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Landlord will be doing an inspection and I'm freaking out at the state of my house.

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Whatsthatspookynoise · 26/04/2023 16:28

There was a leak under the bathroom floor so the landlord and a plumber had to fix it. I know my landlord wiped down a cupboard in my bathroom and I was humiliated when I realised. I have a 3 year old and an 11 year old and a very dirty husband.

So the landlord wants to do a house inspection on Fri and I'm desperately trying to make it look squeaky clean. I am getting NOWHERE. I asked husband 6 times to tidy and clean down his side of the bed. He eventually did and it was so bad I had to do it properly on top of the hundreds of other things I have to do. Husband will cook at night and pretty much trash the kitchen. Sauce flung up cupboards, breadcrumbs all over, food trod through the kitchen and living room. It is just so bad. Conversations about it go over his head because he TRULY believes he's an extremely clean and organized person. Anyway, I kind of stopped cleaning enough months ago as there was just no point. It would be trashed immediately. I feel that other people understand that feeling. I clean so I don't have germs or dirt etc, but my white walls are grubby and everything is a bit dusty if that makes sense. Well not cleaning a lot anymore has come back to bite me on the arse. I don't know what the landlord is going to look at? Is he going to look in my fridge, my wardrobe, my cupboards? I'm trying so hard to deep clean and I just can't seem to do it right. I am absolutely terrified he will kick us out for it. I'm just ranting because I had to sit down from polishing as I was starting to panic.

Thanks for reading xx

OP posts:
ChunkyCheese · 26/04/2023 18:37

I would fake the household being hit with a stomach bug to buy yourself some more time to organise it all. Your landlord won’t want to risk getting that. If you just say it’s not convenient they may show up anyway. Give your DH a list of jobs to do too if he is one of those people that chooses not to see what needs doing.

jackstini · 26/04/2023 19:20

I'm a landlord

Red flags to me would be:
Mould
Food/plates in bedrooms
Smelly - to the point of flea concerns
Stains on carpets, surfaces or walls
Oven that is congealed in fat/mouldy food
Garden full of rubbish/completely unlooked after (rats!)
Overflowing litter tray/dog poo all over yard
Bin overflowing

I don't care about
looking in cupboards or fridges
Laundry or paperwork everywhere
Kids toys
Dishes on the side
Normal family hectic life!

good96 · 26/04/2023 20:40

A landlord inspection is mainly to ensure that the property is being looked after, no unsolicited activity is taking place and that there are no signs of undisclosed tenants / sub letting.
just make it clean and tidy as you can, don’t worry about making it a sparkling palace, the LL knows you live there.

Xenia · 27/04/2023 09:13

As someone sald above even Shelter have to make clear that landlords can inspect (otherwise how can they comply with legal duties such as on over crowding, danger to health of small children, no illegal activity going on). We have never had to inspect mostly because in London tenants tend to stay about a year. Even just outside the M25 where my sons have a house the tenant never stays as long as we want as they tend to leave to buy a property or just move areas for work so an inspection has not been needed. If we were it would just be to check on have they moved someone in in breach of homes of multiple occupation rules, have they illegally sublet. I did watch on youtube yesterday over lunch (a mistake) a programme about extreme cleaners going in after hoarder type tenants . I doubt here the property is in that kind of state.

Some tenants empty the house and turn it into a cannabis farm - I knew a case through work where a gorgeous detached house near London was set out in a wonderful state, absolutely top of the range fittings etc and it was completely trashed and every room used to grow cannabis.

Piony · 28/04/2023 10:16

Have you got today to sort it? I would approach it like my mum is visiting. 15-20 mins per room to clear the worst, on a timer, then go back round and wipe away any mould, damp dust wherever you can, again on a timer. I wouldn't worry about "project" things like oven, fridge, wardrobes, unless there is actual mould and decaying food in your fridge.

Your husband needs a good kick up the arse.

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