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>> we dont take the snow shovels and just haul the stuff into a trash can. we actually go through everything. were going through those papers looking for stocks and bonds and photographs and birth certificates and things like that. >> the removal takes a seven-person crew three days to complete. >> we left him in really good shape. >> the cluttering client avoids eviction. and just months after the cleanup, they receive an unexpected call. >> out of the blue has a conversation with ron and says,...

Things like that. >> ive never seen anything like it in my entire life. this much stuff in such a confined space was mind boggling. it was crazy. >> it was full of i guess you might want to call debris up to the ceiling just about. bags and bags of stuff. dishes, mail and everything you can imagine. as you moved into the kitchen, the kitchen was stacked with dishes and, you know, cooking utensils and pots and pans. >> the nastiest had to be the kitchen because there were a bunch of plates that t...

She just keeps them if they show up. >> jessica finds the mess and conditions so intolerable she seeks refuge in an isolated bedroom in the home. >> its at the far end of the house. ive separated myself off from the house with a heavy duty shower curtain and baby gate to kind of keep the barrier between myself and the rest of the house. i keep everything in my room now, all my personal belongings, because if i leave them out theyll get destroyed and destroyed very quickly. either stuff will get ...

It was completely packed with stuff. >> that was overflow from the house. basically when you opened up the door to the car, it was filled to the ceiling. >> i 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. >>...

Lot of trash, but also a lot of computer parts. he loved tinkering on computers and taking them apart. >> just like everything. lunch containers, soda bottles, you name it. everything you can buy at the grocery store, you bring it home and it was all there. >> a lot of paperwork. people have a huge problem with what to do with paper. >> the crew begins carefully sifting through the debris room by room. >> we dont take the snow shovels and just haul the stuff into a trash can. we actually go thro...

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 the house, theres other pens wit...

Mop, wait for it to dry, put it all back and then do the next section. its very exhausting and very stressful. >> 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 ...

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 feet. it just flat-out grosses me out. to cook anything, i h...

>> they 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 this is my stuff. do not take it. its not garbage. its 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 the actual main ...

Up. >> she finds the conditions so intolerable she seeks refuge in an isolated bedroom in the home. >> its at the far end of the house. ive separated myself off from the house. i put up a heavy duty shower curtain and baby gate to keep the barrier between myself and the rest of the house. i keep everything in my room now, all my personal belongings because if i leave them out theyll get destroyed and destroyed very quickly. either stuff will get put on top of it and it will get crushed. her pets...