I had a mild stroke last February, and so I'm wondering:-
What should I do to make it easier for who ever has to tidy up after me ?
Posted 30 December 2023 - 09:40 AM
I had a mild stroke last February, and so I'm wondering:-
What should I do to make it easier for who ever has to tidy up after me ?
Posted 30 December 2023 - 09:46 AM
Sorry to hear that. My old man had a heart attack the other week.
not having seen your shed but having heard about it. I would try and identify things of individual high value that could make good money on their own, and other boxes of stuff that has value.
the easiest option is just to have Pughs sort it out.
if you need a hand give me a shout.
Posted 30 December 2023 - 09:55 AM
Posted 30 December 2023 - 10:30 AM
As well as a Will it is important to make a lasting power of attorney (LPA) which allows you to give someone you trust the legal power to make decisions on your behalf in case you later become unable to make decisions for yourself or communicate them. You could then provide details of what your garage contains, its value and where would be the best place to sell or donate the items to. This would avoid family or a relative with no idea what your garage contains being ripped off at a stressful time by an unscrupulous buyer or everything being scrapped/dumped during a house clearance or going in a skip....sadly I've seen that happen a few times.
A will decides what happens to your assets if you die. Power of Attorney, what happens to your assets if you lose your faculties – you're still alive and you may have your own care and family that you need to look after, but you're no longer capable of doing it yourself.
'What is the difference between being Power of Attorney and executor of a will?
"Power of Attorney; when you're alive. Executors; when you're dead."
https://www.moneysav...er-of-attorney/
Edited by mab01uk, 30 December 2023 - 10:42 AM.
Posted 30 December 2023 - 11:45 AM
I've not had to do this yet although I am clearing out some of my garages at my mums because there is so much stuff, so far in the last 3 months i've sold over £1100 worth of stuff and the truth is that if something happened to me it would probably all just end up chucked in the bin as the people left behind wouldn't know what any of it was and what was and wasn't valuable.
Even I have been surprised at what sells and what doesn't.
If its something concerning you I would suggest selling of as much as you can of the stuff you aren't going to use/need and then keep the rest and list out what it is and what it might be worth and leave that with the stuff for people in future.
Posted 30 December 2023 - 01:19 PM
Posted 30 December 2023 - 03:47 PM
Posted 30 December 2023 - 04:06 PM
I've not had to do this yet although I am clearing out some of my garages at my mums because there is so much stuff, so far in the last 3 months i've sold over £1100 worth of stuff and the truth is that if something happened to me it would probably all just end up chucked in the bin as the people left behind wouldn't know what any of it was and what was and wasn't valuable.
Even I have been surprised at what sells and what doesn't.
If its something concerning you I would suggest selling of as much as you can of the stuff you aren't going to use/need and then keep the rest and list out what it is and what it might be worth and leave that with the stuff for people in future.
Just to add to this, I did have to deal with my brothers estate and although he didn't have a load of car bits he had a whole shed full of books and we couldn't bring ourselves to throw them away so my wife donated them to charity and some care homes a bit at a time.
I had to sort out his bank accounts of which there were 32 most of which had about £1 in where he had moved money out of them and not closed them leaving just a final interest payment from the bank in them. From this experience its worth closing down any account that your not using as some of the banks were really hard to deal with to get details of the balance even when we had the correct paperwork, one didn't even understand the difference between an executor and an administrator (I was the latter) and kept saying they could only deal with the executor even though there was no will.
Posted 31 December 2023 - 08:39 PM
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