How a Hoarding Cleanup Runs
- Assessment and plan — severity, hazards, access and what the resident or family wants kept.
- Staged clearance — room by room, with valuables and documents set aside, donations where possible, and licensed disposal for the rest.
- Deep clean and sanitise — biohazard-safe cleaning of every recovered surface, including gross filth and sharps where present.
- Restoration — odour treatment, carpet replacement-or-clean decisions, mould and pest follow-up as needed.
- Documentation — before/after records for agencies, landlords and tribunals.
Squalor and Gross Filth
Squalor-affected properties carry real biological hazard — our technicians work them under full PPE and biohazard controls, the same standards as our trauma cleaning work.
Sensitivity First
Hoarding is recognised as a mental health condition. Teams are briefed accordingly: no judgement on site, resident involvement where it helps, and coordination with case workers when they're part of the picture.