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[ultrarunner]

I’ve learned parting with things varied from paying someone to haul it away, come and get it free to lucrative selling.

My friends are down sizing and called a highly recommended buyer… he walked through and said $1200 and cleared in 48 hours… she declined.

Over the course of 3 weekends with the help of her teenage neighbor she realized more than 20k, made some friends very happy with gifts and donated a few items…

She was paid well for her time and the teenager got a percentage of every sale…

 

[riptides]

I will have to clear out my parents house one day. I have talked with my parents about this, and while it will be work, it will be what it will be. There is a plan in place to get it done and it won't be fun that is for sure. The hard part will be going through their stuff. That is a statement about the emotional aspect of the work, not the physical.

We have had the conversation, and I see it covered in various YouTube videos and "print" media regarding thinks that parents own. Often parents or grand parents want to hand down furniture which kids or grandkids don't won't or don't have room. Getting one's head around this fact is hard for some I think.

I had a better relationship with my parents then with my in-laws. My mom was clear on what she would like passed down or on. Thank goodness for that. It made it easier when my girls stepped in to help, turned a sad time into a better time.

My in-laws, not so much, I still have some of their stuff in my house. My MIL is still alive but back in FLA. Her stuff is still here. I am a patient person but the burden is on my family due to inactions on the in-laws part. Some people just cannot let go.

 

[ultrarunner]

It can be mental… I bought a home that was in process of condemnation in a nice neighborhood… nothing wrong with the home other than home and grounds became a dump… picture all the room piled solid 3’ high from end to end and back yard even more…

Me buying the property reset the clock and one 30 yard dumpster a week for 9 weeks cleared the property…

There were chest freezers the 9 year old granddaughter didn’t even know existed full of steak and hamburger…

95% was simply garbage… the other 5% were done bonafide antiques and tools… got a like new gold in color 1950’s Craftsman Table saw I still use.

 

[nforktractor]

When parents or friends pass, always difficult on figuring out what to do. My Mom grew up in Missouri, family moved to northern Virginia in the late 30s. In 1998 she decided she was moving home, back to Missouri. Helped load up a rental box truck, 30 boxes or more and took them all the way out to Springfield MO where she rented 3 bedroom brick rambler. In 2013 she passed and I went out there, sorted things out with funeral home, etc., rented a box truck and brought back all of those boxes, she never opened more than a couple. After a few years I invited some friends over and we went through all of the boxes, nothing exciting, hand tools and such, and everybody got parting gifts!

 

[kenmbz]

My father was the opposite, he sold or got rid of everything and didn't ask my brother or I about any thing. So a lot of my grand fathers and my tools disappeared...