Hoarded House Clearance Cardiff
Sensitive, Judgement-Free Clearance for Hoarded Properties
Whatever the scale, we work through hoarded properties methodically and without judgement — creating clear "keep" and "go" piles as we go, at whatever pace suits you. Send us a photo and we'll give you an honest assessment of what's involved.
Hoarder Clearance
A much used house clearance exercise is the decluttering of a hoarded house. This particular service is one of the most bespoke services we provide since it can be quite a sensitive and potentially contentious exercise for all the parties involved. For the owners of a hoarded house a major first step is the decision to employ the services of a house clearance company to take away a large amount of the hoarded items. Whilst the physical process of removing items from property can be fairly straightforward, the metal decisions surrounding what items are to be removed and which are to stay can be quite a challenge. This can become an even bigger issue as different members of a household may have different views on what should stay and what should go.
Hoarding House Clearance
Depending on the time in which we our services are called upon in the process this may also impact on how easy the removal of items is. There have been a number of occasions where the level of hoarding has had a major impact on the physical ability for our team to get to a number of items and even the home owners are not aware of what has been hoarded over the years as more and more items have been accumulated, placed one on top of another so that many items are buried to a level where they cannot be seen to be identified at all.
To deal with this level of hoarding we need to start the process of removing items one at a time, often creating a shuttle of passing the item along members of the team, which pass by the property owners to then decide if it is an item, which then goes into the newly created sections of 'items to stay' and 'items to go'. These piles are normally created outside of the house so they become full visibly and each pile provides a visual representation of what is initially planned to be removed.
Quite commonly once the initial pass of everything has been done the first time there will be a realisation that the 'stay pile' is still a little too big and too much hoarding is still going on. However, it is then much easier for owners to view and compare individual items against each other in the stay pile and simply move then across into the house clearance pile to be taken away.
Hoarded house clearance near me
If you need to declutter a hoarded house and live in or around Cardiff, then please get in touch
Hoarders House Clearance
Some hoarders houses are a little more structured in the items and the way hoarding has been done and there may be one section of a house, a room, outhouse or garage where hoarding a particular hobby or collection has been grouped together and the owners have simply asked for that whole section of hoarded items to be removed.
Due to the two main ways decluttering a hoarded house can be done the cost of rubbish removal from hoarded house will differ. Where all items are grouped together simply sending a photo of the room or space which clearly shows the amount and type of house clearance required we can provide a fixed quote. When there is no clearly defined rubbish pile and we need to move items out to allow for their identification and subsequent selection of whether to keep or remove an item is required we will look to charge an hourly rate for the time our team need and some initial estimates based on some assumptions as to how much waste will be taken away and what additional charges may apply if this amount of waste is exceeded. Again this will vary if all items are identified as rubbish waste verses items no longer required which may be suitable for charitable donation or auction.
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To speed up the process of quotations we deploy a quick remote process where you can simply send through images of the hoarded items you want cleared This way we can see the amount of waste, type of waste and what will be involved in removing it and subsequently provide you with a quote. This saves time for all involved, not waiting around for a site visit and we all have a record of what needs to be removed, and as a result you can quickly decide to get your items removed. Much less hassle than trying to organise a skip!