[Margaret Pilkington]

No I would not.
My next door neighbour had a similar thing happen to her when her home was broken up for her to go into a care home.
Her son employed a house clearance firm and they were chucking her stuff from a display cabinet(so stuff she had treasured) into heavy duty rubble bags in her front garden…..smashing the stuff and it was left there for two days until they came back to,pick it up and take it to the tip.
I found it upsetting and sad….there were things that someone on a limited income could have made use of…..plates, dishes mugs, cutlery….all serviceable….but discarded.