On the move...we bought a house!!

[snide]

Originally Posted by sasnglass77

Pics, I don't.know to do on the iPad and post.

Use the camera app on the iPad.

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by sasnglass77

That's what we counted on.
Previous owners left it filthy and still I'm cleaning out their stuff. They left the washer and dryer. Snide did some washing, when it was finished I went to put our stuff in the dryer, I opened the dryer door and to my surprise there were kids clothing in it! Unreal!!

MOM!!!!! Where's my favorite shirt from Grandma?

[sasnglass77]

Oh Holy Hell!!

Will it ever end with the stupidity of the seller??

So, I'm scrubbing and sanitizing the kitchen and tucked away in an upper cabinet is a savings bond and their kids social security cards.! Called our lawyer, yes, he was amazed too, going to drop them off at his office in a few minutes.

WTF is wrong with these people?

[snide]

Is the savings bond a bearer bond? Is it worth anything?

[sasnglass77]

Originally Posted by snide

Is the savings bond a bearer bond? Is it worth anything?

Bond is still in the envelope the cards were just laying there.

I feel the need for an adult beverage!

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by sasnglass77

Oh Holy Hell!!

Will it ever end with the stupidity of the seller??

So, I'm scrubbing and sanitizing the kitchen and tucked away in an upper cabinet is a savings bond and their kids social security cards.! Called our lawyer, yes, he was amazed too, going to drop them off at his office in a few minutes.

WTF is wrong with these people?

After enough buying homes, I'm no longer surprised at what I find.
Antique sewing machines, gorgeous fur coats, valuable family documents etc.

First week in the house we're in now I found a 2K diamond ring she left in the medicine chest of the guest bath. It was a very nice ring (prob D-F in color and at least a VS1)
Called our realtor and it took her a week to stop by and pick it up.

In other not so surprising news we found out that she divorced her husband and got the house, the kid, and most of the money.
He's still living with his parents....
Scott

[snide]

Scott, what do you normally do with the stuff left behind?

OK, you gave that ring back, but you could have sold it for some $$$. What about the rest of the stuff you've found?

Here's what we've found thus far:
Master bedroom: 2 night tables, dresser, wardrobe
Bedroom 1: Brass headboard, TV
Bedroom 2: TV
Bathroom: Trashcan, purple tie, pictures
Bedroom 3: Dunno, didn't go in there...
Laundry room: Clothes in the dryer
Kitchen: A ton of crap - cups, bowls, dishes, cookie jars (should check inside them), prescription medicine, kitchen towels, oven mitts, kid's SS cards, etc.
Dining room: Huge, fugly, framed artwork
Hallway: Personalized welcome mat
Downstairs bathroom: (unused) Cleaning supplies
Den: books on the bookcase, toys in the cabinet, pruning shears
Family room: floor lamp
Foyer: decorative "art"
Garage: There's stuff in the garage, I just forget what


I'm sure I've forgotten something. I think the only room they didn't leave anything in, that I remember, is the formal living room.

We'll probably rent a dumpster and load everything in there.

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by snide

Scott, what do you normally do with the stuff left behind?

OK, you gave that ring back, but you could have sold it for some $$$. What about the rest of the stuff you've found?

Here's what we've found thus far:
Master bedroom: 2 night tables, dresser, wardrobe
Bedroom 1: Brass headboard, TV
Bedroom 2: TV
Bathroom: Trashcan, purple tie, pictures
Bedroom 3: Dunno, didn't go in there...
Laundry room: Clothes in the dryer
Kitchen: A ton of crap - cups, bowls, dishes, cookie jars (should check inside them), prescription medicine, kitchen towels, oven mitts, kid's SS cards, etc.
Dining room: Huge, fugly, framed artwork
Hallway: Personalized welcome mat
Downstairs bathroom: (unused) Cleaning supplies
Den: books on the bookcase, toys in the cabinet, pruning shears
Family room: floor lamp
Foyer: decorative "art"
Garage: There's stuff in the garage, I just forget what


I'm sure I've forgotten something. I think the only room they didn't leave anything in, that I remember, is the formal living room.

We'll probably rent a dumpster and load everything in there.

Donate it all to a charity run thrift store like Goodwill. Take the tax write off next year. Some of them will even come and get it all.

Except the prescription drugs. I'll take those.

[DAB]

sounds like our place when we moved in.

dryer full of clothes. boxes of stuff (including their land line phones - box went to the trash before they called asking about them), about 50 gallons of paint, and over the years we've found about $2 in loose change here and there in the house.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

Donate it all to a charity run thrift store like Goodwill. Take the tax write off next year. Some of them will even come and get it all.

Except the prescription drugs. I'll take those.

GW industries is a FOR PROFIT ENTERPRISE< NOT A CHARITY!!!!


I would hold an estate sale, and just unload for any bid.....

probably collect a few hundred bux.....sis and I held a estate sale at the folks house.....4500 bux, in '92 or so.....

[snide]

Originally Posted by DAB

sounds like our place when we moved in.

dryer full of clothes. boxes of stuff (including their land line phones - box went to the trash before they called asking about them), about 50 gallons of paint, and over the years we've found about $2 in loose change here and there in the house.

The pantry contained a number of (empty?) paint cans and other crap.

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

Donate it all to a charity run thrift store like Goodwill. Take the tax write off next year. Some of them will even come and get it all.

That's exactly what we do
Being self employed, it's an outstanding write off without the headaches of selling all the junk.

You probably have enough that they'll come pick it up for you. It's like free trash removal you get to deduct.
Scott

[DAB]

Originally Posted by snide

The pantry contained a number of (empty?) paint cans and other crap.

garage and barn had the paint.

the pantry was falling apart, had to patch it with a 2x4 until i built a new one.

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

Donate it all to a charity run thrift store like Goodwill. Take the tax write off next year. Some of them will even come and get it all.

Except the prescription drugs. I'll take those.

I always kept the really good stuff, sold the so-so stuff and trashed the junk.
I would not have given the SS Cards back. They could have got big money for them at the corner cell phone place in the city.
Seriously, I give nothing back. Everything that I took in just offset the cost of refitting the place.

[sasnglass77]

My Mom and her friend Linda are taking the kids clothing and plates and jars to a church that will give them to people who needs them. Not worrying about a small tax deduction, I just want it out of my way so I can scrub this house down.

I wouldn't feel right about disposing of the kids SS cards, they can't help who their parents are. I know I did the right thing bringing them to our lawyer. The secretary actually said she would personally deliver them to their lawyer. So, I can sleep with a clear conscious .