Dealing with property from deceased estate?

[nzspokes]

After some advice from those that have been there with that. My old man passed away a while back and I have just got the go to clear the house.

What do you do with all the stuff? Items that the family wanted have been taken, photos etc.

Is it best to sell to a second hand dealer? Get a auction house in?

One thing I do know is I not going to list 3000 auctions to TM, feck that.

Any advice appreciated. Well any good advice anyway.

[Reckless]

Garage sale weekend is most common Spokes.
The buyers come to you, you only have to shift the stuff to the front lawn etc etc.
Whats left can go to the Sallies after that theres the dump.

Sorry for your Loss mate :(

[BuzzardNZ]

Donate it to the Salvation Army.

[caspernz]

If there's stuff left of value, then second hand dealer or TM for that. The rest is often of value to St John op shop or Salvation Army op shop.

All comes down to how much time and energy you've got left to put in.

[Oakie]

Garage sale weekend is most common Spokes.
The buyers come to you, you only have to shift the stuff to the front lawn etc etc.
Whats left can go to the Sallies after that theres the dump.

Sorry for your Loss mate :(

Yeah we did the garage sale when my father-in-law passed away. He was a guy who never threw anything away 'because it might come in handy one day" so there was heaps of stuff. It was actually quite fun but we nearly went to far and almost sold the mother-in-law's car on the day too.

[nzspokes]

Garage sale weekend is most common Spokes.
The buyers come to you, you only have to shift the stuff to the front lawn etc etc.
Whats left can go to the Sallies after that theres the dump.

Sorry for your Loss mate :(

Thanks Mate, would probably just put it around the house. Way too much to drag outside. Do people buy lounge suites etc at these things, never been to one.

Do the Sallies take bulk lots?

[nzspokes]

Yeah we did the garage sale when my father-in-law passed away. He was a guy who never threw anything away 'because it might come in handy one day" so there was heaps of stuff. It was actually quite fun but we nearly went to far and almost sold the mother-in-law's car on the day too.

Did you sell much? How did you work out price? Just made it up as you went along?

[oldrider]

Trying to deal with this situation ourselves right now - getting rid of $$$$ of treasures that we hoard for a rainy day - just have to develop a brutal mindset!

Not easy! :oi-grr: Don't want to leave a situation like you have got for our kids to deal with! - Good luck with that! :yes:

[BMWST?]

my mum recently had a fall and had to move out.The place was still full of dads stuff too,lots of tools and old electrical stuff, some stuff never used.We got an auction house in.They came and got it,and it all goes.Can get some good prices,but some disheartening stuff too.I think a lot of second hand dealers frequent the auctions.You pay fees of course.The auction houses know their stuff,and will use their knowledge to get the best prices on the good stuff,but as i said you pay fees.It was the only way for us,as we live out of town.The house was already on the market so we had to move quickly
If it is just normal household stuff i think i would donate to sallies etc.Garage sales are a pain

[James Deuce]

The Sallies don't want broken, worn out stuff. Get a skip and be brutal. Then sell or donate the good stuff left. It reduces the workload tremendously.

[oldiebutagoody]

After my Wife died I spent a year just mentally adjusting. Letting go of things that belonged to a loved family member can be fraught with pangs of regret, .......was it their favourite pair of slippers? We get the picture.

When I decided to move on I was firstly interested in passing heirloom furniture or long held antique stuff to the kids once one of them had a place of their own to keep it safe.

Day to day sundry stuff was left behind. I had to ask do I need 5 beds, 3 microwaves, 5 dinner stes, (actually I had the accummulation of the last 3 generations of inherited households to deal with).

Sallies etc will take the good stuff and leave you with rubbish, Local hospice shops take nik naks and ornaments, about 20 boxes of books went to St Johns for fundraising.

Then I looked around the neighbourhood and counted a half dozen families who looked like they needed stuff for the kids, so all th warm winter bedding and linens, pillows etc went their way. Most of it was brand new unused bought last season, as wives tend to do.

I kept my tools, tv's, lounge suite, everything kitchen related (including 50 odd cookbooks, god knows I need them) and ll th electrical appliances that were not duplicated, as any duplicates went to the neighbouring struggling families.

Rest is in storage. Shifted to Auckland and now live in a van. No just joking, all the rest fitted into a double storage unit until either I return to my house or sell up and move into another.

Be brutal. Disposing of deceased estate items does no disrespect to the deceased if it helps others in the process. Discarding to rubbish offhand however can cause you some regret in the future. Its not always about realizing cash for it either unless it still has to help with medical or rest home fees for a surviving spouse etc.

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[JimO]

just going through that now, i filled one of those clothing bins with clothes, some of the furniture we took the rest will be sold, the house i already owned but am selling it anyway so we have a garage full of stuff thats got to go somewhere, already had 2 skips in

[Oakie]

Did you sell much? How did you work out price? Just made it up as you went along?

Pretty much sold everything. There were a few old things of value that we got an antique dealer to look at and offer on first to make sure we didn't sell a treasure for a dollar. The rest of it we just put stickers with a nominated value on and then haggled if necessary. My best effort was to sell an old typewriter for a couple of dollars that the guy didn't want at all but that his little girl was playing with and I made him buy it 'because it'll keep her quiet for hours".

