Hoarding Cleanup

It took a court order to get me to cleanup. ~Recovering hoarder.

The decluttering approach

You can do a hoarding cleanup by kicking the hoarder out of their home while the work is being done.

Exactly like the TikTok videos.

Cleaners fill garbage bags at godspeed, without client participation.

There's something that just doesn't feel right about the bulk disposal method.

Everyone deserves the opportunity to decide what happens to their possessions.

This led me to develop Magic Squares, a decluttering method that replaces clutter with space.

Rather than the negative experience of focusing on what you should get rid of, sessions focus on creating space.

It gets results fast, even with dense clutter.

Magic Squares is described here: How to help a hoarder declutter.

A hoarding cleanup is like any other decluttering & organizing project, see Our Process.

First do one session to see how we work together. Then, we'll create a plan.

The pace at the beginning is slower, but most clients speed up as they get comfortable making keep/discard decisions.