Clearing Out 22 years of Living

[chrissa1]

What is the cheapest way of clearing a home of 22 years of Family Life? All the unwanted large items of furniture have been dealt with but there is a houseful of unwanted papers and general stuff collected over the years.

Is it cheaper to hire a skip, or to hire a local firm to do the donkey work? Any thought would be gratefully received.

[Eve]

Definitely go for someone reputable if you do get some help, there were reports on Watchdog I think not long ago about unscupulous people just dumping stuff. I echo about the personal details as well. Last year, after a near neighbour passed away and his house was being cleared, people were in the skip in the drive rifling through stuff.

[chrissa1]

There would only be old and defunct bank details though. Surely that would be ok?
I think it should be a skip and one little old woman and her son doing it. Lol.

[joko]

i would suggest just bag it all up and put it out for the bin men...you could spread it out a bit up the street so its not such a big pile...

skip people wont actually remove and bag the stuff for you...they only take the full skip...

maybe place an ad somewhere offering a fee?