Helping You Know How to Get Rid of Trash

The death of a loved one could necessitate the emptying of the deceased person's home and the selling of their property. Dealing with a death can be difficult, especially if a living heir is burdened with the task of sorting through a deceased person's possessions. Hiring someone who provides estate cleanout services is an alternative.

The Project Size

A survivor of a family member who has recently passed should familiarize themselves with the scope of the project that needs to be performed. This may involve walking through the deceased person's residence or requesting that another family member or friend does so. This step will help with determining how much furniture, paperwork, personal effects, and waste items need to be sorted through.

A person who provides estate cleanout services may need several days to perform the duties that they are being hired for. Cleaning can be conducted in a primary residence, a garage, a workshop, and any other structure that is part of a deceased person's estate. In some cases, a cleanout is conducted for a living person. In this type of scenario, an individual may seek services if a loved one recently moved into an assisted living facility or has been evicted from their home. 

The Removal Of Some Items

Important paperwork, photographs, valuables, and family heirlooms can be removed from the residence first. Removing these items from the rest of the home's contents will ensure that important papers or items are not lost.

If there isn't enough time to sort through everything within a residence, the person left in charge of handling the estate can direct the person who will be cleaning out the home about how to handle specific items. A request can be made to have certain items separated from other ones and placed inside of a labeled box.

The Storage And Disbursement Process

A living heir can determine where a person's possessions will go once they have been removed from a home. Furniture and other large items can be kept, given to another living family member, donated, sold, or disposed of. The person who is overseeing the cleanout project should specify to the cleaner how they would like all of the items handled. If there are any belongings that will be kept and distributed among a group of living family members, they can be placed in storage or given to the assigned recipients when the project is over.