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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents are 88 and 84. 
They moved to a senior living place 2 years ago but my mom refused to sell the house because she's a hoarder and so the house is still sitting there full of years of crap (and some nice antiques). [b]I have no siblings so someday there will be an estate sale, after the crap has been thrown out.[/b] I'm talking years of Southern Living magazines, mayonnaise jars, travel size soaps from hotels etc. it will be a nightmare. Yes there is some stuff in there I might want buried under the hoard  but my main emotion is irritation that they wouldn't let me deal with it earlier. As for the house I just hope a happy family moves into it someday. I don't want it. [/quote]

I'm in the same boat. Parents former home (in a town several hours away) is sitting vacant and is falling into disrepair, but they won't sell. It's been in the family for generations and they just can't find the will to do it. It's worth next to nothing, but has tremendous sentimental value to them. Siblings and I have houses of our own and don't need/want it. It will have to go when they die, and it's going to be a mess to deal with. [/quote]

There are companies that do hoarding clean ups specifically, and it's well worth the money when the time comes.  You can tell them certain things you want to look for, but they will cart out all the crap, deal with the dumpsters, any safety hazards, etc.

We had to do this with a relative, and the company was just a godsend.  They had seen it all before and knew what to do.[/quote]

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