If you are a homeowner who is guilty of hoarding items, you are hardly alone. Hoarding items refers to keeping items of little to no value that often take up valuable space within a home. Hoarding items is not a habit that is easy to break but it is in every homeowners best interest not to be a hoarder. This blog will list the most common items homeowners hoard to help you figure out what you should throw away.
1. Magazines
Magazines are mostly a thing of the past. While they were very popular decades ago, advancements in technology have made most people less interested in magazines. If you collected magazines back in the day, there is a good chance your home still has a stack of them somewhere. If a magazine has little to no financial value and is in poor condition, homeowners should throw them away.
2. Empty Boxes
Another item homeowners tend to hoard are empty cardboard boxes. Cardboard boxes can be useful for storage or moving purposes but if you have nothing to store in the cardboard box and are not moving soon, discarding the cardboard box would a good choice. Cardboard boxes are sold at many stores and are inexpensive so if you need a cardboard box in the future, you can easily attain one.
3. Receipts
Receipts can be useful to help you with your taxes and keep track of expenses, but once that is settled, keeping receipts around will not do much good. Once you no longer need a receipt, do not hesitate to rip it up and throw it away.
4. Broken Furniture
Broken furniture can also fall under the umbrella of hoarding items. Furniture that is broken should be thrown away and replaced but some homeowners are content with broken furniture as long as it is still functioning.
5. Old Toys
If you are a homeowner with children and your children have grown up, there is likely a place in your home where many old toys are stored. A good way to stop hoarding old toys is to donate them or sell them.
Junk Removal Services in Salem, MA
Flannery’s Handymen is a junk removal service that can help Massachusetts homeowners get rid of items they have been hoarding! While we are located in Salem, we frequently do work in Lynnfield, Nahant, Marblehead, Peabody, Lynn, Saugus, and Swampscott! If your Massachusetts home needs a junk removal service, contact us! Whether it is a big project or a small project, we can help you clean out your home in no time!
