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Removing the carpets and any other soft furnishings will change things almost overnight - the ability that these have for retaining noxious whiffs is unbelieveable...
As @ExTra says, Dettol will be your friend for a while as you seek to deep clean the place.
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Thanks guys. I feel like this and the DIY thread will be my soundboard for sometime now!
Tomorrow I'm heading there tomorrow to rip up all the carpets and take down some doors and gut the kitchen. I took the whole thing well enough but in truth it was a bit of a struggle. Work is particularly busy for me right now and I'm off to the states for 10 days with client meetings at the start of March. All of which made her indoors a little worried.
The vendor pre-warned us it was a mess and that he would pay for a cleaner. I've spoken with my solicitor and she told me to get onto Theydons and have their cleaners deal with it - so I've messaged them outlining that currently the vendor has breached a few clauses in the contract and that if suitable cleaning can be arranged then we'll consider the matter closed.
I've put together the spreadsheet currently only 48 rows but I'm sure after tomorrow it will be longer. I've got a few ideas regards to flooring that should keep the cost down and make it habitable a little quicker.