To think I shouldn’t have to clean up after someone when I’ve just bought their house?

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Just got the keys to our first home today.. am I being unreasonable to think that the house should be completely clear of anything left behind? So far I have discovered:

1. A toilet brush that is obviously er, used!!
2. A couch!!!
3. A bathroom cabinet that has seen better days
4. A little wizened up piece of soap that someone has been rubbing on their body

I just don’t think it should be up to me to arrange removal of a couch and touch other people’s rather intimate personal belongings ie toilet brush and soap. Ugh

YANBU speak to your solicitors immediately

Contact your solicitor and charge them for removing the couch

Was the couch and bathroom cabinet (presuming it isn't built in) on the fixtures and fittings form? If not you can ask for it to be removed at their expense, via your solicitor. However if it's something your local council would collect for £30 it might not be worth the hassle.
There's no obligation on the vendor to clean, unfortunately.

The soup and the toilet brush wouldn't bother me - it takes seconds to put them in a bin bag wearing rubber gloves if necessary, but the couch is more of a problem. Your solicitor will help. Though when we moved last time, the seller left behind a wardrobe, a sofa, a dining table 8 dining chairs, a card table, an armchair an ottoman, several vases and pictures, some dried flowers, some towels, her handbag collection and her scrabble set. She was moving into sheltered housing and the people moving her got her flustered so I delivered the portable things to her the following week.

Well, yes basically it should be completely cleared but trying to think of every little thing on a very stressful moving day is difficult. Maybe the couch wouldn't fit through the door. You've got the keys, enjoy?

I've just moved, there were a good few issues on the moving day, I managed to get back and give the place a quick hoover but just didn't have time to do anymore, it was approaching 5pm, the latest the keys were to be released. Luckily they weren't moving in that day!

Some people are just pigs. When we moved out everything was cleaned, cupboards, walls, windows, floors, carpets, absolutely everything. We had a long closing and the house we were moving to was a marital break up and we hadn't been able to gain access prior to closing. It was disgusting. Everything was covered in layer of dust, dirt, grime or grease. Dog dirt on the stairs. Toilets were disgusting, pubic hair in the bath tub. All the light bulbs had been removed. Bags of rubbish strewn throughout and under a huge pile of newspapers we found a pizza box with mouldy pizza inside. I took one look around and sat down and cried.

My house was foul when we got in. 27 dog turds on the lawn. Dog pee puddles on carpets. I was crying until my friend came round and made us rip carpet up and top it and offered to buy me a carpet. I loved her so much in that moment. She made me see that no carpet was better than pissy carpet. It stank and there’s still a photo of me mopping with bleach looking devastated

We panic bought after one viewing. In the dark

Contact your solicitor regarding the sofa. They surely didn't tick yes on the fixtures and fittings