Okay I thought it might be fun to get your opinions....my husbands giving me a bit of a hard time for cleaning behind the stove (which is staying) as we get prepared to move. How much would you or have you done.

 

I know I should but I just can't  ....we are still staying in the same town and I will still be in contact with my current neighbours. I would rather hear how clean the house was when I left than what pigs we were!


You are right about the house we are moving to as well. The lady that's moving out told me that she avoids cleaning and is hiring a cleaning lady.....which translates to..."You've got a ton of cleaning to do"!

BTW all I found behind the stove was dirt and grime!

I would say stop cleaning, but if you are staying in the same area, it would be worth a quick cleaning. We bought our house from a lady a little on the crazy side and we later talked to someone who bought her NEXT house. Huh? I think she moved when there were too many lightbulbs to change!!

I voted for surface cleaning only.  And WWIT is right -- no matter how much cleaning you do, it probably will never be enough for the new people!!

 

When we bought our place, I would have re-cleaned whether it looked & smelled spotless or not, just to rinse off any possible chemical residue left by previously used harsh cleaners.  If there had only been wads of dust bunnies and grease under the stove, that would have been simple enough to clean, and understandalbe.  BUT... there were jellybeans under there that had burned into the linoleum!  They had actually conjealed w/ it and I just had to cut them off even w/ the floor, no amount of elbow grease was going to undo it.  And the pile of cat food/dust&dirt that appeared to have been swept into the laundry closet rather than into a dustpan was kind of inconsiderate.  There was candle wax melted into the carpet and when we looked at the house, the prev. owners put a small decor. table there and I thought that was an odd place for it!  They were covering that up.  I would have rather had them just say, oops we spilled candle wax over here and don't have time to mess w/ it!  So, I think make things appear shiny & new (that comes from having moved w/ the military over 8 times!) but honesty goes a long way.  I would just wipe stuff down half-arsedly and call it good.  Chances are no matter how much you clean the next folks will clean b/4 moving in anyhow.

Hey Sassy...congrats on the new house!  I can totally relate to bad inspections.  Hey, I could send you a pic of my house and I am sure you will feel better about yours!!   

Best of luck and  to you!!

Jyp

Welcome back Jypsi.   I was wondering where you were.   I dropped off for a while too and missed you. 

UGH!! DD broke the Y key on my laptop and now I have to pound on it just to get it to work.

Well, I voted in the top to bottom - inside out option.  When I was moving a lot (it seems like), I always left the place better than I found it.  But, I always cleaned the new place too.  I dunno.....I'm probably over that now.  Knowing that whoever would be moving in to the place I vacated would be cleaning anyway, I'd probably do surface cleaning now.  Since I don't plan on moving......ever......it's probably a moot point. 

Hi Jypsi.....good to see you.