I had a bit of a clearout during covid lockdowns. Partly because there were still a few unopened rolls of insulation up there that I'd finally decided would be more use laid out than waiting to be used elsewhere. I'd dragged them up four stories and didn't fancy getting them back down again anyway. The whole thing nearly killed me and I had to spend a long ten minutes under a cold shower after overheating myself. My point being that loft work is an ideal winter job if you're thinking about it. I think I will get tough this year and finally bin some old school and university work that will never have a purpose but took too long to create for me to just cast aside.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I have an empty loft because I live in it. A nice, empty, not very insulated space with a good view. I made a pledge when I moved in ten years ago that I would not store junk. My shed has more stuff in it than I'd like, but I'm renting it out as an art studio and that enforces the getting rid of stuff.
Having loads of local groups and neighbours now to give stuff to makes it easier have a flow of stuff and not accrue. Anything that isn't used much goes out. Tools, camp beds, gym stuff, camping stuff etc is shared - so we all need less stuff and it's not all stored by a few people.
Nothing in our loft apart from two artificial Christmas trees, the current one, and the previous older and bigger one, which I’ve been hoping to offload onto one of the children! It’s a very shallow loft space, and trips up there for essential maintenance have to be undertaken at a crouch, resulting in sore backs and occasionally bashed heads, to say nothing of close encounters with various spiders, a wasp nest, and what could be old mouse droppings, but I’m not planning to get close enough to investigate. All our junk is stuffed into the utility room, the back of the garage, and top shelves of any wardrobes. There is a kit for building the tail plane section of a life size light aircraft under the stairs, don’t ask about that!
Our loft is full but I don't know what with - I don't go up there! Mostly I think it's OH's stuff for he never throws anything out, ditto his old garage and the new garage.
Our garage is in a slip road,so we store,none valuables in there. The loft,hah, annual tidy. Summer clothes in a box lined with polystyrene,throws, spare bedding, summer cushions , summer lightweight lounge curtains up there now, normally October is the switch over. As we had solar panels installed in March,it had to be tidied. 2 batteries and an inverter up there,suitcases boxes of stuff on shelves nice and neat. When hubby put in a new kitchen,we had the boiler installed up there, because the kitchen is tiny,and we had no wall cupboards.
When we moved into our flat, we discovered some time later that previous owners had left everything in the loft including 2 antique water tanks and a plant farm. To get the loft insulated, we had to let it clear it out, £400.
No new stuff now in the loft. I keep it simple. Apart from important papers, family pictures and letters of historical importance, everything that I haven’t look at or used in the last 2 years has to go. If I die suddenly, no-one should be forced to bin my stuff.
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It’s a very shallow loft space, and trips up there for essential maintenance have to be undertaken at a crouch, resulting in sore backs and occasionally bashed heads, to say nothing of close encounters with various spiders, a wasp nest, and what could be old mouse droppings, but I’m not planning to get close enough to investigate.
All our junk is stuffed into the utility room, the back of the garage, and top shelves of any wardrobes. There is a kit for building the tail plane section of a life size light aircraft under the stairs, don’t ask about that!
stuff for he never throws anything out, ditto his old garage and the new garage.
Mind you, my shed is in the same state!
I ♥ my garden.