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Post by tentoes on Jun 4, 2021 18:19:14 GMT
I have purged for the last 2 years, knowing we were going to reach the point of buying a townhouse. We put money down yesterday on new build, closing in February. Now I really have motivation to rethink a few things I haven't purged. Oh good luck with the continued purge and the new townhouse. How exciting!
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Post by tentoes on Jun 4, 2021 18:23:42 GMT
PLurker I love what you did with the chairs! Me too!! So cute!
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Post by PLurker on Jun 4, 2021 19:26:11 GMT
I have purged for the last 2 years, knowing we were going to reach the point of buying a townhouse. We put money down yesterday on new build, closing in February. Now I really have motivation to rethink a few things I haven't purged. Congrats!!!🥂👏 It is so freeing. There is not one thing of the "stuff" that I really miss. Stuff can be replaced, or even better, NOT replaced. I'm in a condo/duplex now and it's nice not having to take care of outside, snow especially. I weirdly kind of liked mowing grass (or at least didn't mind it) but it's nice that I don't HAVE to.
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jun 5, 2021 0:42:42 GMT
I have purged for the last 2 years, knowing we were going to reach the point of buying a townhouse. We put money down yesterday on new build, closing in February. Now I really have motivation to rethink a few things I haven't purged. Congrats on the new place!
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Post by Linda on Jun 5, 2021 0:59:34 GMT
His idea of selling the ads would be a nice retirement hobby. However, has he even checked the condition of the magazines? You live in a damp, humid climate. Unless you have them stored in a climate control place, the condition has most likely deteriorated. Then add in the strong likelihood of silverfish and you have a mess that will greatly affect what he can get for them. I agree - they've been stored in totes but I have no idea what condition they are in. He has a hard time letting go of things that he has/had a plan for - I think because that's an acknowledgement that the plan isn't going to come to fruitition.
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 6, 2021 11:36:00 GMT
I went through the toy cabinet and donated or tossed everything, except the Fisher Price dollhouse. I think the board games are next.
I was saving things in case the nieces or nephews came over with their littles, but that never happens. My own grandchildren are teens, so I don't need any toys.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2021 17:08:48 GMT
We had a huge Rubbermaid full tote full of Nerf guns. Their biggest tote. I've gone through it and tossed the ones that don't work easily. Left the rest plus all of darts and accessories in the tote and sold it for $40. I just wanted them gone.
DH finally admitted his size 30 shorts don't fit and probably will never fit again and agreed to donate them. That's a drawer that can now close without being jammed by excess fabric.
Three bags of yarn gone. Two bags of fabric gone. A tote of K'nex gone. A box of papers that needed to be shredded was stopped off at a shred event. Bit by bit, the basement is looking less crowded. Eventually, it'll be empty enough to sell the house without looking like a fire hazard.
