It's smelling awfully damp and musty down there - it's time to bite the bullet and deal with it. I'm not entirely sure what that means - except that getting rid of a lot of crap from there seems like a good first step. I've been dealing with the paper, and have taken some books to the library store. I've got more in my car right now. But I'm going to end up with a lot of still usable stuff. Some I would be happy to recycle - if I can figure out how to recycle them - and some I can pitch. But there is a lot of stuff I'll want to keep. I'm not sure what to do with it.
I'm also not sure what exactly I want to have done with the basement. I know I want it dry. I think I want a new, waterproof floor. I think I need to get almost everything out the basement - which probably means a pod, since there will be signficant stuff going back down in there when its all done.
How much do I want to do myself? How much do I want to hire out? And what kinds of contractors do this kind of work? Unambiguously, getting rid of stuff is the right step right now, but what next?
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