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32. Speaking of bills, what of rent or mortgage?

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 04:42 PM

Dec 2011

I mean here the landlord would be noticing not getting the rent check or the mortgage company would start a foreclosure and in the course of that, someone would go into the place.

Somehow she had a residence that she did not have to pay for or that the creditor did not do anything about for that long.

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Dead for 3 years and nobody notices...If you disappeared, would anyone come looking for you?... [View all] HipChick Dec 2011 OP

Wouldn't the employer notice? treestar Dec 2011 #1

No..not from work....they would classify it as Job Abandonment and fire the person HipChick Dec 2011 #5

"Dying without permission" --- Just cause for termination. lpbk2713 Dec 2011 #7

lol treestar Dec 2011 #31

Whoah treestar Dec 2011 #30

Doesn't have to be a lone family survivor either NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #8

Post behind the front door muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #13

In the UK, the Royal Mail puts the letters inside a flap on the front door..no mail box to speak of HipChick Dec 2011 #16

I admit.. I haven't spoken to my brother for 8rs...his wife is a witch HipChick Dec 2011 #18

There's a lot in the Guardian link; it sounds like she wasn't working muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #12

Not in my house. Even if I WAS dead, somebody would be expecting me to get up and do something. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #2

LOL! Same here! n/t Little Star Dec 2011 #14

Yep ... my death would not be allowed etherealtruth Dec 2011 #34

Same here, except that it's because I couldn't afford it. gtar100 Dec 2011 #55

That, too etherealtruth Dec 2011 #58

Jesus, me too. When they noticed not a damn thing was getting done and they did not want to do it, Nay Dec 2011 #41

Three reasons why Jesus was a woman eridani Dec 2011 #46

Similar to this (very sad) story from July: Blue_Tires Dec 2011 #3

Bill collectors... hlthe2b Dec 2011 #4

Speaking of bills, what of rent or mortgage? treestar Dec 2011 #32

Wow. How can something like this happen? 3 YEARS and no one notices? cleanhippie Dec 2011 #6

How sad. 2bfree Dec 2011 #9

We had one near home sharp_stick Dec 2011 #10

3 years and the TV is still on? RC Dec 2011 #11

All the bills were paid via direct debit.. HipChick Dec 2011 #15

A housing association (ie non-profit) bedsit muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #17

In the UK, housing associations on co-ops may not exist.. HipChick Dec 2011 #20

No, it was a housing association muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #21

Sad, but I imagine people die all the time unnoticed. closeupready Dec 2011 #19

ex teacher of mine was dead for pretty much an entire winter before anyone noticed themadstork Dec 2011 #24

I was thinking more in terms of homeless people or the mentally ill. closeupready Dec 2011 #33

Sad and strange story. bluedigger Dec 2011 #22

Isn't that a pre exsisting condition? Lint Head Dec 2011 #23

Three YEARS? If I don't answer my phone in three MINUTES all hell breaks loose. PassingFair Dec 2011 #25

Here's a link to a story of man dead for 20 years and no one noticed. Swede Dec 2011 #26

three years of not paying rent and--how could the TV still be going after three years? WI_DEM Dec 2011 #27

It was all paid for...by Housing Association HipChick Dec 2011 #35

Broadcast TV in an apartment, sure, why not? ThomWV Dec 2011 #53

only my condo assoc when i didn't pay the quarterly maintenance. eom ellenfl Dec 2011 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #29

interesting dembotoz Dec 2011 #36

I did notice a kind of rotten smell but the bins downstairs are strong and the stairwells smell HipChick Dec 2011 #38

a couple of years ago JitterbugPerfume Dec 2011 #37

This happened in my family on the east coast in the 80's, Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2011 #39

I worry about this myself. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #40

Why worry? I don't see how it matters. aletier_v Dec 2011 #45

It just seems so sad. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #47

Sad. I've had thought a landlord, or lender would come looking if a rent or mortgage payment Liberty Belle Dec 2011 #42

Nikki on lunaticunderground.com / godlikeproductions.com aletier_v Dec 2011 #43

Your creditors would notice. thescreaminghead Dec 2011 #44

If you had read the articles linked tammywammy Dec 2011 #49

once again - the TV still on. Another death not discovered for years - the TV was still one. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 #48

Yes, I think people would notice tammywammy Dec 2011 #50

you have an interesting definition of successful pitohui Dec 2011 #51

I am retiring at the end of the month, so I will have no employer to notice my absence. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2011 #52

You have cats?? liberaltrucker Dec 2011 #56

Doesn't matter to me liberaltrucker Dec 2011 #54

longest i'd sit is two days, three absolute tops fizzgig Dec 2011 #57