Decluttering my flat

textbook

Tax returns- shred after 7 years?

Got 32inch tv was gonna stick it in my garage but it's rammed with stuff in garage. Shall I find a cardboard box at supermarket then put newspaper the screen side to stop it smashing. It's gonna get smashed knocked around in there. 13 years old. The one I replace it with 10 years old.

In my flat I put pillows and duvets in this big plastic storage box. But think duvets shouldn't be stored in a garage due to humidity, right?

PipneyJane

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81907467#Comment_81907467

Do you want to keep the television? If not, donate it to a charity. (The British Heart Foundation will accept it. They'll even collect it from you.)

HTH

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Pollycat

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81875293#Comment_81875293

I said this a month ago.

Seems that you've just moved the junk problem out of your flat into your garage…

bouicca21

My garage is damp, but pillows and duvets are fine - they go in a vacuum pack bag and then into a plastic storage box.

florianatwobob

Textbook, you’ve upgraded your TV for a reason. If the new TV is working and meeting your needs then you don’t need the old tv. Moving it from your home to the garage is just delaying a decision to rehome it (in my mind) .

There’s a quote that ‘Clutter is the result of delayed decisions’. You will have your own reasons why you’re delaying that decision by keeping things ‘just in case’ and they’re what you need to understand to help you declutter.

I strongly recommend hopping on the 2026 Decluttering thread. Lots of hints, tips, support and humour to be found there

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It is all too easy to keep stuff that"might be needed later". If you dispose of through free sites you build a reputation with them and posters look on you more favourably when you apply to get something you need/want.

Several charities will take electrical goods that have to be PAT tested. Better to dispose of than leave to deteriorate/break in your crammed garage and end up in a skip.

Rosa_Damascena

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81909941#Comment_81909941

This phrase is so true! And offers me some much needed clarity 🙏

SuzeQStan

we had a working smart tv which we gave away free recently via Trash Nothing app - it went to a woman just starting out who had nothing after leaving refuge. Better than sat in our garage taking up space we don’t have