I am very much of the opinion that once something is no longer needed, get rid of it.
My husband on the other hand is turning into Mr Trebus from A Life Of Grime.
I understand keeping bills, bank statements, tax, wage slips etc for a certain length of time but while I was trying to dig out my son's passport from the masses of boxes and drawers full of things in the garage I managed to topple some boxes. With everything all over the place I started looking through. he has bills from when he was a student ( over 20 years ago) he even has stuff from when he lived at home - 25 years ago, wage slips going back almost as long, bank statements from long closed accounts.
If something breaks, it rarely gets thrown away (just in case..of what?) At one point we had something like 4 old broken TV sets, there's a dismantled wardrobe and 2 beds that would be unusable in there as well. I have lost count of how many toasters/kettles/radios etc that I have had to sneakily chuck in the bin.
How long do you think is reasonable to hold onto stuff like this..anyone else a hoarder?
My husband on the other hand is turning into Mr Trebus from A Life Of Grime.
I understand keeping bills, bank statements, tax, wage slips etc for a certain length of time but while I was trying to dig out my son's passport from the masses of boxes and drawers full of things in the garage I managed to topple some boxes. With everything all over the place I started looking through. he has bills from when he was a student ( over 20 years ago) he even has stuff from when he lived at home - 25 years ago, wage slips going back almost as long, bank statements from long closed accounts.
If something breaks, it rarely gets thrown away (just in case..of what?) At one point we had something like 4 old broken TV sets, there's a dismantled wardrobe and 2 beds that would be unusable in there as well. I have lost count of how many toasters/kettles/radios etc that I have had to sneakily chuck in the bin.
How long do you think is reasonable to hold onto stuff like this..anyone else a hoarder?