We Bought an Abandoned Storage Unit!

I volunteered at a goodwill. They put everything in a giant dryer after spraying it with a spray. If not goodwill donate to a homeless shelter or women's shelter. When you have nothing even clothes with smoke smell are greatly appreciated

To think that’s someone’s life you’re going through , I actually feel sorry for the person that lost their belongings because that’s their history.

When a person dies and their stuff need to be moved out, their kids put them in storage intending to come back and never do! So that’s the reason why crap is stored… most of the time.

As someone who does this for a living this is a pretty typical storage unit. They get much worse than this. At least this was organized, not full of mouse poops, dirt and dust, etc.

My husband councils people with financial struggles and one of the first things he asks is “how many storage units do you have”. It’s SHOCKING how many pay far more each month than what the items are even worth.

I know this feeling when you buy something online as a non-smoker and it smells heavy like old cigarette smoke when you get it. Here in Germany a lot of people smoke and it's quite impossible to buy something used/second hand like couches, clothes, pillows, plushes, books... on any reseller platform without specifically asking. Some sellers will lie to you, or say it won't smell like smoke, but if they are heavy smokers they get "blind" for the smell. Some even get offended about me asking, because they feel insulted when I won't buy their stuff, because it's smelly. They take it personally.

You have Cabbage Patch Kids and My Child dolls! Loved them both. I still have my My Child doll and I 46, but that could be because I lost all the rest of my dolls to a flood long ago in my parent's basement. They are definitely vintage and if you have their original clothes could get you over $100, otherwise closer to $30. They were so special back in the mid 1980's because their bodies were made of soft cloth and you could design them to have your hair, eyes, and skin color. :)

Take blankets and towels to a shelter or dog shelter

A good wash with 1-2 cups of white vinegar in combination with your regular detergent will get out bad odours (like cigarettes) out of fabric. I would personally give it a second wash without the vinegar, but that is optional. Just in case you found anything worth keeping.

The Mattel My Child Dolls are a good find. Worth more than the Play Along Cabbage Patch

That Magnalite IS sweet tho! Try putting an open box of baking soda inside the handbag when you air it out. It will absorb a lot of the odor. On a scale of 1-100 I give Mose a 125. Love to Mose!

Those other dolls in with the cabbage patch in the bag are precious moments, and some of them can be really collectible if they’re not too smoky

There’s odor removal stuff you can buy to remove smoke smell. The box of thread is worth way more than $1 … I got one that size for $30 at an estate sale!

I loved this video so much. I hope you can do more storage units. There is an excitement side to this and I enjoyed every box opening. I know you would’ve hoped for a financial gain but this was great for us viewers. Real life. Real people and very interesting. Better than that staged storage show on TV. 100% real. Regarding the lady above with her nastiness I also enjoyed the commentary. Again real reactions are the best. Thank you J & H!!

It saddens me to see somebody lose their storage unit. Sometimes people have to go in the hospital and other people are packing for them. I just throw stuff together whether it be food or not I just cleaning out the place for them. But somebody’s life got turned upside down.

Love the video. I worked for Goodwill and we just sprayed the clothes with Febreze. I sold a stool similar to that one for $100. It was Ethan Allen. The freezer will kill the smoke smell also.

My mom taught me how to get cigarette smell out. Put whatever stinks in the sun for a few hours. It worked on linens for me.

You missed an opportunity... that was a Mary Poppins bag and you could have done the illusion of pulling stuff out of it that was bigger than the bag. Would have been so funny

Josh and Haley, Ozium is a product that neutralizes cigarette smoke. I have never smoked, but I grew up in second-hand smoke. There are many neutralizers on the market, however, I am only familiar with Ozium, which is not a room freshener. The Magnalite roaster is a great find!❤

I had a co-worker who complained about the cigarettes smokers I'd just shut the door & take the $250 loss instead of complaining. I operate a storage facility at lot of people lose the storage spaces due to life happens it could be job loss, death, divorce & many other issues most people don't want to get rid of the personal property papers ECT. It's a good ideal out of respect to return to the facility the personal papers to the office. Good luck finding treasures.