Re: What do you do with old tenants dinnerware, etc?

Re: What do you do with old tenants dinnerware, etc? by Garry (Iowa) on February 5, 2016 @00:08

Anything left behind is still the tenants possessions, for the time being. Smaller items like you mentioned, can be boxed up and stored in a closet, an attic, or a garage or basement, if you have the room. Store them for 6-12 months, then they are yours to do with as you wish. If you discover them before you have sent the Sec. dep. letter to them, you could list the items in the letter, and tell the former T you are storing them , and they must contact you to get them back. Once the 6-12 months are up, use them yourself, sell them at a garage sale, give them as gifts to friends, relatives, or just give them to Good Will or the Salvation Army. If it's a whole bunch of larger furniture or other items, you may need to rent a storage unit for 6 months. Then dispose of them as you wish. The point is, you have made a reasonable effort to contact the former T and save their things for them. It then becomes their responsibility to get them back if they want them. The biggest thing LLs need to worry about now days though, are bedbugs or cockroaches hiding in the Ts items, and then they end up infecting YOUR home once you store them away.

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