Council Tax on home of deceased person

[Sheepshanks]

TUS373 said:

The local tip in question was closed part of the time. Even once open, it was not a normal service with caveats of 'essentials waste only. With a queue that was some 1-2 hours a time, or odd number plated cars one day and evens the next, by no way did it fit with clearing a house some 40 miles away.

House clearance companies wanted to charge a fortune and told us furniture would be broken up for power station fuel. So we would have been paying to destroy perfectly good pieces including an antique chest. Charity shops that normally want this stuff had stopped their services. They did not have room to keep collecting furniture as their shops were shut. They had reached capacity for storage. Eventually, we got a lucky break with a hospice and had to pay them to remove stuff.

All I am saying is that this took a lot of time due to the prevailing circumstances that everyone had to adapt and work through.

All of that is true - tips did close at the beginning and were a right pain when they opened up.

No point in going into details, but we coped with it. I'm sure others did too, and many didn't.