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[quote=Anonymous]My parents had, fortunately, moved from my childhood home to a somewhat smaller retirement home so they at least had done one big clean out at that time. Still, after 15 years the new house acquired an awful lot of stuff. When my dad died, my mom moved in with my sister and she sold the house. The way we handled the stuff was us three siblings visited at the same time and picked out things we wanted to have (that were not going with Mom), helped her consolidate all the photos, documents, etc. She moved the things she wanted to my sister's (mainly bedroom furniture, a favorite chair, and clothing/personal items) and then my sister hired an estate sale company that liquidated the whole place. The only valuable thing was their golf cart, most of the rest was garage-sale level. I think Mom broke even on it -- basically the company takes their fee out of the sale and you pay anything not covered by that. I think there was some kind of revenue split for any amount after the fee was covered. It was a lot easier than doing it ourselves.

So, I agree with PPs, all you can do now is research estate sale companies. Or if it's really hoarder level, probably needs a different kind of service. And, ask your parents to let you know where they keep important documents.[/quote]

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