Hoarding Cleanup

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San Francisco Hoarding Cleanup is a full-service hoarder and clutter cleanup company. For our staff of experts, no job is too big or too extreme. With offices in San Francisco and Oakland, we service the entire Bay Area. If you, a loved one, or a client, are in need of extreme hoarding cleanup or clutter clean-up, please call San Francisco Hoarding Cleanup today, at 415-212-9804. 

Before our highly-trained staff leaves any job, we guarantee that the site will be safe, clean, and clutter-free. Our expertise includes working with hoarders living in a compromised home environment, hoarders preparing to make a transition to a new living situation, or homes needing extreme cleanup after a hoarder has died. 

​Most people do not know how to help a hoarder. We have the resources to help you re-establish a safe home environment for your client or loved-one. If you have a relative or friend who is a hoarder, you already know how discouraging it can be to try to convince someone to accept help with hoarder cleanup. By the time an outside intervention becomes necessary, a hoarder's habits are deeply ingrained. To the hoarder, the prospect of clutter clean-up can feel frightening or even dangerous.  We have extensive experience and success in handling every kind of hoarder situation. Our staff has been trained to work with all the different types of hoarding behavior, including extreme hoarding, the hoarding of animals, out-of-control collections, food hoarding, shopping addiction, and others. Please click here for a more detailed description of hoarder types.  If you need professional help, the first step is a call to our service center, at 415-212-9804, or you can fill out our online contact form. Please let us know what kind of help you need. We will lead you through a complete, orderly process of property assessment, team planning, site cleanup, and waste disposal. 

Extreme Hoarding and Clutter Cleanup Site Need and Assessment

​Before we initiate any cleanup efforts, we make sure we understand exactly what needs to be done. As soon as you call or submit your contact form to our service center, we can begin to address your cleanup needs. After an initial assessment of your job needs, using the information you provide, we will set up a site visit to inspect the property in need of cleanup. 

The safety, security, and comfort of your client or loved-one is our first priority. Hoarding is a mental disorder, which may be linked to other mental health conditions. Before we can begin the cleanup, family members may find it is necessary to enlist the help of a mental health professional with specialized training in how to help a hoarder. We can help put you in touch with the professional help you need.  A careful assessment of your situation will ensure that you receive the level of service appropriate to your situation at a fair price. Each of our jobs includes careful evaluation of the hoarding situation, site assessment, a detailed plan, hazard evaluation, and meticulous clean-up and removal services. We also help clients deal with insurance companies, law enforcement or other outside agencies where needed. Our service center takes calls 24/7, 365 days of the year. 

The Cleanup Plan

Using a team approach with emphasis on client care, our highly-trained staff will approach every aspect of your clutter cleanup or hoarding clean up needs with efficiency, expertise and compassion. In cases of hoarding or extreme hoarding cleanup, we take care to gain the trust and cooperation of the hoarder. After our initial assessment of the property, we will meet with all stakeholders, including the hoarder, family members, and/or mental health professionals, and work as a team to develop a step-by-step customized plan for cleanup of the site. The goal is to restore the property to a clean, livable condition, free of health hazards, while attending to the comfort of the hoarder at every stage of the process. 

Safety, Health and Security Concerns

During our initial visit and assessment of the property before we begin clean-up, we will carefully assess safety and health hazards. In the home of a hoarder, it is not uncommon to find moldy food, pet urine and feces, or evidence blood or human excretions, which pose significant health risks. Rats, mice roaches and may also be present. All health dangers need to be handled appropriately by experts with the proper equipment and skills. In cases of extreme hoarding, piles of debris may be piled so high they pose a danger to the resident. Our staff will also assess the danger of chemical hazards such as old cleaning products, paints, fertilizers and other products, and make a plan for their removal. 

Clean-out, Disposal and Cleaning

Once health and safety hazards have been assessed, our team of experts can begin the hoarder cleanup and waste disposal. Our staff of experts will work systematically to divide items into those that will be kept and those that will be removed from the property as trash or recycling. We will handle all waste disposal according to required guidelines and procedures. Our staff will also handle documents that need to be shredded, belongings for distribution to friends or relatives and items for donation or storage. If you or other family members are concerned about missing items, such as jewelry, or items of sentimental value, please prepare a list for our staff. We will sift through all the items at the site searching for the items you fear may go missing.  In order to make the home safe for continued habitation, we will clean use industrial-strength cleaners to sanitize and disinfect every room and surface of the home. We will use professional techniques to restore the home to a high level of cleanliness and create a safe and comfortable environment for the client. If the hoarder is deceased or it has been decided that it is in the best interest of the hoarder to move to a different location, we will leave the premises ready for any additional renovation needed. 

If you are facing a hoarder cleanup situation that feels overwhelming or beyond help, do not despair. Our team of committed, expert, professionals is standing by,ready to help. No one should have to take on a hoarding cleanup alone.