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Posted: 8/9/2017 7:07:00 PM EDT
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Welcome to the WNY old house club. That looks awesome.
Then again, I can't smell it through the internet. 
There is a lot of good advice in this thread. Buy a respirator and wear it. They make disposable ones for auto body use that work well and aren't expensive. I agree that the place could be loaded with treasure. Take your time going through everything. I've found some cool old things at my place, and that's after the previous owners cleaned it out. I can only imagine what might be found in a house like that. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 7:14:17 PM EDT
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We don't mow lawns except our commercial accounts and we sure as hell don't drive old half ton pickups. We do more landscape construction, build & design etc. By no means have i hit a million in business per year yet but we're growing at a steady pace. All of my equipment is paid for and my business has zero debt. Guys in my area see 200k for one single commercial snow removal contract (5 months). We have some healthy contracts in place and our residential build out business is strong. I do okay for myself. ETA: Here's a clients property with one of my rigs. We're flashy around here
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Posted: 8/9/2017 7:19:04 PM EDT
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How far upstate? |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 7:20:37 PM EDT
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Tag.
You're not far from me, OP. Couple hours. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 7:58:39 PM EDT
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Okay I'm here and grabbed a shit ton of pictures. Found some fine China and military uniforms. I'll upload when I get home I'm cutting some trees down |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 8:22:14 PM EDT
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Tagging this one.
Live in a house purchased from the estate of a family member. We got the house and what nobody else in the family had any interest in. No hoarding but a fully stocked tool shed was left behind. Still finding cool things I didn't know we had. No cash stashes except for the $7 I found behind a drawer in the master bathroom. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 8:26:01 PM EDT
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Southern Erie County here what town is that in? I am all over and don't recognize the truck or neon green trailer.
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Posted: 8/9/2017 8:44:26 PM EDT
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so tagging this!!!
Looks neat OP |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 9:45:07 PM EDT
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Southern Erie County here what town is that in? I am all over and don't recognize the truck or neon green trailer. Most of our contracts are in the north towns around Clarence Center. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 9:58:10 PM EDT
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Okay here's the pics I took tonight. Let's see if they'll upload from my phone
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Posted: 8/9/2017 10:03:38 PM EDT
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Looks like that could be in hills surrounding Kissing Bridge\Colden area? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We don't mow lawns except our commercial accounts and we sure as hell don't drive old half ton pickups. We do more landscape construction, build & design etc. By no means have i hit a million in business per year yet but we're growing at a steady pace. All of my equipment is paid for and my business has zero debt. Guys in my area see 200k for one single commercial snow removal contract (5 months). We have some healthy contracts in place and our residential build out business is strong. I do okay for myself. ETA: Here's a clients property with one of my rigs. We're flashy around here
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Posted: 8/9/2017 10:17:34 PM EDT
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It would be a damn shame if those barn doors and any other old school wood with nice patina was burned or throw away.
You said the house is from the 1800's. Any idea of exactly how old and did you look under the siding to see how it was constructed. The barns pictured in this thread are nothing like any barn I have ever seen in my area. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 10:24:46 PM EDT
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You know, I'm pretty sure that Ed Gein had a place that looked exactly like that.
Best of luck with your clean-out. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 10:49:34 PM EDT
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Anyone recognize those ribbons on the jacket? Looks like he was a Sergeant....
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Posted: 8/9/2017 10:59:15 PM EDT
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Anyone recognize those ribbons on the jacket? Looks like he was a Sergeant.... |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 11:05:58 PM EDT
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Okay here's the pics I took tonight. Let's see if they'll upload from my phone http://i.imgur.com/ykpEbMO.jpg http://i.imgur.com/doXxBKK.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fp6q7Af.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5KvWwzt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/SmDs6kV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/MYaU2UT.jpg edit - typos |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 8:54:05 AM EDT
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You know, I'm pretty sure that Ed Gein had a place that looked exactly like that. Best of luck with your clean-out. |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 9:21:09 AM EDT
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haha thanks man Let us know if you find anything cool |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 9:45:22 AM EDT
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Ask the fire department if they want to burn it for training. great way to save a buck and make a new friend. extra friend points if you just happen to be finishing up the grilling burgers and dogs with a cooler full of ice cold water at about the same time they are finished with the training.
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Posted: 8/10/2017 9:53:57 AM EDT
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+1 great way to save a buck and make a new friend. extra friend points if you just happen to be finishing up the grilling burgers and dogs with a cooler full of ice cold water at about the same time they are finished with the training. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Ask the fire department if they want to burn it for training. great way to save a buck and make a new friend. extra friend points if you just happen to be finishing up the grilling burgers and dogs with a cooler full of ice cold water at about the same time they are finished with the training. |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 10:44:55 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/10/2017 10:56:57 AM EDT
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Ask the fire department if they want to burn it for training. |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 11:25:35 AM EDT
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wear a respirator in that shithole dude. Let us know if you find anything cool Quote HistoryQuoted:
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haha thanks man Let us know if you find anything cool |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 11:35:18 AM EDT
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distressed wood goes for good money
asbestos wrapped pipes might be a problem |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 3:50:51 PM EDT
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distressed wood goes for good money asbestos wrapped pipes might be a problem |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 4:16:54 PM EDT
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Unbelieveable how some people live.
