Perception isn’t always reality. And when it comes to hoarding, the “reality” shows that are broadcast across various cable networks are a far cry from the proper protocol that should be followed on such jobs.
One in every 300 people suffer from compulsive hoarding. Hoarders generally have an inability to let go of unnecessary items and clean up their environments.
The crew started the cleanout at 7 a.m. and ended at about 5:30 p.m. Upon completion, areas of the home were seeing daylight for the first time in a decade.
It was October 3, 2013 when Rainbow International of Sioux Falls, S.D., arrived at a twin home in the city to assess a hoarding job they had been contacted about.
“Most hoarders are clean, formal, very pleasant people. You would never guess, if you met them in your office, that their house was packed to the gills.”
The National Institute of Decontamination Specialists (NIDS) has announced in a press release the latest group of graduates from their November class of Hoarder Home Specialist.
The National Institute of Decontamination Specialists (NIDS) has announced in a press release the latest group of graduates from their November class of Hoarder Home Specialist.
On January 17, 2012, a property manager of a residential building in Kihei, HI called PuroClean Emergency Restoration Services in Maui regarding a cleanup job of a 750 square-foot, two-bedroom condo.
It was a hot August morning. The sun had just begun to rise by the time we arrived at the small, one-way street in Philadelphia. We were here to decontaminate and clean out the property of a recently exposed animal hoarder.