Alrighty. You’ve done some hard-core thinking, you’ve gone through your cleanup planning checklist, and you’ve set your rules of engagement. Now it’s time to dive in. There are distractions aplenty in a hoarded home, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed or daunted by the sheer scale of the task ahead of you. Good news! You can split the cleanup into steps that will help you focus and be as efficient as possible. It helps to separate tasks like purging, cleaning,…

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  Here’s a hoarding cleanup checklist with 10 steps to help you prepare for your cleanup project. This checklist applies to houses where there is a mix of garbage and items that you want to salvage. If your hoarded house is one that’s too hazardous to enter, don’t attempt to clean it yourself. Call a professional crew trained in dealing with biohazards or mold remediation. If the house is full of junk that can’t be donated or that you don’t…

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First Things First: Think This Sh*t Through Before you decide to clean up a hoarded home, you need to sit and have a serious think about it. This is absolutely required and is the #1 thing you need to do before you ever pick up a broom. I’m not talking about coming up with your action plan or assessing the situation, although those are important parts of the process. Those will come later. I’m talking about an honest-to-goodness, soul-searching gut…

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