Comments on: empty house http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/23/parents-house/ Gardening, rural life, nature and general observations from a west Texas perspective. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:12:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Shelley http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/23/parents-house/#comment-4555 Shelley Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:53:26 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/23/parents-house/#comment-4555 You probably do want to sell the home. If it's vacant, you may enter the place someday to find that squatters had been there. Even if not, a leak, a spark, any number of things could cause severe problems. And homes are meant to have people in them. I bet there would be people who would love what your parents started--the roses and trees. Have a weekend with your siblings and other close friends and family and go through the house to find keepsakes, to chat, to share memories. And then donate the rest to a good cause and put it up for sale -- for a new family to enjoy the roses someday. Your parents will never be _really_ gone then. Not while one rose, one tree still stands. Take care Bill. (PS -- but you know, weird is good, too.) You probably do want to sell the home. If it’s vacant, you may enter the place someday to find that squatters had been there. Even if not, a leak, a spark, any number of things could cause severe problems.

And homes are meant to have people in them. I bet there would be people who would love what your parents started–the roses and trees.

Have a weekend with your siblings and other close friends and family and go through the house to find keepsakes, to chat, to share memories. And then donate the rest to a good cause and put it up for sale — for a new family to enjoy the roses someday.

Your parents will never be _really_ gone then. Not while one rose, one tree still stands.

Take care Bill.

(PS — but you know, weird is good, too.)

]]> By: Bill http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/23/parents-house/#comment-4539 Bill Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:57:35 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/23/parents-house/#comment-4539 We did bury them Mary Lou. We are not that weird. We did bury them Mary Lou. We are not that weird.

]]> By: mary lou http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/23/parents-house/#comment-4537 mary lou Sun, 24 Jul 2005 19:02:53 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/23/parents-house/#comment-4537 You need to get it taken care of, There are taxes to be paid etc. Have a huge garage sale, and sell everything, then fix up the house if needed and sell it, Then divide it up amongst the estate, and bury your parents. OR you could get rid of all the stuff in it, and rent it out, but then you are responsible for taxes. You need to get it taken care of, There are taxes to be paid etc. Have a huge garage sale, and sell everything, then fix up the house if needed and sell it, Then divide it up amongst the estate, and bury your parents. OR you could get rid of all the stuff in it, and rent it out, but then you are responsible for taxes.

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