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‘No gloves is wild,’ folk yell as woman, cleans ‘sickening’ kitchen of moth ridden abandoned home she’s buying for £85K

Despite the initial shock, people were impressed with her cleaning skills.

A WOMAN who is in the process of buying her own home has shown the grim state it's been left in after it was abandoned.

Lauren Elizabeth, from the UK, took to social media to show off what could be her first home.

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Viewers were stunned to see Lauren and her mum clean the house with no gloves onCredit: tiktok/@laurenedenelizabeth
The grim property had been abandoned for five yearsCredit: tiktok/@laurenedenelizabeth

In the clip, she said: " So I'm 22 and I've just put an offer on this property that's been abandoned for 5 years.

"The offers just been accepted and I thought while I had the keys, I would do a bit of cleaning while I'm here."

Despite not owning the house she was paying £85,000 for, Lauren was clearly eager to get it up to scratch so headed inside for an hour to do a tidy up.

I am not moving in when it looks like this.

Lauren Elizabeth

"The property isn't actually mine yet, but the reason I can do this is because the owner's a family friend who lives in a care home, so he doesn't mind giving me the keys to get a head start on the cleaning,2 she said.

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"Because I am not moving in when it looks like this.

"There's literally bugs, mould, thousands of f***ing spiders and loads of damp."

The abandoned kitchen had cobwebs all over the place, with mould and grease covering the surfaces.

Lauren used Cif cream cleaner to get rid of most of the grease and then went in with disinfectant to make sure it was squeaky clean.

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After cleaning the windows and sink, she moved onto the kitchen countertops which was no easy task.

As it had been left sitting for five years, some of the cups and plates had stuck onto the countertops.

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Lauren tackled the mess with these cleaning productsCredit: tiktok/@laurenedenelizabeth

Lauren fortunately had her mum with her to help her clean as she was terrified of moths.

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Her mum was quick to get the stove top glistening and wipe off the countless dead moths on top for her daughter who hates the critters.

"The amount of cobwebs on this bench was sickening," Lauren continued.

"The man who's selling me this house is the nicest man in the entire world, not only did he sell me it for 45 grand cheaper, he also said I can keep everything in the property."

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However, her mum drew the line at cleaning up the moths in the downstairs toilet.

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