Taking 'property' form house when leaving

[AngelinaCat]

If the shed is not attached to something such as a slab, you should be okay. I have seen sheds that were secured to a slab which serves as the floor. Others, such as the Lark or Cooks buildings are self-contained. Here in Florida, we have to have everything secured with hurricane tie-downs.

[tobee43]

THanks everyone! I had also sent an email to my attny and paralegal staff - they said the same (suprisingly fast!), that I can take it if it's not secured to the house.

Now, I'm trying to figure out if I have to take a section of the fence out to get the shed, do I have to put the fence back up?

i don't know your lay out, but i would just pull a section of the fence down and then drive in to load it or list it on craiglist or something if your intent is to sell it. shoot, that way who ever buys it might help you get it out. i would decide if you want the shed or the $$.

it's kinda funny you mentioned a shed...we JUST had to buy one (since we left ours at the old property and had a few large ones) and let me say this......they have gotten SO expensive!!!! we couldn't believe it. but we really need one with all our downsizing and moving to a state that most times don't have attics in their houses. we do have an attic in the gargage, but it's small, so the replacement of the shed was so needed for the lawnmower and bulky stuff for the garden and tools etc.

best of luck to you!! and keep posting during your process, it's a GREAT stress release isn't it???

[boomerkae]

THanks everyone! I had also sent an email to my attny and paralegal staff - they said the same (suprisingly fast!), that I can take it if it's not secured to the house.

Now, I'm trying to figure out if I have to take a section of the fence out to get the shed, do I have to put the fence back up?

[tobee43]

Check to make sure your shed isn't listed as an improvement on the assessor's website before you take it. If the shed is listed and taxed, you are devaluing the property. You don't want to be responsible for repaying the estate the difference. It also wouldn't hurt to check with your trustee.

you might as well just sell it then and hand over the money directly to the trustee why would one do that?....while one would apply this money to your moving expenses, so it's applied to an expense and not an asset. it's like asking the fox to watch the chicken house. i know our SHEDS...big ones, were not included in the market price of our house, or it's assessment.

we had a permit with our spa etc. and sold everything...it doesn't matter. many people take their stoves, frigs....etc. and in many states it's a state law to have a "stove"...but we took ours that's for certain.

[Bkassets]

Check to make sure your shed isn't listed as an improvement on the assessor's website before you take it. If the shed is listed and taxed, you are devaluing the property. You don't want to be responsible for repaying the estate the difference. It also wouldn't hurt to check with your trustee.

[tobee43]

take the shed, the spa, and whatever isn't nailed down since it is yours. we left our sheds but really should have sold them for our moving expenses. wish we had. we sold as much as we could for our move and donated a tons of things and got receipts so we could use the donations against our taxes, since remember, you no longer have mortgage interest nor taxes to deduct any longer. so it's good if you can donate some and make certain you get receipts!

best of luck!

[ryan]

(Check this out with a local lawyer before taking action on it)
My understanding has been that until the sheriffs sale, you still own the property and its contents....so removal of a washer/dryer or other items would be ok...a SHED, if its personal property, just sits on the ground, should be ok then, as well.

[boomerkae]

We are surrendering our house as part of our Ch7 case. We have not yet seen a letter of intent to foreclose but are getting letters asking our intent to keep the house as they are calling it vacant.

We have all of our things out of the house now, but are wondering about our shed. We need one at the new place, and it is amazingly cheaper to move the one at the house that is foreclosing rather than buy a new one. Can we take our shed?