What a shit hole. I bet there is a lot of cash stashes in that house. How long since someone lived in it? |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 4:30:27 PM EDT
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Unbelieveable how some people live. What a shit hole. I bet there is a lot of cash stashes in that house. How long since someone lived in it? |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 4:41:30 PM EDT
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Same family since it was build in late 1800s Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Unbelieveable how some people live. What a shit hole. I bet there is a lot of cash stashes in that house. How long since someone lived in it? |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 5:22:50 PM EDT
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You know, I'm pretty sure that Ed Gein had a place that looked exactly like that. Best of luck with your clean-out. |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 6:56:23 PM EDT
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He means was someone living in it at recently as last week? Last year? 10 years ago? |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 7:12:58 PM EDT
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Check everywhere for anything valuable. It is likely he had a stash of cash, guns, or gold. Those old guys dont trust banks. You never know what he put away.
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Posted: 8/10/2017 7:33:39 PM EDT
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OP, check the lampshades. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You know, I'm pretty sure that Ed Gein had a place that looked exactly like that. Best of luck with your clean-out. |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 7:37:58 PM EDT
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Cut into the mattress.
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Posted: 8/10/2017 7:48:58 PM EDT
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And be on the lookout for nipple belts in the closets. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You know, I'm pretty sure that Ed Gein had a place that looked exactly like that. Best of luck with your clean-out. |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 7:51:20 PM EDT
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Cut into the mattress. |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 8:02:05 PM EDT
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how many miles are on that grey car bro? Is it in good condition once cleaned up? I can imagine a layer of dust, looks like mid 80s-early 90s grand marquis or crown vic to me
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Posted: 8/10/2017 8:08:57 PM EDT
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If the house has been there, in the same family, since the 1800's, I can almost guarantee there is some valuable shit hiding in various parts of the house.
I'd love to help you dig into it if I wasn't on the other side of the country. |
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Posted: 8/10/2017 8:09:39 PM EDT
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Get a roll off. Start picking up the paper in the rooms into those contractor garbage bags. Shuffle through ALL the paper before putting it in the bags. Look in ALL books for cash! Lots of times even inside the binding of the books, etc. People mentioned the walls. Look inside the vents/ducts if it has a furnace. Look on top of all basement duct work. Does it have an attic? Look UNDER the insulation for guns, lock boxes, etc. look inside any upholstered furniture. Cut the shit out of it. Search INSIDE any old Wood console TV you find. Cut the mattress. Have fun.
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Posted: 8/10/2017 8:30:15 PM EDT
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Unbelieveable how some people live. What a shit hole. I bet there is a lot of cash stashes in that house. How long since someone lived in it? Mind you, I've got a fairly strong stomach and can deal with odors like toxic megacolon in the OR. My kids warned me the place smelled like sewage. I stepped inside and decided to take a deep breath of a potential place to live. Gagging, I left without penetrating the building beyond the entryway. It would have taken one of these 24/7 for me to tolerate that place's palpable decaying urine stench: http://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Medium-Professional-Multi-Purpose-Respirator-62023HA1-C/202080144 |
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Posted: 8/11/2017 2:30:14 AM EDT
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Had an old farmer near me pass about 20 years back. He was a widower and childless. He was in the hospital for about a month before he departed. He asked to see his neighbor. His neighbor was a local cop, a well liked guy. My girl at the time was a nurse and was party to a few of their conversations and shared a bit with me, in confidence. The cop was hanging around waiting for a chance to be chief. He, all the sudden retires. Next thing, he's got a second story on his house. New truck, Big boat, RV. The old guy had cash and coin and buried it in jars on the fence lines. It was a 4 acre farm with the house in the center. The four "legs" that went out from the house, It was jar after jar of cash, gold and silver. Do I know this for sure ? No. I did see a backhoe on the property for a few weeks and people talk... 2 years go by and the property has been for sale for a while. Price is kinda high. Now I'm getting married to another girl and her uncle has $$$ and has bought the land behind the house, he's building a golf course. It's Thanksgiving and I tell him what I know and he just buys it. Now I live half a mile from this place and drive by it at least once a day. I see my uncle in law to be with a metal detector..... More than once. I got married in May and my new uncle smiled at me at the wedding, grabbed my hand and gave me an envelope with 3K in it.
OP, Look everywhere...... Rent a metal detector. Old posts, dry wells, old outhouses, every pile of rocks. |
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Posted: 8/11/2017 11:11:15 AM EDT
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This thread pertains to my interests. My wife has a bachelor uncle, who is not a hoarder, but is a tightwad. He just bought a new car with cash because his old one died. He's on of those who runs them into the ground before gets another. He doesn't trust banks, and has few living relatives. Everyone speculates what he has in his house. Dunno if anyone will really get a chance to search his house after he dies, since his sister is executor of his estate.