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Post by joblackford on Jun 7, 2021 1:24:46 GMT
Somehow I've never ventured into this thread even though my whole life is what Dawn from the Minimal Mom (YT) calls "inventory" management right now - trying to declutter things from my own home and assisting our FIL in selling a lifetime of collections and junk and barn finds... as well as managing the actual inventory of my little card business and the household/pantry inventory of normal/pandemic life. I'm glad to see a lot of familiar faces here from the crafty threads I participate in! FIL has a huge house full of good and not so good stuff. MIL passed away a couple of years ago and now we can finally make progress on re-homing all the things they collected over the years which it turns out my FIL has no attachment to. He likes free stuff and making deals, but he's all about flipping things, she was all about collecting, buying, and keeping things. FIL's parents were also big junk dealers/collectors, and he inherited a lot from them. (BTW they're technically not our in-laws, they're my SIL's in-laws, but it's just easier to say FIL/MIL). My personal preference is to give things away but FIL wants to sell stuff, and not being on the internet at all he asked us if we'd like the job for a split of the profit. I think he thought we'd be motivated by the money but he doesn't understand me at all! I just want to get the stuff out of his house and get it to someone who cares about it, but the volume is such that even $5 and $10 sales on Marketplace and eBay are making us a fair amount of money (on and off) enough that FIL is delighted and impressed and I don't feel taken advantage of. To give an idea of the scale of things: before MIL died we emptied the literal roomful of Avon perfume bottles (displayed on shelves that covered the walls of a bedroom), most of her sewing stuff and yarn (another roomful), and a carload of Fiestaware and fancy pottery. Last year we dealt with the remaining sewing/knitting supplies, dolls, maritime lanterns, other boat stuff, brass and copper collections, kitchen and postal scales, enamelware, boxes baskets bowls and crocks, vintage kitchen utensils/gadgets, some 1990s appliances, 8 desks and about as many chairs, some taxidermy, several wheelbarrows, a couple thousand dollars worth of glassybaby votive holders !! and part of a Santa collection (there were 2 storage rooms devoted to Christmas - one for the Santas and another for the snow village, still full). There was more, and there is still so much more left to do. I'd guess we're maybe 5-10% of the way through the job - the house is still quite full although my husband assures me we're making progress. I'm currently working on the glass lemon juicer collection... this photo is what's left in the cabinet after two totes full of jadeite and uranium glass juicers were removed... once we empty the cabinet we get to sell the cabinet too! I think there are at least dozen glass cabinets full of even more collections (depression glass, Hummels, etc). sigh... Juicers by jo.blackford, on Flickr I'd love to share my woes with you all if you can be bothered to listen, sorry! I was already pretty skilled at decluttering but I've honed my skills even more - it's easy to see other people's stuff as junk but harder when it's your own deferred decisions and supplies for Justin Case, so I've been trying to work on my own junk instead of just complaining about FIL. I love watching videos and reading about minimalism and decluttering.
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Post by Linda on Jun 7, 2021 1:40:58 GMT
welcome joblackford - yes - this is the perfect thread for your selling FIL's stuff woes and progress! We spent the afternoon at the other house loading up the trailer. We finally got the big shed empty except for the drafting table (super heavy) and a pile of stuff that needs to be tossed - tomorrow is trash day so once the bin is empty, we'll refill it. DH finally agreed to get rid of the tote of flying lessons on VHS from the late 80s - he's accepted that too much has changed regulation wise and they are too outdated. There is a HUGE pile of electronics recycling - vcrs, a laptop, a printer, several CPUS and so on that he said can be recycled so hopefully we can get them to the local computer store next Saturday for recycling. Two plastic shelfing units went to the kerb - either someone will take them or the trashmen will. An old airbed, a pair of bowling shoes (from before we were married), another box of scrap paper, a couple of science fair boards from 15+ years ago....progress But we moved two pieces of unassembled exercise equipment - the boxes had rotted around them so we had to tote the smaller pieces so as not to lose them. I think a weight bench and a lateral press? Anyhow they were purchased two houses ago. Hopefully at THIS house, they'll finally be assembled and used or gotten rid of. We also moved DH's weights and DS's weights (we couldn't find his when he moved out - he'll get them on his next trip home). Several totes of magazines - spoiler alert, magazines are heavy and it's a BAD idea to put them in BIG totes. And the small shed is about 1/2 empty so progress there also. But it was HOT (low 90s and humid) and neither DH nor I are spring chickens anymore so it was hard work.
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Post by MissBianca on Jun 7, 2021 1:48:38 GMT
Saturday - took 2 boxes of shred and 4 boxes and 9 cans of chemicals and paint to the recyclers. Sunday - took 5 boxes and a bag of stuff to goodwill Helped my dad organize the little barn to put one of his classic cars in.
Now the whole family is down with some kind of virus (not Covid). Sore throats, runny noses and a cough. So probably not a whole lot of organizing will happen this week.
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Post by joblackford on Jun 7, 2021 1:54:27 GMT
Oh man, I bet it was! wow, that's a lot of stuff. And yes, magazines are very heavy... and so are weights!
