I am now a two house owner

Aneeda72 said:
Make sure you change the locks right away. There is no way to know how keys the previous owners gave out.
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If you’re paying a locksmith to do this, consider getting digital locks. We did it on the front door for access by emergency crews and also in the garage entry. One less key to dig out when your hands are full.
 

Jules said:
If you’re paying a locksmith to do this, consider getting digital locks. We did it on the front door for access by emergency crews and also in the garage entry. One less key to dig out when your hands are full.
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We always changed the locks ourselves, but the digital lock sounds really good for the ER access.
 

Aneeda72 said:
We always changed the locks ourselves, but the digital lock sounds really good for the ER access.
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They were pricey. Buy them on sale. DH does these things himself and even with his son here helping, it was fiddly. They finally broke down and called the help line. One sentence was missing from the instructions.

If I were on my own, I’d have to hire someone to do these little chores. That’s just the way it would be.

Our neighbour was the inspiration for us getting them. She has had to allow ambulance attendants into her home twice.
 
Aneeda72 said:
I confess, I did not, but I am so glad you did. I also think real estate agents make far too much money.☹️
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Did you notice the real estate agent was a relative of the seller? Then there is the fee usually 6% so the difference between the original $265,000.00 & the selling price of $288,000.00 covers that fee leaving the seller with a little more than the original listing price after the fee is deducted.


It is great she is moving to a clean well kept home so much better health wise. It should be interesting to read future posts by Deb about the selling price of the home she described as a disaster.
 
e3d9b1b8-e468-4fef-8271-781faf821d0a.jpeg @debodun I'm so happy for you and your new home. This will be a great chance for you to downsize your household inventory. Don't try and do everything yourself, please ask for help. Hope the sale of the house you're bidding goodbye to goes well. ENJOY....ENJOY....ENJOY.
 
debodun said:
Bins and boxes filled to the capacity I can manage with a small part of my knickknack collection waiting for my next trip.

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Deb,

The thing that I don’t understand about collections is why we keep more of any one item than we can use or attractively display and enjoy.

In my own case I have collections of paperweights, postcards, local vintage advertising, local stoneware, local history books, etc...

I had a lot of fun hunting for things and studying them but now they have become a burden that detracts from my enjoyment.

I’ve been working to trim them back to a few of my favorites and I would encourage you to take your time and do the same.
 
There are estate sales going on all the time around here. Why do these people have such high criteria? Not everyone has Chippendale furniture, first editions of Shakespeare or van Gogh paintings. It really steams me.
 
debodun said:
There are estate sales going on all the time around here. Why do these people have such high criteria? Not everyone has Chippendale furniture, first editions of Shakespeare or van Gogh paintings. It really steams me.
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IMO it’s just business.

These people are in business to make as much money as possible with the smallest amount of effort.

Even if they have a free weekend to take on a small clean-out they may feel that it would damage their reputation for high quality items.

In the end the reason doesn’t matter or get you any closer to your goal.

Try to accept it and move on.
 
Pepper said:
I don't know why you take offense that many people no longer want what you're selling.
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She does not want to hear the truth that most of the stuff she has , as that person said, has little or no value. I wanted to sell my mother in law's china, but it would cost more to ship it than I would get out of it.
That photo she showed of those tubs of "collectables" IMHO, should got to the curb with a "FREE" sign on them and she still would not get many takers.
 
Knight said:
Did you notice the real estate agent was a relative of the seller? Then there is the fee usually 6% so the difference between the original $265,000.00 & the selling price of $288,000.00 covers that fee leaving the seller with a little more than the original listing price after the fee is deducted.


It is great she is moving to a clean well kept home so much better health wise. It should be interesting to read future posts by Deb about the selling price of the home she described as a disaster.
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what a steal, here one would not even get a studio for those $ and such a beautiful home with large garden.
 
Congratulations! ....and don't lose the key!
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I volunteered in a op shop known as a charity shop in other parts of the world
if they got boxes of crystal and or ornaments they went into the recycle bin
no one wants them anymore , didn’t even check bottom to see if they were collector or rare items.
If I moved I think the best thing I could do to save my energy would be to hire a huge skip bin where most of my dust collectors would go followed by any sewing items
 
debodun said:
There are estate sales going on all the time around here. Why do these people have such high criteria? Not everyone has Chippendale furniture, first editions of Shakespeare or van Gogh paintings. It really steams me.
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Why should they buy your stuff if they don't like it?
What's wrong with people preferring nice things?
You have no right to be steamed about that.

You say you want to hold onto your parents stuff because it was "theirs", but for money- you can't get it out the door fast enough.
 

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