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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is interesting how many people in the thread are against charging, but paying people to haul junk and declutter can cost hundreds of dollars for not very much.

So, it sounds like those of us who do this work should just hire the work out. Our parents can pay someone else and that will be acceptable to those in the thread…

My parents expected me to haul their mountains of junk out. I boxed their trash and junk and did more than 100 dumpster trips in addition to hiring junk haulers at least four times.

It’s rude and crazy that people don’t do a death cleaning when they are still able to do it.

I would never leave so much junk for my children and have already stated to get rid of things and/or to mark what can be tossed (if it is something I want to keep while alive).

We have selfish parents.

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One thing my mom did after her dad died, was get deep into the swedish death cleaning. She told me she never wants us to have to go through that, and I sooo appreciate her!

My ILs are hoarders... when my FIL got cancer a few years back, all the kids started cleaning out the house. Hundreds of hours and probably thousands of dollars later? They've almost entirely refilled it again. So annoying. [/quote]

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