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Post by Linda on Jun 7, 2021 4:12:53 GMT
Now the whole family is down with some kind of virus (not Covid). Sore throats, runny noses and a cough. So probably not a whole lot of organizing will happen this week. Hope you all feel better soon.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Jun 7, 2021 4:29:16 GMT
Glad you've joined us joblackford! It sounds as though you have a tremendous task at hand, helping to get rid of all that stuff! I agree though, it's easier to do it with someone's stuff vs your own. No emotions and attachment involved. Love your reference to Justin Case! Will admit I'm in awe over what's left of that juicer collection. It's amazing - and makes me realize that stopping at 5 glass juicers was a good decision I made several years ago. A couple were inherited and the others were purchased for next to nothing. Looking forward to more of your posts. Please share any links to decluttering/organizing videos you find helpful. Linda - Amazing progress is being made on those sheds. I hope ya'll are able to keep it up and finally get to the end of the tunnel. Not much has happened the past few days but hoping to start seeing progress tomorrow when I really start on the dining room and photo projects.
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Post by PLurker on Jun 7, 2021 4:51:24 GMT
MissBianca said; Now the whole family is down with some kind of virus (not Covid). Sore throats, runny noses and a cough. So probably not a whole lot of organizing will happen this week. [/quote] which reminds me... PSA although in your case it very well be a virus, masks during clean outs (especially years' accumulation) is always a good idea. Ask me how I know. Ok, I'll tell you. When we cleaned out (borderline hoarder) MILs home, we all got many of those same symptoms. Right down to the kids who wanted to "help". And it wasn't gross with any garbage or food stuffs just lots and lots of stuff. With which comes a lot of dust and mustiness. We all have masks readily available these days, use them. Not just for covid. 😉
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 7, 2021 13:50:57 GMT
joblackford That is a massive undertaking! You are so kind to help him out, even with a small profit.
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Post by MissBianca on Jun 7, 2021 15:19:10 GMT
MissBianca said; Now the whole family is down with some kind of virus (not Covid). Sore throats, runny noses and a cough. So probably not a whole lot of organizing will happen this week. which reminds me... PSA although in your case it very well be a virus, masks during clean outs (especially years' accumulation) is always a good idea. Ask me how I know. Ok, I'll tell you. When we cleaned out (borderline hoarder) MILs home, we all got many of those same symptoms. Right down to the kids who wanted to "help". And it wasn't gross with any garbage or food stuffs just lots and lots of stuff. With which comes a lot of dust and mustiness. We all have masks readily available these days, use them. Not just for covid. 😉[/quote] It’s definitely some kind of virus/summer cold. It’s going around DS20’s work and they decided to share with us and the kids were sick before we did the barn. DH and I were the only ones cleaning out the barn but we had respirators on because of the mice. I am feeling a little better today. I still fell like garbage but not enough to lay in bed etc. So I’m putzing around the house. Did laundry, ran the dishwasher, gonna pay bills after I get DD, and I need to hit the grocery store. I’m making a brothy soup for dinner.
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Post by ntsf on Jun 7, 2021 15:25:11 GMT
I have had a long project digitizing my dad's early slides and this week I finished labeling and sorting 2800 of them. now I can put the actual slides back in their storage boxes. big mental weight off my mind. I am visiting my dad, got rid of his piles of papers once again, and helped organize other papers. he complains to my brother when I am gone that I get rid of too much!! haha. he is almost 95, so anything I get rid of now is something I won't have to get rid of later. cleared his front hallway.. esp of the three giant boxes of ski boots. they fit into a closet. they were next to his ski display (he has skis from 1936-2005). and I am taking away a box of stuff out of the car he got rid of 2 yrs ago (box still sitting in front hallway)..
