My dad recently past so my brother and I have been having this discussion with my mom about what to do with the house and everything in it. They've been in the same place since 1967.
Mom had already agreed to go to a retirement place. We found a nice one that is run more like a hotel rather than a prison like some are. She also already had friends in the same place.
As for the house, it will sell quite easily. In an older neighborhood on a 180' wide lot. Even better is it has R2 zoning so I could see developers going after it.
We are going to tell the extended family to take anything mom isn't taking with her. After than, it there are some good items to donate or sell, we will do that. After that there will be two bins put on the driveway. One to put household items away from my kids when they move out. (ie kitchen stuff) and another bin that will take everything else away to the dump.
We have already started the process but it is hard because when you have lived in the same place for so long you get attached to things. Things that don't even really have value anymore like encyclopedias from 1975. Like the article says, this is is going to be a long process.
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