Hoarding disorder is a compulsion that compels afflicted people to store things up for no apparent reason. This distinguishes the condition from a desire to collect items of social value. Hoarding tends to develop later in life, sometimes after a psychological … [Read more...]
Compulsive Hoarders House in the Lonely Age of COVID
Compulsive hoarding is a pattern of behaviour in which affected people acquire large quantities of objects they seem unable to throw away. However, this is not the result of a conscious decision to collect. There are deep-seated drivers behind the fixation we may … [Read more...]
Probate Valuation Of Hoarders House Contents In Highgate
Probate Valuation Of Hoarded House In Highgate Even a hoarded house will have house contents that need to be valued so we cant just assume because the house is cluttered and needs a serious “hoarder house clearance” the items within have no value. On the contrary more … [Read more...]
Consult a UK firm to get hoarding house clearance solutions
Hoarding different types of items in the home is never a good idea as this can lead to accidents and mishaps in the home. This can even encourage the rodents and other insects to nest in various parts of the home which can even lead to structural damage of your home or … [Read more...]
A More Holistic Approach to Animal Hoarding
We had a call from a new client enquiring about our probate valuation and OCD house clearance services. ‘Why, oh why,’ they wanted to know ‘did the old lady have so many cats? They have taken over the house. How would anybody want to live like that?’ How indeed, many … [Read more...]
OCD and the Covid-19 Impact – The Latest Research
Compulsive hoarding is too slim a topic to attract much attention from scientific researchers at this time. However, the broader debate around OCD and the Covid-19 impact did obtain the interest of one Dr Debanjan Banerjee. He works with the National Institute of Mental … [Read more...]
Ways to Understand and Help a Hoarder
Hoarding is a clinically-diagnosed condition where someone compulsively accumulates objects. They can’t stop what they are doing, and refuse to clear their home. Avery Associates clears hoarded houses as part of their probate service. We dedicate this article to ways … [Read more...]
OCD and Compulsive Hoarding in Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum
Spectrum mental disorders include a range of linked conditions. The syndromes in the range may display similar outward signs. Or be the result of the same subconscious triggers. Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder OCD and Compulsive Hoarding can still be difficult to … [Read more...]
We View Compulsive Hoarding through a Social Science Lens
Do you know of a person who collects so much stuff they can’t use a room in their home for its regular purpose? Well then, they might touch first base as a compulsive hoarder. Although there are other boxes we need to tick when we view compulsive hoarding through a … [Read more...]
Things to Know About Cleaning a Hoarded House Before You Purchase
Between Brexit and Covid the UK property market is in something of a spin. A higher number of elderly people are recently passed away. We need to keep our minds alert if we are serious buyers. Cleaning a hoarded house after purchasing it from a deceased estate may not … [Read more...]
