My parents, who are in there late 60s; who raised five kids, still live in the same beautiful home after 40 years. After 40 years of memories and a mother who likes to shop; the house is filled to the brim with stuff.

My mother; who is retired due to health issues; is simply overwhelmed and cannot seem to organize this house. My father; who retired early but started his own company; works all the time and assists but not enough.

My parents and each of us have tried to help - tackle a room here; a closet there; a cupboard; we have cleaned up the garage, the basement - but we just cannot make a dent. Simply put - my mother does not know how to maintain a home and my father does not care.

So, my siblings and I can no longer sit idly by and watch this happen to my parents. My parents are going to build a new home in the next two years; and regardless; we are going to have to empty this house sooner or later. Why not do it now so that my parents can focus on other things instead of be depressed about the house all the time and complain to us?

So, part of the problem we seem to have when we clean is --- > we have no place to organize the stuff: what to keep; what to sell; what to donate; and what to discard. So, we decided we would try to rent either a vacant store or a house and organize off site. Once secured; we would kick off our plan:

Phase 1 - 48 hours - the five kids and their partners completely empty the house, (minus the furniture on all floors and the clothes in my parents closet); we empty all bedrooms, the attic (old decorations, old kids toys, etc.); the basement, and the shed.

While the husbands are emptying the house; the wives will be organizing all the stuff OFF site.

Once everything is out and organized - Mom/Dad goes through everything and decides what to keep, sell, or trash. We give them no more than two to three days for this phase and we motivate and manage every second of it...

While they are sifting through the stuff; the guys will go back to the house - completely clean each bedroom, the basement, the shed, and the garage - tear out any carpeting; paint; have hardwood floors redone - bathrooms refreshed - and prepped.

Then for the next 2 weeks - instead of going to Florida for three months like my parents always do in the winter time; my parents will man the store or apt and have an estate sell - and sell the stuff they no longer want or need. When done - whatever is left - we donate.

We would use Facebook, Craigslist, etsy, eBay and other FREE resources to advertise. We would also place an advertisement in local newspapers and highlight all the brand name stuff to catch attention.

What are your thoughts or feedback on this plan?

We know it will cost money to rent the space - whatever we decide to use - we have the manpower to empty the house - we know we would likely need some insurance or permits for the temporary store/space - what are we missing? Is there an easier way?

It's a big project - but I'm determined to make it work.

Please advise.

Thanks