I think we made $800 on the day but that was a good 15 plus years ago so quite a good return. Our aim was to get rid of everything as much as it was to make money though so we were happy with the outcome. About all that was left over was about 20 Commodore computer consoles which I think we finished up giving to a school.

[Tazz]

Sallies are very picky, I don't bother with them anymore. When we went through this with a family member who was a hoarder, I sold off a few good things to cover the cost of a skip for all the junk, and then gave the rest to a secondhand dealer. You tell them the condition of getting some good stuff for free is that they have to take everything you give them whether they want it all or not.

A garage sale sounds good too, but then you have to deal with haggling ass hats.

[awa355]

Go through the old family photo's and put those and any documents of historical nature to one side. They may not mean much to you today, but in a few years a grandchild may well come asking about where/when her great grandparents lived and worked. For someone doing the family history at some time, these things can tell so much about the family ancestors. Once thrown out, they cannot be replaced.

Garage sales are for super cheap stuff that is worth nothing. Any valuable stuff needs to be deposed of elsewhere.

[Oakie]

Sallies are very picky,

Yep. Daughter (ver i) took her old couch to the Sallies for some needy family ... and suffered the humiliation of being told it wasn't up their standard.

[nzspokes]

Been there tonight, looks like I need a camera expert. Found heaps of old ones.

Starting to get a bit more of a handle on it. Found my old school woodwork and metal work projects that Dad must have kept. Cool.

Agree on the Sallies thing.

[russd7]

all depends on desired outcome, needy families are a good feelgood outcome if ya like that sort of thing, garage sales can be fun and a bit of a distraction when its needed, be fair to the sallies, they end up getting left with junk that they then have to pay to dispose of, you would be surprised how picky the "needy" can be I have personally seen perfectly good stuff rejected by "needy" because it wasn't up to their standard.
our local paper has free adds in the for sale under $50.00 on a thursday paper.
lots of facebook pages round for stuff as well.

[Swoop]

Condolences for your loss. A difficult time.


It's pretty challenging. I've spent the last 6 months clearing out Mum's place.

You have to be brutal, as Jim2 said. Get a skip bin and fill it.

One of the most challenging things was selling on BetradeMe and dealing with absolute fuckwits who ask questions ("where is the pick-up" - as stated in the fucking advert you twat, just read the words). Also be prepared to $1- reserve everything. Some times you will be surprised and others it is just good to have another person taking the item/s away for you.

[jasonu]

2nd hand dealers will give you fuck all. I had my parents house lot inspected by local 2nd hand household goods dealers and the best offer was $350. There was some very nice antique pieces and fairly new appliances amongst it. Rather than be ripped off we kept the stuff we wanted, gave away what we could and donated the rest. I know the dealers need to make a living but this was plain insulting.

[Big Dog]

2nd hand dealers will give you fuck all. I had my parents house lot inspected by local 2nd hand household goods dealers and the best offer was $350. There was some very nice antique pieces and fairly new appliances amongst it. Rather than be ripped off we kept the stuff we wanted, gave away what we could and donated the rest. I know the dealers need to make a living but this was plain insulting.
They have to factor storage into bulk lots. Offering 6 pieces at a time to 2nd hand dealers will get you roughly the same as a house lot.
If you have several dealers ask each which they need more of and sell them just that room. e.g some will deal mostly in appliances so all them the laundry and kitchen appliances. Some will deal mostly in large pieces sell them any large pieces that have value. Junk, donate to individuals laege stuff not worth $100 or Trademe large pieces you would pay more than $100 for.
Kitchen utensils bulk sell on trade me for $1 auction.
Kitchen small appliances you would buy for more than $20 second hand trade me.
Kitchen smalls you wouldn't box lot $1 auction.

Lounge if it matches offer it together to dealers who do that sort of thing.

Keeping stuff you can't use will cost you more to dispose of or store the longer you have it. I have dealt with a few dealers over the years. If you try to get rid of a house lot they know you want it gone more than you want the money and they know anything they don't sell will cost them in either floor space or disposal fees.


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[Akzle]

Been there tonight, looks like I need a camera expert. Found heaps of old ones.

giz it .

[XF650]

Pays to check what you're biffing in the skip. I was helping a mate clear his mother in laws stuff & he was just tipping out boxes & drawers of clothing etc straight into the bin without really checking contents first. Sure enough, I found the old girls best jewellery hidden in the socks. Also pays to check books, especially bibles - the older generation often tucked interesting stuff into them for safe keeping.
But its also unbelievable the crap that people dump on the Sallies, so they have had to get tough on what they accept. I've found the Resource Recovery shops are usually good at taking the rest.

[Swoop]

But its also unbelievable the crap that people dump on the Sallies, so they have had to get tough on what they accept.

From what I've witnessed, the staff personally pick through the good stuff for themselves. BetradeMe sees a lot of the stuff sold-on.
Hence the reason that I have not donated stuff to them (entirely separate from the happy-clapping shite).

[nzspokes]

Got a company coming round tomorrow to quote on taking it all away and selling it for us. I suspect the fees will outweigh the returns.