We have managed to fill a whole skip! Now with a 3 bed bungalow to clear, plus a garage and a shed that might not sound like too big a feat but since a huge amount of it went to "Metal Mickey" the metal scrap man, I can assure you in the end it probably was. Most of the stuff mum had left or aquired since dad passed really was rubbish, I dont mean just stuff I didnt want or that was too old fashioned to be of use, but mainly things that were chipped, broken, missing a part or covered in rust, mould or spiders webs. Dont get me wrong. There was still a bit of stuff that I have decided to keep, but not much for two lifetimes.
There was also several bits I thought aught to be there that were just plain missing - the glass rabbit shapped jelly mould that had graced many a childhood birthday party table has completely vanished (despite mum making a fuss about it returning to her home when I borrowed it a few years back). What has become of grandads slate based shove halfpenny board (that I know was there 2 years ago when we cleaned out the shed)? And why in the attic is there a box of expensive looking lenses and parts that obviously fitted on dads telescope - but no sign of the actual telescope?
Wayne came over with his dads car and trailer to take the three sets of ladders, 4 plastic chairs and an assortment of tools over to the site, transporting a very heavy concrete wishing well back to ours on the way. He also helped move the repro old fashioned very ugly and very large cabinette out so Martin could finish the job of breaking it up (yes it was held together with a hope and a prayer) and lift it onto the skip too. We still have a3 seater settee behind the garage to get rid of but we run out of room and inclination. We are hoping that once we have sold the place the rest of the furniture can go to charity.
Our next task is cleaning, so thursday we started on the conservatory. The carpet had a track of solid mud running from the door to the lounge where the dog had been given free range to the garden while mum was bedridden, with no one to wipe off his paws. I honestly thought we would have to resort to mats to disguise this, but the rug doctor we had persuaded mum to invest in two years ago has come into its own and now you cant see a single mark. The carpet looks as good as new, and definately smells much better since I have wiped all the window frames and the furniture with a mixture of bleach and flash! There were a deal of very dirty bowls of water to get it that far though.
On Friday we tackled the lounge which wasnt in a much better state than the conservatory. I took the huge patio door curtains down, bought them home and washed them. Now they are hanging in our bedroom as they fit much better than the ones we have, and leave the lounge in the bungalow much lighter and brighter.
Tomorrow we intend swapping out the conservatory furniture for the dinning room table so that we can dress the dining room as a double bedroom when we market the place.
Talking of marketing the cheeky estate agent Kristy phoned to say she had a couple that wanted a bungalow but she had literally none to show them and would we sanction a one off veiwing. At first I was going to agree but then I started to think that if this couple wanted it, but we had not agreed to sell through this estate agent where would we stand, and we hadnt discussed fees or prices to say nothing of how long probate might take. And if we went with a different estate agent where would we stand if that particular couple still put in an offer? We turned down the veiwing.
The law firm holding mums original will held us up for a week getting it out of the archives but they finally handed it over on thursday so Friday hopefully Sue our friendly probate agent will get the ball rolling.
The building society have also caused some stress, as having told them we wanted to open a seperate account for all mums estate monies, so could we have a cheque from all her closing acounts, they sent us a cheque and then told us we couldnt open an account in branch because of Covid rules!!! I was dumstruck but we have had to come home, apply on line and once approved have to return to the branch to put the cheque in. Madness!
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