That if someone spends £325k on buying your house the least you can do is wash your pubes off the toilet seat and flush it.

[Belleende]

Would have loved a little welcome token, instead we got this.

I'm sure you'll be very happy in your new home OP, as I said our first flat wasn't exactly lovely when we moved in and our current house...yuck..the back garden was full of German Shepherd poo and the family of 8 who lived here all smoked like factory chimneys. Between stale dog and stale fag smoke, the place was rank. You'll make it your own and it'll be lovely in no time.

Look at it like this - it wasn't your house that they disrespected since it was probably still theirs when they pissed in it and scattered pubes so liberally!

Not that this is a nice thing to discover when you do take possession.

Hmm How can i make a stealth boast about my new house? I know, ill photograph the toilet and complain that, at this price it should have been gold.

I think the stealth boast comment is a little unkind. The OP is pregnant and has already said she's a little hormonal. I know when I was pregnant, dirty toilets made me heave and/or boak.

Nah. I call stealth boast too.
Otherwise why divulge the price?
The loo isnt even bad.
It will cost nothing in time or money to flush it.

That's revolting. No excuse really. They were seriously in need of a bottle of bleach and a detox wipe.

Obviously nothing you can do but it's not pleasant.

When we moved into our house there was a liberal scattering of toenail clippings on the carpet by my side of the bed. They crunched when hoovered and turned my stomach.

Some folk are just grim.

Enjoy your new home when you have given it a thorough clean.

Really?
Really?
Are people actually, genuinely offended by an unflushed loo?

Ew drbonnie you win with the toenail clippings. That is MINGING.

I always assume I'm going to do a huge clean as soon as I move in to a new place. I thought everybody else did too. I mean, you don't know what's gone on in that place before you got there...
My first house was an ex-rental, and they left it in a proper state. The previous owner had said they hired professional cleaners before we moved in, but if they did they were awful. I spent two days getting it up to my standards (which I had never previously considered to be particularly high) before anything else happened. Now I don't necessarily assume it will need to be done, but I'm going to do it anyway.
Personally, I see it as one way of putting my stamp on the place. Clearing out the old residents, and it feels like a clean slate. Or was this just a way of bragging about how much your new house cost?

If it was really that stomach churningly awful to her, she couldnt have taken the photo.

Definitely think someone else was the last in the loo, a removal man in a hurry most likely. Don't let it spoil your move though.

Pickfords offer a "clean your new house" service.
I am buying a new build
Am not expecting anyone to have ever used the loo.
But you never know eh.

The day we moved out I was 38 weeks pregnant, and virtually on my knees with exhaustion. I remember trying to mop the kitchen floor and vacuum. I'm sure I did a quick wipe over of the bathroom, but I honestly can't remember.

It is gross to leave an unflushed loo when you move out of a house. But you really lost that moral high ground when you took a photo of an unflushed toilet and posted it on here. Also gross.

why do that what a fuking loser i always change the toilet seat when moving into a new place and bleach the bath three times over before using

It was probably the removal man - its not pleasant but some loo cleaner or bleach should do the job. I hope the rest of the house was left cleaner.

I bet it was a removal man. I wouldn't have thought twice about this. It's very strange to take a photo.

I wouldn't fret too much Op, nothing that several litres of Domestos won't kill. :)

Why on earth would you take a photo? That is seriously weird.

And then share it?

Seriously weird.

Stating how much you paid for your house when no one asked you is extremely crass and embarrassing.

When we have sold (£250k, £420k and £859k) we have always had the houses professionally cleaned when we have moved out - you wouldn't find cleaner houses - sparkling.

Last bought (£1.25m) and my heart sank when I saw the state. Ok not hideous, but needed a very good clean and found all sorts (old rusty dog collars under the sink...). Also needed quite a bit of decorating that we weren't expecting too (from the visits).

Why are you divulging house prices on the internet to a bunch of strangers?

It really is not becoming, just vulgar.

Also OMG a RUSTY dog collar?!!? How you could still live in that house after finding that I have no idea.

On another note, even if the toilet was sparkling I'd still clean the entire bathroom before I started using it.

OP clean the toilet, delete the extremely odd photo and ... get on with your life?

Nersner
Me neither.
I would've just flushed the loo and forgotten about it by now.

I've told this story before but it bears repeating.

I acted for clients once who were buying. First-timers.

In the kitchen they found a folding card-table on which there were

an old but clean and serviceable electric kettle
a box of tea-bags
a jar of instant coffee
a carton of UHT milk
a packet of biscuits
some cups, plates, and spoons - enough for them and their removal guys
a list of local shops, and the names and addresses of the doctors and dentists had used and recommended.

And that is the way to do it.