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Post by Really Red on Jun 7, 2021 15:47:25 GMT
I have had a long project digitizing my dad's early slides and this week I finished labeling and sorting 2800 of them. now I can put the actual slides back in their storage boxes. big mental weight off my mind. I am visiting my dad, got rid of his piles of papers once again, and helped organize other papers. he complains to my brother when I am gone that I get rid of too much!! haha. he is almost 95, so anything I get rid of now is something I won't have to get rid of later. cleared his front hallway.. esp of the three giant boxes of ski boots. they fit into a closet. they were next to his ski display (he has skis from 1936-2005). and I am taking away a box of stuff out of the car he got rid of 2 yrs ago (box still sitting in front hallway).. That is amazing!! I took my three kids' artwork and school papers and sorted them into three piles. I trashed some stuff I have no idea why I kept and tonight I am going to sit in the basement and take pictures of all the art/papers and then throw it all away. It KILLS me to do that, but my kids are all minimalists (thank goodness) and I think they'd love to look through a book of the artwork, but not have it all. This is a really difficult thing for me to do. Later this week I am going to start throwing away duplicate pictures. That will clear out half my closet.
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Post by joblackford on Jun 7, 2021 19:41:04 GMT
We all have masks readily available these days, use them. Not just for covid. 😉 I started wearing my cloth mask when I dust and when I'm going through FIL's stuff and cleaning it, and it makes a huge difference to my allergy symptoms. My friend said she wore hers when she mowed the lawn and it worked a treat at keeping down her hayfever.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 7, 2021 19:59:19 GMT
over the last couple weeks, I've cleaned (mostly) the garage, sorted most of my books and took 5 boxes to 3 different used bookstores to see what they'd want- it kills me if I think about the *actual* price I paid for all of them over the years, but most of them were in boxes in the garage, and I don't read like I used to, so... I ended up with $55 total for them, and took the rest to Goodwill. I also took a carload (KIA Soul SUV) of regular "stuff" to Goodwill, so it's no longer in the garage / house. Next weekend, I will finish going thru my closet (I have a large black garbage bag half-full so far for Goodwill) to sort out the umpteen different clothing sizes (I've gained and lost weight for the past 15+ years), and get rid of anything that is TRULY no longer my style. Then I'm going to empty the bathroom vanities and see how much stuff is past its exp. date... after THAT, there are no more excuses, so I will tackle my craft room. lol. I'm a procrastinator, and I don't want to tackle the craft room- so everything else is gonna get cleaned first!!
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Post by MissBianca on Jun 8, 2021 16:47:46 GMT
Omg y’all I am going to need all of you to keep me on task.
Quick back story. We’ve been passively house shopping. Found a place we absolutely loved and put in an offer. We got outbid and while sad we learned a lot about this crazy market. We also talked to my dad who doesn’t want to live on his own. So the official house hunt was on but we just didn’t find anything that compared to this house, it had everything we needed to merge 2 households. So we started talking about building which is great we figured we had 12-18 months to plan. Well fast forward 4 weeks and the sale became rocky so we got a call yesterday saying we had a 50/50 shot at getting the house. Today that called and it’s ours!!! We don’t need to sell the 2 houses right now but I don’t want them to sit empty either. Our aim is to have them emptied by august and for sale before the holidays.
So here is where I need you to help me. We have 7 people, 2 houses and 9 garages/barns/workshops to sort, purge and move. We have been in our house 19 years and my dad has been in his house for 37 years. That’s a lot of time to collect stuff!!! How do we decide what to keep and what to get rid of? Like I don’t need 4 dining tables, I need 2.
