Help For Those Clearing & Cleaning A Hoarder’s House
We are here to support you. Hoarders and their families are dealing with issues and simply need the right help, our unrivalled personal service.
How do I clear a hoarder’s house?
We provide rapid, effective hoarding house clearance and, a sympathetic, discreet and highly confidential solution; read our testimonials and the feedback we have accumulated from delighted clients who have reached out to us for support. Helping families get back on track and move forward is our aim.
Our bespoke and considerate hoarding cleaning service, which encompasses firstly the hoarding house clearance followed immediately with a deep cleaning process which we have developed and perfected over many years of providing our hoarding clearance & cleaning service makes us a highly popular choice with probate solicitors, executors, and relatives living overseas and in the UK – Read our reviews
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Personal Attention At All Times
Jeffrey Avery personally handles all major hoarding house clearances and cleaning work while exercising the utmost discretion. Avery Associates is one of the most experienced firms in the country, with over 35 years of experience. Jeffrey has completed many extreme hoarder cleanings and clearances in the worst possible cases of hoarding, from start to finish.
We are hoarding clearance & cleaning specialists and able to deal with any situation, including severe circumstances
Regularly assisting families of deceased, executors, solicitors, court of protection and those with power of attorney by recommendation.
We have a high success rate for finding important documents and valuables inside hoarded properties for our clients. To date, on behalf of countless clients, we have regularly and very successfully found many important documents, including The Last Will & Testament, financial documents, vehicle documents, and lost vehicle keys.
A Sensitive Approach
Experienced, sensitive and discrete cleaning, de-cluttering and hoarding house clearance specialists, during a cluttered house clearance we carry out the removal and disposal of:
- Accumulated possessions
- Rubbish
- Clutter
- All types of waste matter from the home, garden and outbuildings of a hoarded house
Whether deceased or still occupying a property, we act most sensitively and privately. We will not be beaten on service.
Experienced Help and Assistance
After many years of providing help for cleaning hoarder’s houses, we have become the most experienced company in the UK. Dealing with the clearance of properties, including gardens and outside areas which have become unusually full of hoarders collections and clutter. To the point that significant additional resources are required to clear and clean-out the property. This often arises as a result of compulsive hoarding, which may be a manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD.
The UK’s Leading Compulsive Hoarding House Clearance Specialists
Whether the property or the owners are in The UK or overseas, and you have the task of clearing out a hoarders house and cleaning we can help. The sufferer may still be alive and living in the property, or sadly they may be deceased. In either case we are able to help. Avery Associates deal with all enquiries with the utmost discretion. We are now one of the countries leading authorities in all matters relating to compulsive hoarding, cleaning hoarder homes and removing all unwanted contents, as well as providing sensitive support for OCD or hoarding sufferers and their families.
Nationwide Services and Support
We have a team of de-cluttering specialists, and have worked all over the country carrying out countless hoarded house clearances. Providing support counties for affected individuals, local authorities, private clients and law firms in all cases of hoarding. We are understanding and ensure total client discretion. Local expert hoarder house clearance teams in all UK locations.
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Will Search And Document Finding Services
Avery Associates are also experts at finding wills, personal papers and financial documents on behalf of solicitors and relatives of the deceased sometimes crucial when winding up a probate estate. We regularly find important documents, wills and valuables that were lost.
Deferred Payments And Special Financial Arrangements For Executors Awaiting Funds
We offer deferred payment if the estate is not in funds and waiting for grant of probate, or selling the property to raise money. It can be financially difficult it may be for executors using personal funds during the probate process – we fully understand. We are able to commence work with a 25% deposit and take balance of payment at grant of probate or when a probate property has been sold.
We Offer a 24 Hour International Service
We are available seven days a week (including overseas clients) to offer confidential help and advice in matters relating to compulsive hoarding and probate valuation and can be reached directly at our head office on 0208 640 0044 so feel free to call anytime.
Some Common Problems That Arise When Clearing a Hoarded House Include:
- The sheer weight of possessions may cause a fire hazard, structural damage to floorboards and electrical and water services, creating trip and other hazards.
- Hazardous and toxic materials may be present, which, when originally stored, were legal, but now require special handling. (eg Asbestos).
- Often items of value are hidden among what appears to be rubbish. These require careful sorting and handling so that they can be handed back to the owner.
- Animal hoarding – In cases where pets were present in large numbers, there may be additional health hazards present which require special treatment.
- Body Fluids – Sadly in some circumstances a person has passed inside the property and the body remained undiscovered for some time and in this case we are professionally trained and able to remove any blood spills or fluids then eliminate any unpleasant odours remaining. Thus leaving the property in a hygienic and respectable condition
Watch Our Video Of A Hoarded House Clearance
The following video presented by Avery Associates gives you an insight into what’s involved with hoarding and house clearance and one of the many cases we have has dealt with.
Watch our Video in Channel 5’s documentary “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Hoarding” (Episode 1),
Back in 2014, Avery Associates featured in Channel 5’s documentary “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Hoarding” (Episode 1), where our team helped Ron and his daughter clear a severely hoarded house in Cardiff following his accident.
Recycling Is Our Priority
We have all the necessary facilities to deal with such cases, and, just as in a normal clearance, we will make every effort to re-use and recycle all items recovered, in order to ensure that as little as possible is disposed of in authorized local authority waste disposal facilities.
Our Hoarded Property Clearance Service Is Available 7 Days A Week
We are always available to clear a hoarded house, loft, garage or other parts of the premises. (For example, where you want to make use of a garage to house a vehicle, which has become full of old furniture and other accumulated possessions.) Within a few hours, any hoarded area will be clean and tidy, and available for use. We can clear a hoarded property, (or part of a property) within hours.
We Guarantee Complete Confidentiality
In all cases of hoarding, whether compulsive, or due to ill health, we will always guarantee our clients confidentiality. We are able to provide accurate video footage and digital photos of household possessions and valuables to safeguard loss as a consequence of negligence or theft, especially in cases of Alzheimers disease or Dementia where relatives may be located many miles from the property or overseas.
In the past year we have carried out more than 40 instances of hoarded property clearance, including, animal hoarding and contamination, book hoarding, newspaper hoarding and many other types of hoarding, so we are able to deal with many scenarios and adverse conditions and are able to deal with any situation.
For free advice and information on clearing a hoarded house, or on de-cluttering, contact Jeffrey Avery directly on 0208 640 0044.
More Information On The Causes Of Compulsive Hoarding
Compulsive hoarding may be characterized as the obsessive collection of goods, to the point where this has a detrimental effect on a persons life. Although most of us acquire possessions, or have a collecting hobby, we do not do so to the point where our accumulated goods have a detrimental effect on our everyday lives.
There is no precise definition of compulsive hoarding, but symptoms may include:
- Acquiring and failing to discard of large quantities of possessions, most of which have little or no value.
- Living space so cluttered that normal life becomes difficult.
- Distress or impairment of normal functioning as a result of the hoarding.
- Reluctance or inability to return borrowed items.
Hoarders may believe mistakenly that items are, or may in the future become extremely valuable, or may be overwhelmed by the amount of possessions that have built up over the years. An example might be the retaining of a particular type of toy, or the failure to remove out of date food from a fridge.
Hoarding may or may not be related to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Several traits are common to hoarders, such as depression, drug addiction, acoholism but it does not seem to involve the same neurological mechanisms. The condition may also be related to ICD, or Impulse Control Disorder.
Hoarding may or may not be related to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Several traits are common to hoarders. These include depression, drug addiction, acoholism but it does not seem to involve the same neurological mechanisms. The condition may also be related to ICD, or Impulse Control Disorder.
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