See, you're using First World standards to judge.
Humans in their right mind live in much worse conditions willfully. Most people wouldn't, myself included, but it's not for us to understand.
But yes, cleaning it out and making repairs would be part of the process.
That ^^ may seem like a cop out on responsibility, but unless she asked to be appointed it's just him dumping a mess on her.If you can sell it to the neighbor for enough to pay off his debt, that's a win.
The problem in these situations is there often isn't enough money in the estate to straighten out the mess. In reality, there is no estate. In such situations it may be best to resign as executor and walk away from the hassle. Let the government authorities deal with it. The court will appoint an executor, auction off the house, and decide who gets what. It will take forever. But there's no point going through all the hassle yourself for nothing.
Why so many watering jugs?
He had quite an extensive stash of cranberry sauce
How much you want for the Lectric Shave?
How do you use that tub?
QFT, something it seems a lot of posters don't realize....that debt won’t pass on.
Maybe but probably not.That is a hazmat cleanup.
The behaviors evidenced by the photos appear to be "hoarding" which is an anxiety disorder (mental illness). It doesn't mean they are a bad person and its no wronger to see the photos and say "hoarder" than to see a a photo of someone with a cancerous mole and suggest there may be cancer.It's not for us to understand nor is it for us to judge.
How very Leftist for us to assume it's a mental health issue because we don't agree.
It's not my cup of tea, but if he liked it that way, then good for him.
Depending on what the neighbor offers, it may be worth hiring a crew to clean it out and put it on the market.
Unless the estate has the cash to do this, I wouldn’t even mess with it and take the as-is offer.…Whether the house is sold as-is or is cleaned up and sold for the best price, a professional cleaning company that deals with hoarding cleanups will be needed...
I think you're describing more problems than most people will have. Even in the simplest cases, clearing up everything takes a bit of work. Once things aren't simple, the headaches grow exponentially.Hopefully my experience was the exception and others have it easier...