Hi,
We are relocating abroad in a couple of weeks and currently organising/sorting/packing/disposing of all our belongings. It’s a rental. We have redecorated throughout and re-turfed the garden as the dog went through a digging phase but as we are organising the house is an absolute mess. There’s piles of boxes, piles of stuff for the tip Such a taken apart furniture, keep piles, sell piles and donate piles. We haven’t bothered hoovering much as there’s so much mess everywhere and new carpets are being fitted the day we leave (obviously we will still hoover as part of our final cleaning)
The letting agents has advertised and put up to let signs and started phoning us to book in viewings. He has also phoned the landlord and asked him to phone us to ask if we can ‘make the house presentable before each viewing’ Specifically mentioning putting away everything we are working through organising, clean and hoover.
AIBU to refuse? I’m happy to hoover around bare bits of carpet and the house isn’t actually dirty, just full of stuff. But organising for a move abroad is stressful enough but keeping the house showroom ready might be breaking point!