So, if I croak question.

I am in a two bed rm. Apt.on the second floor.

Bonnie can't clean this place out, no way.

I have no family here.y concern is ,
I don't want the landlord to have to deal with
Getting stuff gone.
I've been here 22 years.


I am contemplating entering a contract with
someone to get all the stuff gone, somewhere.
Be it garage sale , dump, goodwill , I won't care.


What would you do? P.s.
Nothing of. value involved .

Gotta get rid of 2 dozen cans of ammo. That's about it .

I have seen advertised and know of services used that come in, remove everything, clean the place, purchase or auction what they want or can be sold, throw away what cannot be sold, all for an agreed charge.

As I recall I looked for "estate liquidators" to find the services. It may be a little more complicated to arrange before one dies himself, but worth considering.

A relative used such a service in Maryland to handle all that when his mother-in-law died, and was happy he had done it that way.

I set up a trust. When I expire my bank’s trust department will convert all of my physical assets to monetary assets. My heirs will have to do nothing but scatter my ashes over my parents’ graves.

The trust department will probably be surprised by the amount of ammunition in my loft.

Not your exact situation but something I ran into recently to give you an idea of the cost involved.

Brother in law dies in his house, he was a hoarder...not horrible since the FD made him clear paths throughout the house when the EMTs had to remove his mother a few years before.

House got burgled the night after he was removed and insurance sent a company to secure the door/windows. The adjuster mentioned that his company also offered a "clean out" service.

I asked, "How much?"

He backtracked a bit with, "I don't know how large the house is."

I answered, "1750 sq ft, 3BR, 2baths."

He reluctantly said, "$10k."

I declined, because I knew there was stuff hidden all over the house that family would have to go through.
It took us five trips with a 40 cubic foot dumpster to empty the house

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
I set up a trust. When I expire my bank’s trust department will convert all of my physical assets to monetary assets. My heirs will have to do nothing but scatter my ashes over my parents’ graves.

The trust department will probably be surprised by the amount of ammunition in my loft.

interesting


we get a call every now and again from Wells Fargo to go in and remove, sell or destroy firearms and ammo from people that use WF as an executor,


I would suggest, based on my experiences with them, to have your kin folk come get all your ammo and whatever you want them to have before you pass beyond, as in have them sell the ammo

Why not just make sure Bonnie has the funds set aside to hire people as needed? Can she handle supervising people doing the labor?

Also,some charities and thrift shops will do a clean out in exchange for the stuff.

Replying to lyman, two above.

All of my close relatives are in Missouri. It would burden them to come to San Diego to get my ammo.

They’ll like the cash though.

I sell final expense insurance. And, while most of my customers' beneficiaries are their spouses or children, I do have one or two who wanted the policies to make sure their landlords don't face a hardship in cleaning out their apts and finding new tenants. Seems pretty nice of them. If one is paying $1000/mo and gets a $5k policy with their landlord as the beneficiary, it gives the landlord some breathing room when the deceased's rent checks stop coming.

You’re a good man to have the sensibility to simplify to the basics rather than leaving a huge job to others. I have had to go the 30 yard dumpster route twice with relatives. It’s a lot of strenuous work and it can be hard throwing out perfectly good stuff because you can’t find someone who will take it right now.

Is this not something that can and should be provided for in a will?

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Originally posted by jed7s9b:
You’re a good man to have the sensibility to simplify to the basics rather than leaving a huge job to others.

Wholeheartedly agree. You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

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You’re a good man to have the sensibility to simplify to the basics rather than leaving a huge job to others.

The first right step would be to deal with as much of it as possible now, not later.

Why not just leave Bonnie the money to pay someone?

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Originally posted by egregore:
Is this not something that can and should be provided for in a will?

The time for the will to get sorted out and, for example, the landlord to get paid to clean out an apartment, could be a while. All that time the landlord is losing rent money.

I am in the same boat.
I quit reloading as I probably will never shoot up what I have, reloads or factory. Factory ammo can be sold easily but reloads are not so easy as most shooters don't want to shoot somebody's reloads.
My wife and I also have so much other "stuff" that it will be a real mess for anyone to clean out. I refer to it as "stuff" as it means something to me (or the wife) but to nobody else.
I have the "pack rat" gene that I think came from my parents living through the depression era. And I am way worse then they were!
Use up the ammo you have if possible, at least you will enjoy it.
I have a 2 story house with a walkout basement plus the 36x48 pole barn to deal with. And the assorted crap behind the barn.

For last couple of years slowly getting rid of stuff I will never use again like backpacking gear. Couple of times a week give away books. Clothes are donated seasonally. Excess furniture leaving gave the house larger living space. Guns are hard to let go, sold a few and really have to trim the heard as no family member would want more than one of them. Cleaned out two of inlaws houses and don't want to saddle my children with the task of cleaning out junk.

Like a few here, I too am in the same boat, but no spouse. My family consists of two older sisters and one nephew who isn't particularly healthy.

I have a will and trust set up, but like all of you, a heck of a gun collection and more ammo than I'll ever shoot. I used to compete regularly and burned through a lot of ammo, but not in the last few years.

The thought of leaving this earth with no heirs is troubling and the thought of leaving it with two elderly sisters isn't much better.

I.i.understand c.,
I will is made to specify what goes to whom under we hat circumstances.

As I have pretty close to zero in anything of worth ,
My will might be a paragraph long.

I am not a hoarder, that's the beauty of residing in an apt.
There is no place to put anything ,so you don't bring anything home.

Every thing in here was purchased at a garage sale .

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Gotta get rid of 2 dozen cans of ammo.

Nice karma! I'm in.

On more serious note, I feel for you bendable, not having kids myself. Fortunately, I have a sister who had three kids who turned out to be fine adults so they'll get the bulk of my "legacy" (whether they want it or not!)

Maybe a local church/charity could use your junk? Yhey'll probably only want stuff they can sell, but maybe they;l take on the job of tossing what they don't want, or offering it to the folks they serve.

My aunt and uncle lived in a 800 sq ft apartment for decades.

When they died I filled up a dumpster with just crap.

On the outside the place looked neat and clean.

Every nook and cranny, closets, cabinets under the bed was fill with stuff.

It took weeks to empty it.

Everything had to be gone through.

I am starting now to get rid of stuff so my son does not have to.

There are estate sale/liquidators that will handle it all.

I would interview a bunch now and give Bonnie a list and not worry about it.

There is at least a half dozen or more listed in your area.

I would talk to a lot of them as you do not know who will be in business when the time comes.