Before We Could Begin

Thank God we didn’t have roaches or rodents. We joke that it was too filthy for them. I’m sorry that your brother had a hoarding disorder.

@DaddyEvil That had to be a nightmare. So sorry that he passed with Covid.

@Tampa_girl7 I hate roaches and mice! When we lived in a duplex, we'd get both every time someone new moved into the other side... I'd call the exterminator... Some people are just plain nasty! The weird thing was that a lot of the bags of "stuff" my brother was hoarding were new things he bought. Of course, he didn't take out his trash, either. That's where the roaches came from. After Tom moved out of that house and the owner burned it, my oldest brother went to court and got "custody" of Tom and had him put in a nursing home. But the nurses would let him leave to go shopping at Walmart, just down the street. It wasn't long before his room was packed full of bags of new stuff from Walmart. The nurses finally called my oldest brother and told him he had to do something. He argued that they were the ones letting Tom leave and go shopping, not him... The nursing home finally kicked Tom out and my oldest brother put Tom in another home with the stipulation that he couldn't leave or buy anything online... That's where Tom caught Covid and passed away not long after the pandemic started.

I agree. All goofs on this property are my own fault.

It’s good that you were the first to live there.

@Tampa_girl7 That is understandable with a personal connection to it!

We were just determined to have the home back in the family.

@kareng

It was a lot of work, but it felt so good to see floors and walls again.

Yes, unfortunately they are.

It was very disgusting.

@Tampa_girl7 Yikes!

This way of living is hard to understand .

It looks better in the pic than what it was. I think it’s pretty, but it was in bad condition and filthy.

I wouldn’t recommend it.

We very much wanted this home for sentimental reasons. My parents had owned it in the 70’s. My daddy came up to the house with me before we bought it. He was familiar with the home and went over it thoroughly. He said that it was structurally sound and that it could be restored. We agreed to buy it as is. We didn’t want to lose it. We got it reduced very much from what they were asking.

@Fleura We actually did find a few nice things. Probably not of great value, but we kept them. They left lots of tools too and a ladder. It’s hard to remember everything. I found some beautiful punch bowl cups, but no punch bowl. The cups were very clean and in a box. The appliances cleaned up nicely too. We still have their fridge, stove, washing machine and dryer. I can’t believe that they still work.

@Tampa_girl7 Well I guess it was worth it. Shame you didn't find any 'treasures' among the hoard - or did you?

It seemed to take forever to get it all out.

@JudyEv It was such a relief when we got the last of it out.

@Tampa_girl7 I can imagine. Such a lot of rubbish wouldn't stack together easily either.

That is a good thing.

@Tampa_girl7