I’m going to be overwhelmed in short order. So if any of you have tips or tricks to have this go as smoothly as possible it would be awesome! We are also not hiring movers, it’s close enough that we can do it ourselves and we have 2 car haulers instead of renting. We might rent some pods to move some stuff.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 8, 2021 18:22:08 GMT
We have 7 people, 2 houses and 9 garages/barns/workshops to sort, purge and move. We have been in our house 19 years and my dad has been in his house for 37 years. That’s a lot of time to collect stuff!!! How do we decide what to keep and what to get rid of? Like I don’t need 4 dining tables, I need 2. WOW!! First of all, congrats on the house purchase!! We've been looking at the market lately and the pace / insanity of it is just amazing... so congrats!! I know a lot of people will have more thoughts for you, but the first thing I thought of is maybe doing something like the show Clean Sweep?? (I don't know if you remember it; they go thru someone's house and help them declutter a room or two in two days.) They empty out an entire room and sort it all outside onto tarps in the yard, which probably isn't feasible for you to do with so much stuff, but maybe you could do something similar. I remember loving to watch the process: Peter Walsh gave them a VERY short timeframe (30 min to an hour) to do a 'first pass' thru the room's furnishings and sort ALL the things into either "keep, sell, or toss" piles. Then they would go thru their furnishings again, and think more about WHY some of the things are in the 'keep' pile. Eventually, the 'keep' pile would be whittled down to something manageable, and some of the sentimental / broken / no-longer-useful items ended up into the sell or toss piles. One thing he stressed was the psychological side of things: are you keeping the *thing* because you're displaying it, or because you're holding on to the memory attached to it, even though it was tossed into a closet? You still have the memory without having the actual object. He was big into 'if you want to keep it, then "honor" the item by using it, displaying it, etc.' But you can't do that with everything-- there's just not enough room. You could always take photos of some of the items to help you have a tangible reminder of them, too, if you have a tough time letting go of items. Since you have SO MUCH STUFF, maybe you could modify his process and go thru areas deciding what's OBVIOUSLY trash and getting rid of that first. Then, go thru a second time, to decide what you KNOW you'll want to keep (family heirlooms, for example). Mark the items in some way; perhaps marking those 'keep' items with painter's tape, fluorescent sticky-dot labels, etc. or something easily visible to anyone else. After you've done a first pass for 'toss' and 'keep' you can look at what's left and decide "which dining room tables do we like the most" or "which dining room table has the most family history" or "which dining room table will fit best into the new room" (or however you want to decide)... Go along with that for a while, and anything NOT marked in some way once you've gone thru a room automatically gets 'sorted' into the 'sell' or 'get rid of' category. maybe?? good luck!!! (also, I watch a YouTube channel called Curiousity, Inc. and while he's an antique dealer, he's cleared out some entire houses and hoarder's houses on his channel. He did one of them in something like ONE week, with the help of only 4-5 people. He was very good about planning it ahead of time: ordering a dumpster, buying large quantities of big garbage bags, packing boxes, tape, plastic gloves (if needed) etc. at the very beginning so he didn't have to keep going to the store to get more. That would help, too.) eta: I know moving things more than once isn't necessarily efficient, but perhaps you could move stuff into an unused room so you end up with an EMPTY room for 'staging' and packing boxes? I know those PODS type containers get dropped off and left, but it depends on how much $$ you want to spend on renting them, for when in the process you actually get them delivered.)
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Post by ralams3 on Jun 8, 2021 18:50:57 GMT
MissBianca: If it was me, I think that I would plan room by room for the new house.
For example, which table and chairs do I want in the dining room? How many beds do I need? I would get rid of the excess furniture before moving. Also, toss any obvious garbage and donate unneeded or duplicate items.
I do like crimsoncat's advice.
What an adventure! Good luck.
Hopefully with that many people, you will have lots of help.
Chris
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 8, 2021 19:01:42 GMT
hmmm... one other thought I just had...
Perhaps you could see if there's an estate sale company in your area that might be able to help you with the process? I'm assuming you have a lot of stuff that someone else MIGHT want??
Instead of just tossing / donating it all, once you do your initial pass at 'keep, sell, toss' (or maybe they could even help with that process) an estate sale or auction company could help you in sorting, or even taking stuff away and selling some of it off-site for you? (not all estate sales are held in the person's home.) I'm not sure of their money-making structure- whether you pay them a fee up front, AND a percentage of the sales they make- how it's done probably varies from company to company. But it might be worth a couple calls.
