saguaro
Senior Member

First off, I am sorry for your loss. I also want to highlight what Steve said, he said it so well.

Throughout my working career, I have been tasked with cleaning out entire offices to prepare for office moves and after mass layoffs, as well as to...

This sounds very similar to DH. He comes from a family of hoarders / pack rats and has a tendency to hold onto things "just in case". He's not...

I knew she could collect a fee but wasn't aware that there could be an advantage to getting a higher fee the longer this goes on. Perhaps now with...

AT this point, there's still so much left in the house and considering the lack of action taken, sister will need to hire someone to help empty it. ...

In our case, there is a trust and a will, set up by my folks years before they passed. I have never seen copies of either so have no idea what...

We are in an area that doesn't get a lot of tornadoes but we do get them. After one especially active season, in which we had some active warnings...

Bumping for update. As of today, nothing has been done with the house since last May. Though sister who is executor said she would start working...

Good time to do it. I have done all my garage purges when DH has been away.

There's a lot of good advice here and I like the phrase "someone else's opinion of me is none of my business" To the OP, I agree with stepping...

I am so sorry. My sympathies to you and your family.

DH is purging his comics collection and finally, finally, after years of saying he wanted to do this, sold 9 boxes to a local dealer. DH was paid a...