It had been a week since Dad's funeral, and life was returning to normal by Sharon. Despite the sadness of the occasion, which was nice to be with his brother and sister and their families. She had not gone to her father since he entered the hospital. Afraid to enter the empty house, knowing that it contained a torrent memories. As was in his car to drive across town to the house she grew up in the lump in my throat grew. He thought of all the happy times around the table, and many other memories. As she opened the door and entered the house, the excitement gave way to panic, "What shall we do with all this?"

I can describe the response of Sharon as the "deer in the headlights" look, and have seen hundreds of times I've helped people resolve issues of their parents. The sadness of losing her last surviving parent quickly turns into fear, frustration, even anger, as a lifetime of accumulation hits like a brick. Some families struggling for months to liquidate the properties of their parents, but following a few simple steps, you can clean your parents' house in less than two weeks. Here's how.

Prepare

Eighty percent of the contents of most farms are donated or discarded. Contact a local garbage to acquaint them with additional waste is placed in the sidewalk. Collection boxes for smaller items and buy a bunch of heavy bags of garbage stations. Select an organization such as Goodwill, Kidney Foundation, or local religious organization, for things you donate and contact them about service collection.

Get your brothers

Ideally, all adult surviving children should participate – saving time and gives everyone the opportunity to select what they want to keep. The more you communicate with your brothers and sisters, the less chance of resentment and conflict.

Location important documents

This might be difficult if you do not discuss important documents with their parents, which is why it is so important to have this conversation when your parents are healthy. Most older people keep their important documents in one place, as a "safe" Box strong, or filer. What to search: will, bank account information, insurance policies, retirement and investment accounts, car titles and the house, the location of the keys, contact information for attorney and financial advisor, etc.

Get Professional Help

At least use the services of goods a "tax planning" to help resolve the accounts mentioned above. If you believe there are objects value among the belongings of their parents, hiring a personal property appraiser to determine what these topics are worth. If you decide to sell your home, contact an agent real estate.

Make an inventory

Walk around the house with a laptop and any list that has either financial or sentimental value. Back up the list and give your brothers.

Divide the contents between the brothers

Use a spreadsheet common to record the "wish list" of each heir. Having an appraiser assign values to each element in every wish list for financial equity and to avoid fights additional. For items you want several heirs, have an objective third party selecting names from a hat, unless they agree to share or distribute these items. Property division should take place only with the children present, not in law or grandchildren, please.

Set a date for the vacuum chamber

He works with his brothers to find a date that can help clean the house together.

Setting Three areas of collection

Before you start throwing things, identify areas for things that will keep the things you donate, and things to be discarded. This will eliminate confusion and reduce the time needed to clear everything.

Be fair and Share

On the day cleaning the house, give her brothers a chance to travel again and choose the things they like to have. If there are differences, the goal of "financial equity. If your children want hunting rifle Dad was not without specifying who he succeeds, you get the rifle and the other receives something of equal value. This is where they produce most of the conflicts, to address to establish some ground rules before beginning. Be willing to share this with a brother, if possible.

Start From the Top

On the day cleaning the house, start in the attic and systematically work your way down. If you have enough people, work in pairs and create lines.

Be Safe

Gloves, dust masks, insecticides, ladders, hand tools, etc. to protect all unnecessary injury and make work run smoother.

Being Green

Consult waste carriers and local environmental agencies for information on how to safely dispose of old batteries, cleaning solvents, paint, etc.

Check the caches

If your parents lived through the depression, there is a good chance that hid their valuables. Favorite hideouts include toilet tanks, ice cube trays, books ($ 100 bills placed randomly among the pages of books), mattresses, under tables in the attic.

If in doubt, throw it away or recycle

You will be tempted to keep everything you do not! Only clutter your home, putting their children through the same thing someday. You'll get done much faster if they are quicker to launch to support.

Make Fun

Put a little mom and dad's favorite music on the stereo. Have plenty of snacks and drinks cold sandwiches and pizza. If you run across something with a funny story behind it, share with your family.

Cleaning your parents hard work is complicated by the emotional impact of returning to many memories. Following these basic steps will not be easier, but you get the job done faster. This task can even closer to their siblings than you think.

Copyright 2009, The Estate Lady

Julie Hall, known as The Estate Lady, is a professional estate liquidator and certified personal property appraiser. With more than eighteen years experience, she has assisted thousands of individuals in the daunting and often painful process of managing their deceased parents’ affairs. Her experience has been sought across the United States and Canada on radio, TV, and newspaper media including Bloomberg News, MSN Money, and the LA Times. http://www.theestatelady.com

She has authored a best-selling book titled “THE BOOMER BURDEN: How to Deal With Your Parents’ Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff”, currently available on Amazon.com. With increasing numbers of boomers and older adults across the globe, they are all leaving behind a lot more than their children bargained for. THE BOOMER BURDEN will guide loved ones on how to appropriately handle their parent’s belongings while keeping one’s sanity…and that is priceless.

Julie writes a weekly blog which is available at http://estatelady.wordpress.com, called The Estate Lady Speaks.

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