kasuperduper
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Hi,
I am really sad right now. And I feel bad for not checking on this family house myself sooner, but I am only in my 20s and have been in college living several states away from the family home.
My father trusted a friend of his to help fix up the home that has been vacant , and in exchange for this work , he let him live there rent-free .
Fast forward 4+ years later, my younger sister who lives closer goes to look at the property. The friend is sick and has to move in with people he knows and out of the home. Our family's antique furniture has been pulled out of the living room , sitting room and has been tossed downstairs where it has rotted from the moisture of the basement. This includes a rocking chair and a couch. There must have been a leak because several other items, including important family documents have water damage. The 'friend' also sold off a lot of our family items like dishes , lamps, knick-knacks, etc. There are even price tags still on the bottom of some of the items from the yard sale.
This was my aunt's house who died of cancer, and it was built by my grandmother's mother and father. It needs repairs and is outdated, but it held a lot of my aunt's items and my great grandparents. No one made sure to pack away the items into a storage unit to get them out of the house, because we assumed it would be safe in the house until we could do so at a later date, and decided what to do with the property. Now everything is ruined, and I feel a terrible guilt. It should not have been left to this friend of my father's for that long.
Also,, the kicker? The friend's items/ furniture is all neatly packed away in the living room , all of his stuff is perfectly fine. He sold our stuff....Also the fridge and the stove are both gone.
I am not sure how much my father kept up with his friend; and he never asked my younger sister to swing by and check on the property. I also think no formal agreement was signed between him and the friend. He assumed everything would be taken care of (and the furniture would be left where it was , of course, and looked after) . I just pray my grandmother does not start asking about what happened to x or she will be deeply saddened. This was her sister, her parents......She's in her 80s and has lost control of what happens in her life, this will be a horrible blow to her.
What kind of legal recourse could we take? This friend is very ill, but I am also very very angry at what happened to the house. I am very upset with my father. I am just glad that the family bible and a few photos, etc were salvaged.
Sincerely,
a sad sad sad person
I am really sad right now. And I feel bad for not checking on this family house myself sooner, but I am only in my 20s and have been in college living several states away from the family home.
My father trusted a friend of his to help fix up the home that has been vacant , and in exchange for this work , he let him live there rent-free .
Fast forward 4+ years later, my younger sister who lives closer goes to look at the property. The friend is sick and has to move in with people he knows and out of the home. Our family's antique furniture has been pulled out of the living room , sitting room and has been tossed downstairs where it has rotted from the moisture of the basement. This includes a rocking chair and a couch. There must have been a leak because several other items, including important family documents have water damage. The 'friend' also sold off a lot of our family items like dishes , lamps, knick-knacks, etc. There are even price tags still on the bottom of some of the items from the yard sale.
This was my aunt's house who died of cancer, and it was built by my grandmother's mother and father. It needs repairs and is outdated, but it held a lot of my aunt's items and my great grandparents. No one made sure to pack away the items into a storage unit to get them out of the house, because we assumed it would be safe in the house until we could do so at a later date, and decided what to do with the property. Now everything is ruined, and I feel a terrible guilt. It should not have been left to this friend of my father's for that long.
Also,, the kicker? The friend's items/ furniture is all neatly packed away in the living room , all of his stuff is perfectly fine. He sold our stuff....Also the fridge and the stove are both gone.
I am not sure how much my father kept up with his friend; and he never asked my younger sister to swing by and check on the property. I also think no formal agreement was signed between him and the friend. He assumed everything would be taken care of (and the furniture would be left where it was , of course, and looked after) . I just pray my grandmother does not start asking about what happened to x or she will be deeply saddened. This was her sister, her parents......She's in her 80s and has lost control of what happens in her life, this will be a horrible blow to her.
What kind of legal recourse could we take? This friend is very ill, but I am also very very angry at what happened to the house. I am very upset with my father. I am just glad that the family bible and a few photos, etc were salvaged.
Sincerely,
a sad sad sad person
