Sorrrry!

     The house has been sold and we are grateful to have gotten rid of it. However I'm sure we were paid way below market value.

     The lawyer for the park district that purchased the house informed us afterward that my daughter who was the last to live in the house left it quite a mess. The  park district told the lawyer it was left in just awful dirty and messy conditions.

     They charged us an additional $250 dollars for cleaning. I would like to respond here as to the conditions.
My daughter was there with her 16 month old son. It was all she could do to watch and care for him and keep the house clean. Their was one bedroom upstairs where she did just throw things my parents left that no one in the family wanted. Things like hangers, books, magazines, light bulbs, stationary, etc.

     The basement was also full of junk from my parents like paint cans, cleaning supplies, wrapping paper, bows, tapes and gift boxes.

     I understood that they were going to tear down the house and the garage so I told my daughter not to worry about the junk because I just thought it would be all hauled away with the bricks and lumber. I mean we had one garbage can, where were we supposed to put it all anyway without it costing us more money.
It seemed logical to me.

     All of my parents appliances were fairly new and we left those so the park district could either sell them or use them. This included the washer, dryer, stove, microwave. refrigerator, and an air conditioner. They did not pay us extra for any of those. In light of all that I think they should have paid for their own cleaning costs.