Cleaning out a hoarder house: any helpful tips?

[BigBlueHen53]

Hang in there, guys! You're doing great!

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

Honestly, I think it sounds fun. I wish I wasn’t so far from AZ….

 

[WingItRanch]

It can definitely be fun. I just started on the house on the property I bought yesterday. There were some cool finds! Cookbooks from the 70s, an old wooden stock of a .22 rifle, a tin chest painted with Nuremberg in Christmas.

The guy even saved newspapers about the history of our little town and even our street. I'm keeping those and compiling them.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Lol, be careful you don't become a hoarder ... the local library might could use those newspapers, and maybe even store them electronically.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

We didn't find anything too exciting this time. There were a lot of women's clothes from Land's End that looked like they'd never been worn, and some really nice linens including a gorgeous queen size blue comforter and several towel sets.

We found a large flattish square box that was unopened and thought maybe it was a pizza plate but it turned out to be one of those pop up privacy tents.

In one corner of the hall was a bait-less mouse trap, still set, hadn't been sprung, looked like it had been there for years.

A big, heavy unopened Amazon box had a brand new retro Frigidaire bar fridge inside, that was pretty neat.

There was also a set of walkie talkies new in box, a collection of stuffed animals still in their packaging (all bunnies), a hygrometer, several dog leashes and harnesses that still had name tags on them - clearly from someone's beloved pets which made me a little sad, and some nice purses including a black Calvin Klein tote with a $250 price tag. My friend took that home with her.

 

[WingItRanch]

Lol, be careful you don't become a hoarder ... the local library might could use those newspapers, and maybe even store them electronically.

Haha no risk of that happening since I can't stand clutter but I'm turning that house into a guest house styled to look like a hunting lodge so I'm going to frame some of those newspapers and use them as decore.

I also found an old wood burning stove in the barn. I'm going to *attempt* to restore it because there's already a perfect place with proper ventilation piping for it in the house!

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Haha no risk of that happening since I can't stand clutter but I'm turning that house into a guest house styled to look like a hunting lodge so I'm going to frame some of those newspapers and use them as decore.

I also found an old wood burning stove in the barn. I'm going to *attempt* to restore it because there's already a perfect place with proper ventilation piping for it in the house!

That sounds beautiful!