Professional Hoarding Cleanup Services
At Xtreme Cleaners, we have over 20 years of experience in assisting hoarders and their families to recover their distressed properties and make them livable again.
Due to the excessive accumulation of various items including clothes, food, and even garbage, hoarding situations can be hazardous and unsanitary – particularly when items are piled high. When cleaning a hoarder’s house, we regularly tackle potential fire and safety threats, mildew, odors, and often also encounter rodent infestations requiring professional removal.
What is Hoarding?
Hoarding disorder occurs when someone experiences ongoing difficulty throwing away possessions (and even debris) due to the belief they need to be saved. The thought of getting rid of these items often causes distress and typically results in an accumulation of items no matter their value. Hoarding often leads to cramped, unsafe, and/or unhygienic living quarters (or even vehicle interiors) that dramatically affect an individual’s quality of life.
Our Process
Our specially trained technicians work closely with those in need of hoarding cleanup services to carefully and thoughtfully eliminate unnecessary clutter and help restore their properties. We treat all our clients with respect and make sure to work at a pace that is comfortable for them.
When performing hoarding cleanup, we utilize a labeling system to help our clients sort and sift through items, thereby ensuring nothing is thrown away without express permission. In addition to removal, we also help our clients recycle and donate items. Beyond immediate cleanup services, our team is also dedicated to formulating individualized systems aimed at preventing future hoarding recurrences.
Our Safety Measures
To avoid exposure to any potential biohazards, as well as prevent the spread of infectious diseases, our expert technicians wear personal protective equipment (PPE) during hoarder house cleaning. In every situation, Xtreme Cleaners follows a strict protocol to ensure proper removal and disinfection of any bio-hazardous materials while also adhering to local, state, and federal regulations. These situations are sensitive, which is why we provide immediate assistance with discretion and care.
Our Safety Measures
- Increased fire risk – The more clutter in a home, the higher the fire hazard (and the more fuel a fire has to spread).
- Lessened escape routes – Hoarding often results in blocked windows and doors, limiting not only an occupants paths of egress, but a rescue crew’s ability to access the home as well. It is not uncommon for deaths resulting from hoarding to have been preventable.
- Increased air pollutants – Some serious air impurities found in hoarder homes include mold, mildew, carbon monoxide, radon, dander, pollen, and cigarette smoke, all of which can result in adverse health effects.
- Biohazard development – Large hoarding piles are likely to contain garbage, pharmaceuticals, and – if animals are present – feces and urine. These are all considered biohazards and pose health risks as long as they remain in a home. Serious toxins and diseases like E. Coli, Staph bacteria, and the Hanta virus can all thrive in hoarding situations.
- Structural integrity compromise – The more contents contained within a home, the greater the weight in each room (especially with heavy objects like books and furniture) and the more likely a collapse is to occur.
- Injury risk – piles and stacks of items make navigation difficult, increasing the risk of falling or tripping. This can be fatal for seniors who are unable to help themselves off the floor.
About Xtreme Cleaners
XTREME Cleaners is a crime scene and biohazard cleanup company based in Louisiana and serving the Gulf Coast Region. Whether you own a residential home, commercial real estate, investment property, a fleet of motor vehicles or an industrial business, XTREME Cleaners is your one-stop resource for responsive cleanup and safety training and consulting services.
XTREME Cleaners’ highly trained technicians are certified in biohazard recovery. Whether it is a crime scene, suicide, homicide, unattended death or just an accident requiring professional blood & trauma cleanup services, our cleaners have the knowledge, skills, proper equipment and sensitivity to handle any job effectively and efficiently.