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All my clothes from ex house were destroyed

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SplashSplashh · 20/07/2026 18:00

My husband and I separated a year ago and I moved out of the family home, I took lots of stuff with me and made trips back and forth to collect stuff, I didn’t take everything when I left as we were in a weird no man’s land where we discussed a possible trial separation. Things got more tense and it was obvious that we were permanently separating.

So I was trying to get access to my stuff for a long time but ex would skirt around the issue and say soon or not now, I’m busy etc.

Eventually he told me he would drop off bags of my stuff to my house. Looking inside everything was soaking wet, covered in mould and stinking. Most of it had to be binned. He then sent a text saying how everything was mouldy, how he had to destroy the wardrobe and how there was dead mice behind it.

It’s very odd as everything was fine when I was at the house last (October/November)no mould, just a normal wardrobe, the only thing was the bedroom looked like it had been shut up and not slept in or cleaned since I left (he was sleeping in another bedroom)

It’s a new(ish) build (15 years old) It’s really odd. What would you make of this??

I was the one to leave ex.

OP posts:
PinkyFlamingo · 20/07/2026 18:09

He's clearly destroyed them on purpose

SplashSplashh · 20/07/2026 18:09

JohnofWessex · 20/07/2026 18:05

He deliberately damaged them

It’s weird as they were absolutely soaked and covered in mould, paperwork and old literary magazines, old photos and other stuff all had to be binned too. We lived there for 15 years and all my stuff was fine, even Christmas jumpers that sat for a year were fine the following year. It’s just really strange.

OP posts:
SplashSplashh · 20/07/2026 18:06

JohnofWessex · 20/07/2026 18:06

Was the house jointly owned as if it was he had no right to exclude you

No, rented

OP posts:
JohnofWessex · 20/07/2026 18:06

Was the house jointly owned as if it was he had no right to exclude you

JohnofWessex · 20/07/2026 18:05

He deliberately damaged them