Moving in but dislike his house

[LargelyClearSkies]

I shall be moving into my partner's house early next year and renting mine out.
The only good thing about his house is that he is in it.

It's dark, cramped, cluttered, dated, I don't like any of his furniture and nothing works properly. I'm moving from a larger, sparser, lighter, tidier house and while I don't want to move in with a skip, paintbrushes and carpet samples (that's a lie, that's EXACTLY what I want to do), I need a bit of advice about how to handle it.

I want to respect that it's his home and his never ending pile of stuff but really need to make changes if it's ever to feel like my home too.

In case it makes a difference, there are no ex-wife ghosts - he bought it after his divorce. I just can't imagine living there!

The place sounds well beyond "cluttered". Open feedback is called for IMO, and at least a pause on moving in until it's better. Will drag you down being surrounded by crap.

You dont sound compatible. Ten years down the line, or less, this won't be a niggle. it will be a huge problem. And if he hasn't done anything about it until now, I'd assume he's happy to live this way and that will never change. I would give serious consideration to not living together

Post above is so dramatic - not compatible ?! Right ...

My DH had a few hideous furniture pieces that he doesn't mind me replacing me if I bought the replacements which seemed fair to me. We has also bought other furniture we both agreed on.

Im sure he won't mind or be offended as long as you speak before doing anything?

but the issue isn't the furniture only, is the stuff which he hasn't sorted but feels needs to keep