What happens if I can't empty house by completion day?

[competion]

What happens if there are still things in the house when the new owner arrives? Going as fast as I can but unlikely to be done by tomorrow...

So 'numerous runs with the car to storage and dump' that took you from noon to 11pm and still resulted in more stuff being left in the front garden the next day was actually just two carloads that you scurried off with while the buyers moved in? I don't think it's us misunderstanding, I think you've written two completely different accounts.

Of course you can afford movers - it is a tiny tiny cost in the scheme of things when moving house.

I'd add- be conscientious of how your decisions and actions affect other people.

This happened to me once. We got to the house and it was locked and we could see through the windows that there was still a lot of junk in the place. Vendor's solicitors were no use. They just kept saying they couldn't contact him! In the end, we got the solicitor to contact the police to tell them that we were going to have break into what was now legally our own house!
Having done so the removal men helped us remove the junk to the garage and even helped up mop and hoover floors before finally moving our stuff in. It took until nearly midnight so we got a huge overtime bill and had to stump up for a takeaway for the removers. Not that I begrudged them it in the circumstances, they were just amazing and so good natured about it all (I think they could see how upset I was).
The vendor appeared the following morning and started shouting at us about our audacity, breaking in before he'd collected all his belongings. Turns out he was ex army and had never moved house as a civilian before apart from moving into the one we'd just bought! He rattled on about a chipped mug he'd found which was our fault. He couldn't or wouldn't accept that it was now our house and not his.
We took him to court to get our expenses back of course.
Try not to be that person OP.

As someone who worked in conveyancing I can tell you that the contract you signed states vacant possession on completion. It means just that. Just hope your buyers are sympathetic.

As someone who worked in conveyancing, one hopes that you would know the importance of reading something all the way through and acquainting yourself with the facts...

Might be an idea to go to a probate specialist rather than solicitors. Probate specialists are doing probate constantly rather than solicitors. Also I think the probate specialists are more reasonable in costs.

I think that Carlosi456 is joshing us. Surely someone cannot be that clueless and daft

Possibly on the wrong thread?🤔

@Ifeelsuchafool please tell us you won?!