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My uncle was supposed to have rented a big truck (and possibly a moving crew) to haul out the rest of what's now his stuff (a piano, the master bedroom suite, lots of fishing gear, a LaZ Boy chair, etc) from my grampa's (R.I.P.) house today. Instead, he told the rest of us today that "It's no big deal, when I was house shopping tons of houses we looked at had clutter, some with way more than is left at his house. I'll clean the rest of my stuff up in 3 or 4 weeks. Don't worry about it. Oh, by the way, I'm leaving for a two week vacation on Monday." My reply, had I been involved in that conversation, would have been "Well, did you buy any of the cluttered ones or just choose to move on to the next one? We are trying to sell this thing relatively quickly for the best price we can get, right?"
We (my folks and I, while the aforementioned uncle and family are on vacation) are having the first open house next weekend to show it to prospective buyers. This has already been announced, and is going to happen whether there's still clutter there or not. The uncle was involved in determining the plan to have the first open house scheduled when it is. One of the major features of the house is it being lakefront on a really nice lake which connects to other river chains, meaning the owner can launch their boat from the boathouse and take their pick of dozens and dozens of nice fishing spots. I think (and everyone else involved that I've heard from) that it's just common sense that the house would get the best price selling it during fishing season, particularly in early summertime.
Now, as to the advice....
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