Foreclosed Homes - What's a 'Trash Out'?
A 'Trash Out'
is often a gut wrenching clean out of a home where the owners have left their belongings
behind. Often
valuables, cherished family items, important paperwork are just left
where they are. The people vanish and move quickly on to
their new location. Poof.
I think personally one of the
most heart
wrenching is when you find
family photos that should have been taken. Why not? It
would only take a minute to throw these into a pile for future
memories. The last 'Trash Out'
I attended the owners left their daughters communion dress on the
floor of her bedroom.
I asked the seller twice, 'you are going to take that right?'
Can you imagine me having to ask twice?
Here's a video
from Lisa Ling.
It is sad in any case when things are left behind. I can't imagine what goes through the head of a person in foreclosure. Sad indeed!
It is so sad. I think the worst is when there are animals left behind. Fortunately there are a lot of organizations set up to help these animals.
Marcy
Marcy: Yes, I haven't personally seen it but I've heard from the shelter I support that it happens ALOT. Poor dog/cat is left there for days at a time before someone finds them.
Ellen: Can't understand leaving behind family memories that have nothing to do with the time inside the house.
Lyn-
It boggles the mind what some people consider important. I am not the most sentimental person in the world, but I cant imagine under any circumstances why these items would be left.
Rich
What a sad video clip. Unlike Rich, I lean towards being very sentimental when it comes to my family and I hate throwing anything out - although I've gotten much better lately. I've only kept the baby clothes that I made myself!
How sad to be in such a situation.
Lyn,
I remember a contractor and me both crying when we saw the abandoned dolls and dresses in a little girl's room. Shattered dreams, shattered lives...