My mom's place had a 2-week rule as well; public place with long waiting list. (But they did comp that month's rent, and feed us for no charge in thier dining room.). Mom's stuff was under Califonria's small estate exemption, so no need for Probate, no need to wait to be appointed. No need for an attorney. Just my sister and I as beneficiaries, so we cleaned out -- and shipped to our personal residences -- what we wanted to keep, sold/gave away a few pieces to local residents who stopped by the Unit (while we were cleaning) to pay their respects, and called a Junk service to take the big pieces. Donated clothes to Goodwill/Salvation Army. Took the rest to the dump. Only took a few days.
Part of the task would be moving valuable items to a safe place, which concerns me less because they'd at least still be in our possession.
But there's quite a bit of furniture and clothing that no one wants, and as the place won't allow a public estate sale we'd be donating those items.
My mother-in-law lived in local senior housing and - after a resident passed away - they had an iron rule that the apartment had to be cleaned out within 2 weeks because they had a serious waiting list.
Regarding the items that "no one wants" - truly, no one wants them! Call anyplace you expect/hope to be donating to first and see what they say.
In a similar situation to yours, we took her attorney's advice and took what my husband wanted from her apartment. The junk men came the next day and cleaned everything else out.
Your mother's stuff might be unusual but it sounds like it's not.
The junk man idea shocked us at first but it turned out to be such an incredible blessing at a difficult time with a very hard deadline.
Statistics: Posted by Big Dog — Wed Dec 11, 2024 10:38 am