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Iâm house hunting. I have enough furniture and goods to furnish an entire home in my storage unit. My storage company raised my rent from $107 to $191 for a 10Ă10 unit just 4 months after moving in, without any notice.
People hang on to too much stuff. We are in the process of cleaning out my in-lawsâ house. 85 years of STUFF. Theyâre great people, but I think collecting STUFF for 85 years and then expecting your kids to deal with it is a little selfish.
Many humans become acquisitive over the years. Sometimes itâs stuff that is useful when needed but not other times, sometimes treasured family memories, sometimes just whimsy. Unfortunately, when the time arrives to jettison the bulk of it, tapping into that âgarage saleâ vein is very hard, as the folks who might buy it already have fully loaded boxes of their own.
Howâs THIS for sad: Some of the storage places here have had issues with people renting a unit ⊠and then sneaking in at the end of the day to sleep there. Hou$ing co$t$ are astronomical and this is the best they can do.
We have three or four totes â LARGE totes â filled with Christmas decorations, including one just for 43 Nativity scenes, but for Halloweâen we spend a few dollars for candy and I break out my Jason Voorhees hockey jersey, hockey mask and plastic hatchet to greet the trick-or-treaters. And Iâve never spent a dime for a storage unit for ANY reason. If it doesnât fit in our basement, it fills the trash barrel.
Weâre retired and downsizing-in-place to minimize the burden on our distant children. We got rid of the expensive storage unit. Weâre making money selling locally and online, donating useful stuff, and visiting the dump monthly. Boxes of old papers were shredded, the important ones filed. Next the jewelry will be divvied up and passed along now (why wait?). Then boxes of photos to sort. It feels so good to clear out drawers and cupboards that quietly accumulated junk through the decades. Our kids wonât have to shoulder the heavy work we did dissolving our parentsâ households when they passed. Highly recommended while you still have your health.
After 35 years as an independent building contractor, which meant saving every leftover because âwe might need this on the next jobâ (we did use quite a bit of it), the process of selling, giving, and disposing took a number of months. The governing criterium for saving anything was that I had to know exactly where it would be used within the next six months, with a commitment to follow through and use it. As for things I might need in the future, there are people that will store these things for you. They charge a reasonable fee and the items are like new! Theyâre generally called âstore-keepersâ and they operate businesses called âstoresâ. Sure Iâve had to buy items I threw away several years ago but I didnât know which items I would need and I havenât been cluttered with hundreds of items Iâll never use. And a real plus is that I was able to find the item. Thereâs even a guy at the âstoreâ who helps me find it. So liberatingâŠ.
We just moved to a smaller house and my wife is going crazy trying to find places for all of her stuff. Better than the $650 a month we were paying for storage units.
Now there are companies that do outdoor seasonal decorating.
They own the decorations, put up the displays, take them down again, and store the stuff. Itâs a great small business for people who enjoy and are good at it, and the results are more aesthetically pleasing than those who keep collecting whatever is trendy every year, and insist on including Rudolph, Charlie Brown and Elsa into their annual nativity scenes.
Erse IS better over 2 years ago
I can see I was in the wrong line of business!
OldsVistaCruiser over 2 years ago
Iâm house hunting. I have enough furniture and goods to furnish an entire home in my storage unit. My storage company raised my rent from $107 to $191 for a 10Ă10 unit just 4 months after moving in, without any notice.
nosirrom over 2 years ago
Theyâre PODS People.
Batteries over 2 years ago
People hang on to too much stuff. We are in the process of cleaning out my in-lawsâ house. 85 years of STUFF. Theyâre great people, but I think collecting STUFF for 85 years and then expecting your kids to deal with it is a little selfish.
crookedwolf Premium Member over 2 years ago
I helped a single mom move out of the homeless shelter, most of her things were in storage. There were brown recluses everywhere on those boxes!
dputhoff62 over 2 years ago
And, of course, the Christmas decorations will start going up today!
sandpiper over 2 years ago
Many humans become acquisitive over the years. Sometimes itâs stuff that is useful when needed but not other times, sometimes treasured family memories, sometimes just whimsy. Unfortunately, when the time arrives to jettison the bulk of it, tapping into that âgarage saleâ vein is very hard, as the folks who might buy it already have fully loaded boxes of their own.
pony21 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Howâs THIS for sad: Some of the storage places here have had issues with people renting a unit ⊠and then sneaking in at the end of the day to sleep there. Hou$ing co$t$ are astronomical and this is the best they can do.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 2 years ago
I have seasonal stuff and donât like climbing into an attic. Cellar is used as workshop so I got a locker and it is climate controlled even.
Lambutts over 2 years ago
We have three or four totes â LARGE totes â filled with Christmas decorations, including one just for 43 Nativity scenes, but for Halloweâen we spend a few dollars for candy and I break out my Jason Voorhees hockey jersey, hockey mask and plastic hatchet to greet the trick-or-treaters. And Iâve never spent a dime for a storage unit for ANY reason. If it doesnât fit in our basement, it fills the trash barrel.
fencie over 2 years ago
Weâre retired and downsizing-in-place to minimize the burden on our distant children. We got rid of the expensive storage unit. Weâre making money selling locally and online, donating useful stuff, and visiting the dump monthly. Boxes of old papers were shredded, the important ones filed. Next the jewelry will be divvied up and passed along now (why wait?). Then boxes of photos to sort. It feels so good to clear out drawers and cupboards that quietly accumulated junk through the decades. Our kids wonât have to shoulder the heavy work we did dissolving our parentsâ households when they passed. Highly recommended while you still have your health.
The Wolf In Your Midst over 2 years ago
Now, now, you know the rule: He who dies with the most stuff wins!
SofaKing Premium Member over 2 years ago
$100 worth of junk in the garage, preventing $100,000 worth of cars from fitting in the garage.
allenthompson over 2 years ago
After 35 years as an independent building contractor, which meant saving every leftover because âwe might need this on the next jobâ (we did use quite a bit of it), the process of selling, giving, and disposing took a number of months. The governing criterium for saving anything was that I had to know exactly where it would be used within the next six months, with a commitment to follow through and use it. As for things I might need in the future, there are people that will store these things for you. They charge a reasonable fee and the items are like new! Theyâre generally called âstore-keepersâ and they operate businesses called âstoresâ. Sure Iâve had to buy items I threw away several years ago but I didnât know which items I would need and I havenât been cluttered with hundreds of items Iâll never use. And a real plus is that I was able to find the item. Thereâs even a guy at the âstoreâ who helps me find it. So liberatingâŠ.
Bill The Nuke over 2 years ago
We just moved to a smaller house and my wife is going crazy trying to find places for all of her stuff. Better than the $650 a month we were paying for storage units.
Scott S over 2 years ago
In some locales you can rent holiday decorations.
rasputin's horoscope over 2 years ago
Now there are companies that do outdoor seasonal decorating.
They own the decorations, put up the displays, take them down again, and store the stuff. Itâs a great small business for people who enjoy and are good at it, and the results are more aesthetically pleasing than those who keep collecting whatever is trendy every year, and insist on including Rudolph, Charlie Brown and Elsa into their annual nativity scenes.
MFRXIM Premium Member over 2 years ago
Even scarier is all that seasonal trash ending up in a landfill. Our only decoration was contributed by the experts; spiders!
DaBump Premium Member over 2 years ago
Some of the decorated yards this year were really insane! And often they looked like an unorganized collection of random pieces.