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We've owned a home for 30 years. Over time I've moved a lot of stuff to where we live now, but not some big items of furniture. I need to sell the first home but don't know how to handle the big items which hubby brought into the marriage with him. He made no provisions for giving any of them to any of his 4 kids and I'm indifferent to them (the things, not the kids!) and would just as soon leave them and sell them with the house, we have no place for them here. I do have his POA so I guess I have the right to do that. But I worry that the kids might wonder where the stuff is after he passes. On the other hand I don't want to go through all the bother and expense of moving them to a storage unit near where we live now. I guess I could tell the kids to come & get whatever they want but they all live hundreds of miles from the house and I'm not there very often.

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Could you snap a few photos and send an email to them? Ask if they are interested in them. If they are they can arrange having them delivered or pick them up within a certain time frame.

If they don’t want them you can sell or donate.

Very kind of you to offer items to them.
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Since your main concern is for the kids and what they will or will not want, set an ultimatum. Send a letter or email and explain that you will be selling #1 house and that some furniture remains. If they want it, they are welcome to visit that house and use Post-it notes to designate what they want. First come, first served, of course, and let’s hope they will be civil to each other regarding who gets what. In a set amount of time, you will be making a trip to the home and preparing it for sale. If you don’t want the remaining pieces, call Habitat for Humanity or another charity organization and out it goes.
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Just contact the kids and give them a chance to take what they want. Set a deadline, choose a window of time where they can come out. If they don’t want, then.....do whatever is easiest when you sell the house.
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Isthisrealyreal Jan 2020
Totally agree. That avoids any future issues and gives them boundaries to get what they want.
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