Right now — Spring/Summer — is the time people buy homes! School is almost out, the weather is just the right temperature for lifting heavy things, and who doesn’t love the feeling of walking into your new home?
You may not love that feeling because you never know what you are walking into. Maybe you bought a new construction and everything is pristine. Or you could’ve bought a house where some things had to be left behind.
It’s a beautiful feeling to walk into a home that is an empty slate for you to make your own, but sometimes it takes work to get that empty slate. So, what do you do when your home is full of other people’s furniture? Or worse, what happens when the house is full of scarier things requiring deep work?
What are we talking about here?
- Furniture
- Clothing
- Old Food
- Renovations
- Dilapidated play-sets
It’s amazing how many unknowns there are when you buy a house. What’s even more shocking it how quickly you discover them!
FURNITURE
Why would you find furniture in your new house?
- The previous owner may have moved to a nursing home
- The previous owner may have been elderly and moved to a nursing home
- The previous owner decided they wanted new furniture
- The furniture is damaged, and the previous owner didn’t want to deal with it
Unwanted furniture is among the bulkiest thing that you may find in your home. Chances are that if you are buying a house, you already have furniture that you like. Because you bought it, you also probably like it. So, what do you do with the owner’s old furniture. Well, the answer is that it depends on whether you want it or not.
If you want to keep a piece of furniture and it’s in great shape, it can be cleaned and even restored to it’s original glory! Sometimes you needed a new coffee table or couch, and you can save yourself a lot of money — and learn a new skill — by restoring and keeping them!
If you don’t want a piece of furniture, but it’s still in decent condition and you have the space, you have a great opportunity in front of you. Clean it up, take pictures, and sell it! There are a lot of people looking for furniture on platforms like Facebook, and the demand for vintage furniture is increasing! If you have a place to store the furniture for the time being, selling the things you obtained for free can be extremely profitable!
If the furniture is useless, you don’t have the space to store it before sale, or you just don’t want to deal with hassle, you have one easy option: rent a dumpster from Daily Dumpster today!
When you schedule to run a dumpster, Daily Dumpster takes care of drop off and pick up. The only thing you have to worry about is putting the trash in it.
CLOTHING
People often leave clothing in a house, especially if the house belonged to someone who is now deceased. But, downsizing is a reason why people may leave behind unwanted items — including clothing.
Clothing is like furniture in that it could be kept, sold, or disposed of. “Vintage” clothing is in right now. Whether it’s old stylish shirts, bell-bottom jeans, or snazzy suspenders, it may not be your taste, but it is someone’s!
Selling clothing could be lucrative but patience is required. If you don’t want the hassle or don’t have the time to sell them, there are two viable options: donate or dispose.
It’s always a better idea to donate clothes that can be used. However, well used (no pun intended) clothes can be worn (no pun intended) out. In that case, just throw them in your Dumpster from Daily Dumpster with the rest of the remains that you don’t need!
OLD FOOD
This one is not as common.
Old food can range from slightly expired jars to aged meat or produce. And, it’s not something you want sitting in your garbage can all day — or all week!
Unlike the other items, you can’t donate or sell this one. Maybe the recently deceased had a forgotten deep freezer full of meet from a certain number of years ago or you didn’t open the fridge during the showings.
All that to say: you’ll want to get rid of the food.
RENOVATIONS
Not all renovations are good news. You could be working to make that dream kitchen or bathroom a reality. OR, you may have found black mold. Now, you’re tearing walls out.
You may be thinking: “no, I would’ve known this before I bought the house” or “It would’ve been on the inspection.” But alas, inspectors err — often I’m afraid — and you don’t know as much as an inspector, so you definitely didn’t see it either. What are some of those things:
- Damaged Carpeting
- Flooring damage (buckling)
- Piping or wiring issues (if you’re really handy)
Most of the time, you know what issues are in the house that you want to fix. That can include cosmetic or essential! Maybe you knew that the floor needed to be replaced upon move in. You can throw all that old floor in your regular garbage can, but where would all your regular garbage go?
DILAPIDATED PLAY SETS
This one may sound strange, but the issue is all too real. We all had that one friend with a wooden playground —equipped with swings, slides, and more — in the backyard. Well as we age and wither, so do the playgrounds. Rain and ice get to the wood, rust gets to the metal, and let’s just say no child should set foot on it ever again.
So, what can be done with these playgrounds? You could burn the wood, but you probably don’t want to be inhaling mold.
You can’t sell it. It has to go!
No matter how large your dumpster may be, it’s probably no large enough to hold an entire playground. Not mention the oversized dollhouse that may be present with broken glass and animals living in it. That’s no something you want to leave for people to get hurt or tempt your kids to play with, so haul it off in a Daily Dumpster roll of dumpster instead!
Moving into a new home is an exciting and terrifying experience. After you’ve been looking for the perfect house, closing on one can sometimes feel like a nice conclusion to the story, but it’s just the beginning!
When you need to haul things off from your house, call Daily Dumpster!