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Storage Unit Is Holding My Mom’s Possessions Hostage And I Can’t Afford The Ransom

Location: NY I’m in a bit of a quandary and not sure the best way to proceed.

I live in Maine. My mother used to live in the Hudson Valley. She declined very rapidly (Alzheimer's) and I had to move her into an AL facility and sell her house in NY earlier this spring. We were not permitted to have an estate sale due to the HOA rules and I did not have time to photograph her high end antiques that she inherited from a grandparent, as I was focused on finding and transitioning her safely into a facility while trying to sell her house. The realtor recommended a moving company that would pack everything up and store it in their facility.

I drove down from Maine and spent 3 days in NY with the movers, who handed me an inventoried list of all of my mom's possessions and told me that when I needed to retrieve things from the storage unit, I would be able to indicate which items based on how they were labeled. Seemed straightforward to me at the time. But now I am hitting a wall in trying to retrieve the contents of the storage unit.

The owner quoted me at $8000 to move the contents of the storage unit from NY to Maine. That is cost-prohibitive to me at the moment and not a viable option. Alternatively, he offered to throw everything out for a fee. I asked about renting a truck myself to save on cost, and to do the move in two trips. He said that was not allowed. I feel like. Y mother's lifelong possessions are being held hostage. Does anyone have experience with affordable movers in the region? I need to get this stuff out of NY and I do not want to simply pay to have it thrown out, there are items of high value there. I have been paying the monthly storage fee and am not delinquent.

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Storage Unit Is Holding My Mom’s Possessions Hostage And I Can’t Afford The Ransom

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