Hoarder house

If you’ve recently inherited a hoarder home, you may feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of stuff. Follow this guide to find any valuables in the mess.

Most of us have a friend, a relative, or a neighbor who seems to pack his or her home with unnecessary stuff. Researchers are just beginning to understand why.

Hoarding disorder is a widespread condition that affects millions of people worldwide. However, many individuals may not even realize that they have this disorder. In a recent article, Dr. Robin Zasio, a clinical psychologist and hoarding expert, shares three ways to identify if you are a secret hoarder. One of the key signs of secret hoarding is feeling overwhelmed by possessions and struggling to let go of items that hold sentimental value or memories. This often leads to cluttered living…

Let's be fair, living space decor can make or break it when it comes to one's home. Of course, all of us are entitled to our own opinions regarding how we'd like to decorate our houses... but that doesn't necessarily mean that those decisions are great either.

Photographer Arnaud Chochon spent a year with Jean, a 60-year-old hoarder whose house is cleaned out once a year, for health and safety reasons.

Hands up if you secretly/openly love the TV programs that display creaking tables covered in the diets of the morbidly obese, or piles of newspapers collected by heartbroken hoarders. Carrie M. Becker, a sculptor and photographer (who, judging by the dark tagline on this project may or may not have been through a divorce recently) has taken obsessive mass-hoarding and gluttony to a whole new level; building and photographing tiny models of junk-filled rooms in dollhouses to represent the…

The exterior alone is like night and day, but wait until you see the inside.

Homeopath Lynn Amara discusses hoarding disorder, providing rubrics such as fear, poverty, fear, misfortune, delusion he is ruined, as well as indications for about twenty remedies.

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You won’t believe the before and after photos on this Broadview mid-century modern studs out re-model. 12730 9th Ave NW, bought in January of this year for $367k it has been completely remodeled and back on the market for $949k. 3,182 square feet. 3 bedrooms, 2.25 bathrooms and photos that you just won’t believe. Before […]

I thought we would provide an update on two levels: where our (my wife and I) minds are at now post hoarding cleanup and what is going on with the hoarding house. I may provide some photos now and …

Purchasing a hoarder's house is not for everyone. If you plan on doing the Herculean task of cleaning out a "hoard," you should have a certain skill set, have cash and be physically capable of tackling a myriad of different jobs, among other things. And last but not least, you shouldn't mind getting your hands dirty.

GRAPHIC: The Dirty, Stinking Truth About Real-Life Hoarders

The Julian Price Mansion - A look at a hoarder's house restored to it's former glory.

I'm taking my time decluttering and doing it my way. I've learned people want seasonal things and it's hard not to accept more stuff.

These 13 signs of being a hoarder should not be ignored - if you ever wonder "am I actaully a hoarder?" (or even if you just don't know how to get rid of stuff you don't need), or if you want to learn how to help a hoarder declutter, this will help you move forward and tackle the mess! hoarder cleaning tips | cleaning hoarder house tips

The three-storey, four bedroom house is cluttered with reading material and has been advertised as "sold as seen" meaning potential buyers will have a huge clear up mission ahead

A digger’s dream. A mythical place that will give your strained record collecting heart a flutter, this astonishing, derelict record warehouse has been documented by photographer Frédéric Thiphagne for his blog Les Mains Noires. And yet, kind enough to share his photos with us, Thiphagne was enigmatic when it came to explaining any more about […]