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You really have no idea of the full extent of whats going on with the situation. and it wasnt until we started walking through the property and we came to, you know, there was a large area off the main house that was sort of the isolation ward that just had cages and cages and cages and very, very sick cats. there was a large barn that also had cages and cages of cats. off of that barn were some pens with cats in them. you know, there was a trailer with cats. then come around the other side of t...

You could break your wrist. and it wasnt just that area, it was throughout the entire bottom floor. >> in the basement busted water pipes create a stagnant pool of sludge. >> they had no heat. and as a result the pipes broke. we were wearing boots above the knees to get through that stuff because the paper and all the stuff, the clothing and things was absolutely disgusting. >> for 13 days the team digs their way through the rotting garbage, hardened candle wax and stacks of debris. in total the...

>> to an outsider, the solution seems easy, clean it up. but with a hoarder, its just not that simple. >> you dont move stuff. she would be very hurt, first of all, shed be angry, shed be hurt at the disrespect to her and her things. shed be ashamed. it would be kind of like her worst fears coming true right then and there. it would just make the problem worse because it would make her more defensive of everything else. and would make her fight harder to keep it. >> dr. morrison has not treated ...

With video camera in hand to document the case. but alfred assures all his clients that their identities will remain confidential. >> you couldnt open the door 90 degrees, maybe 30. this lady had a hard time getting into her own door. as soon as you walked in the door it is stacked from the floor to the ceiling. >> i remember having a difficult time walking through the front door. and being amazed that she was in a wheelchair. and the first thing i thought was, how does she get in and out? >> th...

Lo mein, szechwan chicken, chopsticks, soy sauce and you got some fortune cookies. have a good one. ah, these small new york apartments... protect your belongings. let geico help you with renters insurance. a real estate investor in wisconsin buys a home brimming with clutter but has no idea what lies beneath. >> it was a crapshoot as far as what was underneath everything. >> october 2010 in bloomfield, wisconsin. rick schaeffer purchases a home in foreclosure in a remote lakefront community.

Computers. fearing eviction, he calls in the experts, the disaster masters. >> he felt that the landlord was about to create an action, an eviction. he felt the pressure. >> 2005, ron and melissa head out to survey the scene. >> he welcomed us in. and really said the magic words that fix it people love to hear, like ron and myself, which is will you please help me, please help me. >> and what they find shocks even a team of experienced professionals. >> this place was one word, abysmal. you had ...

Locked it. im sure if you opened it up, it would all fall out. >> looked like stuff youd find digging through the garbage. >> there was a note in there saying this is my stuff. do not take it. its not garbage. this is my stuff. >> with the camera still rolling the group heads into the neglected home to assess the damage. >> different places in the house had different things. when you initially walked into the house, it was a breezeway between the garage and the actual main house. that area had j...

To the ceiling. >>y shut the door and locked it. im sure if you opened it up, it would all fall out. >> looked like stuff youd find digging through the garbage. >> there was a note in there saying in is my stuff. do not take it. its not garbage. this is my stuff. >> with the camera still rolling the group moves into the neglected home to assess the damage. >> different places in the house had different things. when you initially walked into the house, it was a breezeway between the garage and th...

Throat doesnt suddenly hurt. you dont feel like someones sitting on your chest. >> with the house in such disorder, jessica finds day-to-day life mentally draining and physically exhausting. >> it takes ten times more work and effort to do simple things than it should take, to take a shower, you have to get all your stuff from your bedroom, make sure you have your flip flops on, step over your baby gate, walk to the other end of the house. i dont walk around barefoot. i dont want stuff on my fee...

>> just a complete mess. everything came home, nothing had a place. >> she had a sofa sleeper that she was using because she could not walk up the stairs because she had just had knee surgery. and the whole second level was uninhabitable. turns out that all that construction material was because they had renovated a bathroom. so you go to the stop of the stairs and on the left was this amazing bathroom. it was unfortunate that she could not even get up there to use it. you couldnt walk into the ...