In this case our client was a landlady who wanted one of her properties, a three-bedroomed, semi-detached house with a garden in a quiet residential neighbourhood in the Washington area. The last tenants had left the property in very poor condition, with a large amount of rubbish, old bicycles, broken TV’s and other assorted junk both in the house and garden.
The legal system in the Isle of Man is different to that of the United Kingdom, the system is known as Manx law. Although the terminology used by the Manx law is very similar to the one in the UK, English and Welsh banks would still insist on a probate being issued in England before they can release assets to the executors or personal representatives.
Collectors of antiques know that finding treasure amongst junk is possible, there are some in the antiques business that have turned their business into a great success by relying on this fact as if you know what to look for then you can make huge profits by weeding out the treasure from amidst the junk.
Music enthusiasts who have dreamt of dressing up like Slash, or playing the infamous ‘Sweet Child o’Mine’ riff on a genuine Slash Les Paul, may now be able to do so.
According to Reuters, the ex ‘Guns N’ Roses’ guitarist and current ‘Velvet Revolver’ axeman is selling off some of his prize possessions, after undertaking a home contents clearance.
The owner of a four-bedroomed, semi-detached suburban house in Jarrow asked us to clear everything from the property so that he could move into it himself with his young family. The house had belonged to his mother who had passed away, leaving it to him in her will.
A firm of solicitors contacted us with instructions to clear a large Edwardian detached house with five bedrooms and a 50-foot garden in Blaydon. The house had been unoccupied for six months and although it was partially cleared, a considerable number of household items and some large pieces of furniture remained.
In this case, our client was moving abroad to take up a job offer in Johannesburg with an international technology firm. He and his family would be staying in South Africa for at least three years, so they had decided to rent out their house.
We were asked to clear a very large house near Longbenton by the owner of the property who had inherited it from her parents. She had already removed the personal items that she wanted to keep, but there were still numerous personal possessions, clothes and furniture.
Our client instructed us to clear a modern three-bedroomed house on the edge of Newburn. The client was a professional landlord who specialised in renting out properties to students from the nearby university. This property was currently empty because he had decided that it needed upgrading before he put it back on the rental market.
In this case, a client contacted us from South Africa through our website. His mother, who had been living alone in Pegswood for some years in the family home after the death of his father, had passed away. The house was a three-bedroomed detached property built in the 1930s with a 40-foot garden and a garage.