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Post by joblackford on Jun 8, 2021 19:05:07 GMT
So here is where I need you to help me. We have 7 people, 2 houses and 9 garages/barns/workshops to sort, purge and move. We have been in our house 19 years and my dad has been in his house for 37 years. That’s a lot of time to collect stuff!!! How do we decide what to keep and what to get rid of? Like I don’t need 4 dining tables, I need 2. It's going to be huge job, for sure. But also a huge opportunity! My number one tip would be to start thinking about the empty house - think "what do I actually want in my new home?" Which dining table is the favorite, which one is the next best? The ones that don't make the cut go. Gradually filling the new home with the best and most loved stuff (whether mentally, on paper, or actually moving it in real life) is a better place to start than thinking about the massive amount of stuff you have to go through. Once all the best things that everyone cares about and remembers is in the house the rest is what you have to work on getting rid of. So basically it's the mental shift what do I want to keep rather than what do I want to get rid of. If you can move the best stuff in and enjoy that feeling before having to do all the hard sorting and purging it will be very motivating. That's the best case scenario. Good luck!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 8, 2021 19:10:40 GMT
I like joblackford and ralams3's idea much better-- lol! Like Jo said, much less mental angst about 'getting rid' of things and a positive attitude towards 'what do we WANT in the new place.'
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Post by Linda on Jun 8, 2021 20:05:33 GMT
Instead of just tossing / donating it all, once you do your initial pass at 'keep, sell, toss' (or maybe they could even help with that process) an estate sale or auction company could help you in sorting, or even taking stuff away and selling some of it off-site for you? (not all estate sales are held in the person's home.) I'm not sure of their money-making structure- whether you pay them a fee up front, AND a percentage of the sales they make- how it's done probably varies from company to company. But it might be worth a couple calls. the one we used - there was a cost for labour (the extra bodies during the actual sale to be security/help load) and disposal (the dumpster afterwards) that came out of our percentage of the sale and they also took a flat percentage of the sale. The guy said MOST of the time they do end up writing a cheque to the sellers but occasionally not enough sells to cover the disposal costs or it breaks even with the disposal costs. I think we ended up with somewhere between 1-2000 with my mum's estate sale.
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Post by MissBianca on Jun 8, 2021 20:08:30 GMT
WOW!! First of all, congrats on the house purchase!! We've been looking at the market lately and the pace / insanity of it is just amazing... so congrats!! I know a lot of people will have more thoughts for you, but the first thing I thought of is maybe doing something like the show Clean Sweep?? (I don't know if you remember it; they go thru someone's house and help them declutter a room or two in two days.) They empty out an entire room and sort it all outside onto tarps in the yard, which probably isn't feasible for you to do with so much stuff, but maybe you could do something similar. I remember loving to watch the process: Peter Walsh gave them a VERY short timeframe (30 min to an hour) to do a 'first pass' thru the room's furnishings and sort ALL the things into either "keep, sell, or toss" piles. Then they would go thru their furnishings again, and think more about WHY some of the things are in the 'keep' pile. Eventually, the 'keep' pile would be whittled down to something manageable, and some of the sentimental / broken / no-longer-useful items ended up into the sell or toss piles. One thing he stressed was the psychological side of things: are you keeping the *thing* because you're displaying it, or because you're holding on to the memory attached to it, even though it was tossed into a closet? You still have the memory without having the actual object. He was big into 'if you want to keep it, then "honor" the item by using it, displaying it, etc.' But you can't do that with everything-- there's just not enough room. You could always take photos of some of the items to help you have a tangible reminder of them, too, if you have a tough time letting go of items. Since you have SO MUCH STUFF, maybe you could modify his process and go thru areas deciding what's OBVIOUSLY trash and getting rid of that first. Then, go thru a second time, to decide what you KNOW you'll want to keep (family heirlooms, for example). Mark the items in some way; perhaps marking those 'keep' items with painter's tape, fluorescent sticky-dot labels, etc. or something easily visible to anyone else. After you've done a first pass for 'toss' and 