The principles behind obtaining permission to manage the property, money, and possessions of a person who died are simple. But the administration itself may be more complicated depending on the value and nature of the assets, and the order or disorder the person left … [Read more...]
Valuing an Estate and Clearing a House for Probate
There’s quite a lot to do if someone talks you into valuing an estate and clearing a house for probate. If you are out of luck, you may have to do a hoarders house clearance too, but that's another story for later. If you have the time and patience for this, then … [Read more...]
Simplify Your Probate Task by Managing Your Hoarder
There can be few things more saddening than entering a deceased friend’s home and finding it piled high with junk. This is especially true if they appointed us their executor, and we have to sift through their possessions to find their valuables and last … [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...]
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...]
Compulsive Hoarding Disorder – A General Overview of a Deep Topic
Compulsive hoarding disorder is a lifestyle characterised by accumulating an abnormally large number of things of little value. These are kept in a chaotic manner, as opposed to in a tidy collection. When Compulsive Hoarding Disorder Needs Attention However this only … [Read more...]
If You Think You Are a Hoarder Check These Signs
We sometimes wonder whether we have a medical condition after watching a television program about it. That’s a possibility with hoarding disorder, given that over three million British people have it to some extent. We have been receiving regular enquiries since the … [Read more...]
House Clearing for Probate: Hoarding and Safety Issues
Professional Probate Contents Clearance House clearance for probate is best done by professionals who are aware of and responsible for any health & safety issues during property clearance. If the property was owned by a hoarder, then there will be more issues than … [Read more...]
“Almost Buried”- Clearance Hoarded House In Woking, Surrey
Clearance Of 3 Bedroom Hoarded House In Woking We were called by a neighbour of an elderly lady who had been living alone in her house and following a fall, were requested to assist with returning her house back to a liveable state. Neighbours were unaware of the … [Read more...]
Compulsive Hoarding Help – Hoarder House Clearance In Basingstoke
Hoarded House Clearance In Basingstoke Three Bedroom Bungalow After a recommendation following a previous extreme hoarding house clearance case where we carried out a complete house clearance and clean up we were contacted by a client for another hoarder clear-up. … [Read more...]
