprise me though - it's like 101 ways to be a twat sometimes (not you OP). I can understand the 'caution' re insurance etc, but the 'call the police', 'throw her things out' etc are just awful. So, yes, the woman wasn't as organised as she could have been, but it's not like she was spray painting the walls or whatever - not to mention, she told the OP she had been let down by the people moving her. I'm sure there have been times when all of us have had things not go to plan & someone putting the boot in never really helps does it?! There's not point in saying 'what if you had had to move in' or 'what would happen if you were standing on the doorstep with 5 kids' - it wasn't the case. You could just as easily say 'what if the people who were moving her on Friday had arrived'.

My ex-next-door-neighbours did something like this.

Despite being pretty well off, they decided to move themselves. A truck arrived from the dh work place on the Thursday night. It was one of those massive open heavy duty flat bed trucks - the sort of think you would move hardcore in.

The next morning, nothing happened. Then some time after 9am, they started to gradually move stuff into the truck, room by room, nothing packed in boxes ready or anything.

It went on and on and a couple of trips were made to the new house - packing stopping at this end. About 12.30pm, the new owners arrived and parked over the road. They were moving themselves and had everything packed in a van and trailer. They went and parked in a nearby carpark, then came back about 4pm and started unpacking whilst the others were still packing. By 6.30pm it was very dark and it was still going on.

Eventually, the old neighbours left. The next morning, they came back again and emptied the garage (They had had to move some stuff there so the new people could move in!) The new people were livid, but what can you do...

Even the wideboy we bought our first house from managed to move out (along with the back gate and all the light bulbs, but hey ho!)

Moving yourself doesn't have to be disorganised, so IMO isn't an excuse.

When DP and I moved into our first house (2 flats, different completion dates and 1 house), we hired transits as neither of us had the right license for a luton. Multiple trips, yes, but it was pretty straightforward. Got a couple of mates to help - one in exchange for helping him take an old suite to the tip same day. No biggie.

Yes, we were all young and fit but the crucial thing was actually getting everything boxed up in advance. We had packing boxes not long after we went on the market and started packing non-essentials early. Ours was even compounded by 1 flat selling before house completed, so we had to hire a lock up.

This all sounds horribly complicated, but it doesn't have to be if you think it out in advance. If you know you're selling up then you can surely start to prepare early so that you're not packing up 90% of your stuff in the final 24hrs?

OP - this person is taking the piss and if she doesn't finish up quickly I would act through your estate agent as others have suggested.

I agree with the people who say to change the locks. Enjoy your new home, OP.

Not only change the locks but change the land-line number and send all post addressed to her "not at this address - return to sender".

...I had to feed the previous owner's cat as well, eventually I took it to her new address and handed it over.

BringMeSunshine2014 If you are renting & are not out on the specified date because you aren't packed, the landlord is well within his/her rights to charge you additional rent.

The house is not hers anymore, regardless of who let her down & why, she needed to vacate & hand the keys in when asked.

When we emigrated we asked for additional time on the day, because as part of the immigration & customs process, the removal company had to pack & log certain items themselves. We had to have a completely accurate inventory of what was in each box for customs to check, so decide if anything needed quarantine. The new owners understood & were to extend by a couple of hours.

As it was, they were very quick & we were out before we were due.

My last move was the one and only time I'm ever been late with getting out (after 30moves!). Everything was packed ready to go (was going in to storage for a few weeks) but the truck broke down on the way to my place, and the movers were the slowest I've ever experienced. The new owner ended up arriving (he wasn't moving in for a few more days) and helping the movers to try and get it moving. I had to be at the airport to catch a flight (made it with about five minutes before check in closed), it was horrible. I'm done moving now, they can take me out of this one in a box!