'keep' you can look at what's left and decide "which dining room tables do we like the most" or "which dining room table has the most family history" or "which dining room table will fit best into the new room" (or however you want to decide)... Go along with that for a while, and anything NOT marked in some way once you've gone thru a room automatically gets 'sorted' into the 'sell' or 'get rid of' category. maybe?? good luck!!! (also, I watch a YouTube channel called Curiousity, Inc. and while he's an antique dealer, he's cleared out some entire houses and hoarder's houses on his channel. He did one of them in something like ONE week, with the help of only 4-5 people. He was very good about planning it ahead of time: ordering a dumpster, buying large quantities of big garbage bags, packing boxes, tape, plastic gloves (if needed) etc. at the very beginning so he didn't have to keep going to the store to get more. That would help, too.) eta: I know moving things more than once isn't necessarily efficient, but perhaps you could move stuff into an unused room so you end up with an EMPTY room for 'staging' and packing boxes? I know those PODS type containers get dropped off and left, but it depends on how much $$ you want to spend on renting them, for when in the process you actually get them delivered.) Yes I used to watch clean sweep a long time ago but completely forgot about how they did it. We are definitely going to implement some of Peters ideas. My dad literally told me he wants his trolley lamp, grandfather clock, and his 2 recliners. The sticking part is my mom died 3 years ago and my brothers don’t live near by so I’m trying to be respectful of them by not just arm sweeping her stuff but also not hoarding all her stuff because it was moms. One brother owns a home but he has hoarding tendencies so I don’t want him to take a lot. Other brother lives in a room he rents in a house and that’s not changing any time soon. I decided today to start in both dining rooms. Mine is more of a craft room and 99% of that can be packed up. My dads dining room is a catch all so that would get done first too. The first thing to get moved will be all the classic cars. Those will go straight into the barn. It’s all the various car parts that will give me the most anxiety. The market is insane here! This house went on sale Thursday, original buyers put an offer on it Friday site unseen, we put an offer on it Saturday after open house. 30 days later the original offer fell apart. But Things are staying on the market for roughly 2-3 days here, it’s crazy.
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Post by MissBianca on Jun 8, 2021 20:10:58 GMT
hmmm... one other thought I just had... Perhaps you could see if there's an estate sale company in your area that might be able to help you with the process? I'm assuming you have a lot of stuff that someone else MIGHT want?? Instead of just tossing / donating it all, once you do your initial pass at 'keep, sell, toss' (or maybe they could even help with that process) an estate sale or auction company could help you in sorting, or even taking stuff away and selling some of it off-site for you? (not all estate sales are held in the person's home.) I'm not sure of their money-making structure- whether you pay them a fee up front, AND a percentage of the sales they make- how it's done probably varies from company to company. But it might be worth a couple calls. My dads friend actually owns an auction house. I didn’t even think about that!! All the books will go to the used book store we frequent and I know they come out to houses if it’s a lot. We had already discussed that.and my dad said he’s going to invite his friends that collect cars, steam engines and boats to come take whatever they want.
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Post by Linda on Jun 8, 2021 20:13:06 GMT
MissBianca - I agree with deciding what you want in the new house and only moving that stuff. Be ruthless - if you only need 2 tables - pick the two that work best for the new place. If there are 3 tea kettles and you only need one - pick the one that's in the best condition and/or fits best colourwise in the new kitchen. DH and I ...ummm...packed and moved differently this past move. I sorted through everything and packed in in LABELLED boxes with the room they were going into. Got rid of a ton of stuff and basically had a plan before anything moved. DH was packing as he went and tossing stuff randomly into boxes and totes and .... didn't get rid of anything. We moved in late February. Some of his stuff is STILL at the old house as we're moving it slowly over here but he's run out of space here for it because he has so many packed boxes and stuff to deal with. My stuff is all unpacked, organised, and in place. The only exceptions are a few boxes that need the last few pieces of furniture to get moved over here first (our sideboard and hutch for instance). I don't reccommend DH's method.
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