Hoarding Cleanup Service
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Hoarding Cleanup Service
At Spectrum Cleaning and Restoration, our compassionate professionals specialize in hoarding cleanup. We can help you clear your property of any items that have been accumulated. Hoarding is a mental illness but there are cases where it could be physical due to disabilities or illnesses. In most cases, the person living in the environment has simply lost control over their lives and accumulates way too many items. Many times this may lead to unsanitary conditions that require a professional hoarder clean-up service to restore their property back to a healthy state. Unique challenges arise when removing personal belongings from a home cluttered with garbage bags full of every kind of item imaginable. Our team includes specially trained technicians who understand how chaotic this type of job can be. In addition to being compassionate, our technicians have the knowledge and equipment necessary to remove damaged items from a hoarding clean-up situation. Escaping dangers created by clutter requires special skills. Our team of professionals is experienced with hauling away discarded items that may pose a problem for others who lack training or experience. For information about hoarding cleanup services, call Spectrum Cleaning and Restoration today!
Hoarders are those people who collect things obsessively to the point where they create unsanitary conditions in their living environment as well as restrict daily activities such as cooking or bathing due to over-accumulation of stuff. Hoarding cleanup comes with considerable risks including tripping hazards, a disease caused by contaminated air, physical injury from sharp objects, and even death. Hoarding cleanup services are provided by qualified companies that understand the hazards involved in this type of work. They will plan, manage, and execute all aspects of a hoarder clean-up so you don’t have to worry about the dangers involved with cleaning up after someone who has an obsessive need to collect things around their property.
Professional hoarding cleanup is very important and is harm reduction which means they focus on removing items in a way that is safe for both the person living with compulsive hoarding as well as for those doing the actual cleaning work. Sorting through piles of junk takes time and diligence especially when trying to identify the value in each item whether it’s something actually useful like clothing, furniture, books, or simply something more difficult to handle like old mail, plastic bags, pet droppings, or dirty diapers.
At Spectrum Cleaning and Restoration, our team of professionals is all trained in various levels of hoarding cleanup including identifying dangerous situations that can cause harm to you or your loved ones while cleaning up after someone with a hoarding disorder. Hoarders have been known to collect items such as animals which can compromise the safety of people working around their homes while hoarder cleanup is taking place. Our experts will not only ensure personal safety but also identify any biohazards present on many occasions during a hoarder clean-up we come across dead pets and/or other pests commonly referred to as “critters.”
Hoarding cleanup is not for the faint of heart and many companies simply do not have the necessary knowledge or skills needed to safely complete a hoarding clean-up. One wrong move could cost you your life leading to the need for hoarder cleanup services in the future only by professionals who are trained in this specialized niche of cleaning.
At Spectrum Cleaning and Restoration, our team has years of experience handling biohazardous materials including human bodily fluids, animal remains, feces, dead animals among other things which can be found when conducting thorough hoarding cleanup. Our technicians also remove broken glass, nails protruding from boards, jagged pieces of metal that may pose a safety risk while clearing up after someone with compulsive hoarding tendencies.
Experienced hoarding cleanup services are not only experienced in the removal of dangerous materials but also have the proper equipment needed to complete a hoarder clean-up including cameras for entryways, ventilation machines, and more than one person if necessary to complete the task at hand. Our experts can work around construction crews and use construction equipment such as Bobcats and dump trucks when needed to remove excess waste from hoarder cleanup jobs.
In some situations, you may even find multiple forms of biohazardous waste present after doing an initial walk-through with our team during a hoarding cleanup which is why it’s important to call us right away at Spectrum Cleaning and Restoration. We as a professional cleaning company, understand that waiting too long between calling for assistance can increase your risk of contracting a life-threatening illness.
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Our hoarder cleanup process is outlined by our technicians at Spectrum Cleaning and Restoration :
1. Contact us as quickly as possible after the client notifies us of a hoarding clean-up situation.
2. We will come to your location and do an initial walk-through, taking notes and pictures with our digital cameras to keep for future reference in case we need them for later documentation purposes such as insurance claims.
3. We will talk with you about how many professionals we may need on the scene to complete hoarder cleanup safely and efficiently depending on what we find during the initial inspection.
4. Once completed, we will contact you again regarding final payment arrangements before we head back out to your location to complete the hoarder cleanup.
5. Our professionals will remove all remaining debris and waste from hoarding cleanup upon completion of the job leaving the site back in its original condition when we arrived at our client’s request.
What is hoarder cleanup?
Hoarding cleanup is a specialized niche of cleaning that has become more prevalent in today’s society. Hoarders are people who generally collect items such as newspapers, magazines, clothes, trash, and other unwanted household items which often end up living inside their homes for years on end ultimately causing them to start living in unhealthy conditions.
Excessive hoarding has been known to lead to many fire hazards including one where an entire neighborhood had to be evacuated because of a fire caused by items left too close together. Hoarder cleanup is necessary when families realize the negative impact it can have on their lives if they continue living with someone who struggles with compulsive hoarding tendencies. On many occasions during hoarder cleanup professionals will come across dead animals or animal waste as well as human feces and other instances of biohazardous material such as blood and urine.
Give Spectrum a call today at (620) 417-5161 for Hoarding Cleanup Services you can trust!
