Specialist clearance for hoarded properties
Hoarded properties need a different approach to a standard house clearance. Rooms are often impassable, floors can be unsafe, and the belongings inside frequently include cash, jewellery, documents and photographs buried among items that need to be disposed of.
We work room by room, sorting and bagging as we go, so that anything of value or importance is found rather than lost. Our team is equipped with the protective clothing, masks and cleaning materials the work demands, and we can arrange sharps disposal and specialist deep cleaning where required.
Every job is handled without judgement and in complete confidence. We use unmarked working where privacy matters, and we are happy to work at whatever pace suits the occupier, the family, the landlord or the professional instructing us.
How a hoarded house clearance works
1. Assessment
A free, discreet visit to look at access, volume, condition and any health or safety issues before we quote.
2. Fixed quotation
A written price covering labour, transport, disposal and any deep cleaning, agreed before work begins.
3. Sorted clearance
Room-by-room clearance with valuables, paperwork and keepsakes separated and returned to you.
4. Clean handover
The property is swept, cleaned and ready for sale, tenancy or the family to return to.
What we can deal with
Over twenty years of clearances means very little surprises us. We regularly clear properties that other companies have turned down.
- Heavily cluttered and hoarded houses and flats
- Properties with limited or blocked access
- Gross filth and unsanitary conditions
- Animal waste and infestation-affected rooms
- Sharps and low-level clinical waste
- Loft, garage, shed and garden clearance
- Deep cleaning after clearance
- Landlord, council and housing association work
Working with families and professionals
We are often instructed by relatives who live at a distance, by social workers and mental health teams, and by landlords and letting agents. Whoever instructs us receives the same clear communication: photographs before and after, a written record of anything of value that is found, and a certificate of disposal on request.
Where a family member is still living in the property, we will always follow their lead on what stays and what goes. Nothing is removed without agreement.