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Families & bereavement: advice articles
Guidance for relatives and executors clearing a loved one’s hoarded home: documents, valuables, probate, and how to approach it together as a family unit.
Articles
How should families approach clearing a relative's hoarded home?
Helping a parent, sibling or relative with a hoarded home takes patience. How to start the conversation, agree a plan together and look after the…
Can valuable belongings be separated during a clearance?
Jewellery, cash, collectables and keepsakes can turn up anywhere in a hoarded home. Here is how they are found and set aside, and what to agree…
How do you clear a hoarded home after a bereavement?
Clearing the home of someone who has died is hard enough, and hoarding adds another layer. A calm guide to probate, timing, family decisions and…
What happens to personal documents during a house clearance?
Letters, bank statements, wills and photographs can be scattered through a hoarded home. Here is how they are found, set aside and handled safely…
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