Inheritance of rubbish !!

tiff

My Mum once asked her solicitor what to do with her furniture and bits and pieces with regards to her will and he just laughed and said in his experience no-one would want it! It must happen a lot, I dont see why anyone needs to argue over it. If there is no free way to dispose of things, pay for it out of the estate and move on. Thats what the estate is for!

absolutebounder

Whenever someone dies there is rubbish left over. i looked after my dad in his dying days and I also spent a lot of time clearing his property of rubbish. as an executor of his will I could have claimed expenses but i did it off my own back because I was nearest to his house. A few trips to the tip on a weekend. is that really so much cost to give up for a loved one?

silvercar

Search yellow pages for house clearance firms they will take the lot; what they make on the good stuff will compensate them for the disposal of the rubbish.

bluebell13

Can they not go up there together and clear it out?

Soubrette

madeinchina wrote: »

My partner and his sister have inherited the residual of their mothers will. My partner's sister had inherited all the furniture, chatals, jewelrey, nic naks and what-not. Does this include all the boxes of "rubbish" amassed by the mother? The sister is trying to say that the estate should pay for the removal of the rubbish (ie everything that has no value : eg stacks of magazines, old objects that mother didnt want to throw away ) which I think should be her responsibility now as it was all left solely to her. It doesn't seem fair to me to think that she can keep all the good bits and effectively make my partner pay a share for disposing what she doesn't want.

What is the legal view on this?

Would your partner's sister be open to your partner clearing the house and charging the estate the expenses including his time?

Sou

Kavanne

MrsTine wrote: »

Has she thought about offering the "junk" on freecycle... then people come and collect it themselves... Free...

Magazines or newspapers could be worth something... have you tried ebay as well? Listings that start 99p or under are now free so you literally have nothing to lose.

McKneff

If i thought my children were going to argue over £500 split between the 2 of them I would leave everything, and i mean everything to a cats home. and it would serve them right. Just get on with it, roll your sleeves up and get on with it. Its time your OH and his sister helped out his deceased mum, wonder how many years she helped him out when he was a baby wiping his a.se etc.and his sisters. Sorry, i have no patience with people like you.
Someone is dead !!!!!!, and you argue about a few quid.

Mojisola

Friends of mine are doing this with a recently-deceased relative's belongings. They're keeping what they want, the "best of the rest" is going on ebay, some stuff to Freecycle and the charity shops and the rubbish to recycling. It takes time but what's gained on ebay will leave them better off so it isn't costing them money.

What on earth does the sister plan to do with stuff that might cost 500GBP?

McKneff

Where do you get this £500 figure from, surely a Skip or even two would only be £100 at most each.

Browntoa

my friend has made £200 so far from stuff that was classified as "rubbish" after his relative died , he's keeping back one item that he suspects after research is worth £200-300 for a rainy day

Ebay and a bit of research may be your friend