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Posted: 8/11/2017 12:12:55 PM EDT
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Had an old farmer near me pass about 20 years back. He was a widower and childless. He was in the hospital for about a month before he departed. He asked to see his neighbor. His neighbor was a local cop, a well liked guy. My girl at the time was a nurse and was party to a few of their conversations and shared a bit with me, in confidence. The cop was hanging around waiting for a chance to be chief. He, all the sudden retires. Next thing, he's got a second story on his house. New truck, Big boat, RV. The old guy had cash and coin and buried it in jars on the fence lines. It was a 4 acre farm with the house in the center. The four "legs" that went out from the house, It was jar after jar of cash, gold and silver. Do I know this for sure ? No. I did see a backhoe on the property for a few weeks and people talk... 2 years go by and the property has been for sale for a while. Price is kinda high. Now I'm getting married to another girl and her uncle has $$ and has bought the land behind the house, he's building a golf course. It's Thanksgiving and I tell him what I know and he just buys it. Now I live half a mile from this place and drive by it at least once a day. I see my uncle in law to be with a metal detector..... More than once. I got married in May and my new uncle smiled at me at the wedding, grabbed my hand and gave me an envelope with 3K in it. OP, Look everywhere...... Rent a metal detector. Old posts, dry wells, old outhouses, every pile of rocks. |
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Posted: 8/11/2017 8:10:17 PM EDT
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There was an elderly couple who lived next to my parents when I was a child. We lived in a rural area. The elderly couple were very thrifty and didn't believe in banks. Their grocery shopping consisted of just the basics, milk, break, large bucket of lard, bacon, bulk meats, etc. I
I remember visiting my neighbors with my grandfather when I was young. I had brought along my metal detector. I searched in the yard, around the driveway, etc, and found a few pennies, misc junk, etc. My grandfather and neighbor were sitting on a large porch which was probably 4 ft off the ground. My grandfather shouts at me to come look under the porch. I walk to the porch and proceed to get ready to craw under the porch. My neighbor jumps up and starts shouting at me to not under the porch while my grandfather starts laughing. I never understood why he didn't want me underneath the porch until the elderly couple passed away years later. The old man and woman stashed all their cash, over many years, in jars and lard cans throughout the property. Their relatives found jars and cans of money underneath the porch, in junk cars on the property, around the fence line, underneath the boards of the outhouse, and even in the walls of the house. I've thought about asking the new owners to allow me to search around the property. I'm almost certain the relatives didn't find all of the hiding places around the property. |
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Posted: 8/13/2017 8:11:53 AM EDT
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There was an elderly couple who lived next to my parents when I was a child. We lived in a rural area. The elderly couple were very thrifty and didn't believe in banks. Their grocery shopping consisted of just the basics, milk, break, large bucket of lard, bacon, bulk meats, etc. I I remember visiting my neighbors with my grandfather when I was young. I had brought along my metal detector. I searched in the yard, around the driveway, etc, and found a few pennies, misc junk, etc. My grandfather and neighbor were sitting on a large porch which was probably 4 ft off the ground. My grandfather shouts at me to come look under the porch. I walk to the porch and proceed to get ready to craw under the porch. My neighbor jumps up and starts shouting at me to not under the porch while my grandfather starts laughing. I never understood why he didn't want me underneath the porch until the elderly couple passed away years later. The old man and woman stashed all their cash, over many years, in jars and lard cans throughout the property. Their relatives found jars and cans of money underneath the porch, in junk cars on the property, around the fence line, underneath the boards of the outhouse, and even in the walls of the house. I've thought about asking the new owners to allow me to search around the property. I'm almost certain the relatives didn't find all of the hiding places around the property. |
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Posted: 8/13/2017 8:30:13 AM EDT
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Vacant for 2 years guy died in a nursing home in January 2017 It looks like whoever sold it wanted absolutely nothing to do with it. |
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Posted: 8/13/2017 8:35:56 AM EDT
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Unbelieveable how some people live. What a shit hole. I wonder if the explanation for it is as simple as... single occupant becomes disabled, can't bend, pick things up, make repairs or take out heavy trash... but the papers and magazines still keep coming every day. |
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Posted: 8/13/2017 8:45:50 AM EDT
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Contact the American Pickers guys.
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Posted: 8/13/2017 8:53:01 AM EDT
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I've see that as well. Saw a place where an old lady lived. It must have had 10,000 news papers in it.
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Posted: 8/13/2017 9:34:31 AM EDT
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I've seen vacant houses in that condition before. I wonder if the explanation for it is as simple as... single occupant becomes disabled, can't bend, pick things up, make repairs or take out heavy trash... but the papers and magazines still keep coming every day. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Unbelieveable how some people live. What a shit hole. I wonder if the explanation for it is as simple as... single occupant becomes disabled, can't bend, pick things up, make repairs or take out heavy trash... but the papers and magazines still keep coming every day. Doesn't necessarily have to be a creepy hoarder, could just be an old man doing the best he could without any support. |
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Posted: 8/13/2017 11:29:44 AM EDT
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Who was the seller? Local family? Distant family? Other? It looks like whoever sold it wanted absolutely nothing to do with it. |
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