How much does it cost to cleanup blood or biohazards? Its the typically the first thing most people want to know when they call and ask for help with out company. Its a great questions and one that is not a straight forward answer. Many factors are involved when...
We get a lot of calls about how to remove odors and cat pee odors, many of our jobs involve removing odors, its just part of what we do at Scene Clean. Out of all the jobs and scene types we clean the hardest odor for us is cat pee odors. Cat pee forms a salt crystal...
A common question I often get is about the differences between hoarding, clutter and collecting. As a reminder, here’s our definition of hoarding: 1) acquiring too much, 2) not letting go of possessions, 3) an inability to use the rooms in the home for their intended...
So, unresolved trauma and loss are a big part of why people hoard. But there are a couple other psychological causes to look at – behavioral reinforcement and attachment. The behavioral reinforcement goes along with the occipital lobes in the brain – remember the...
The last cause we’ll look at are psychological reasons why people hoard. There’s a lot here so I’m going to divide this cause into two parts. This is the cause closest to my heart because it allows us to look at the impact of trauma and loss on hoarding behaviors....
I feel the need to re-visit the ultimatums conversation. Also, I get asked this question a lot: “Why do people who hoard keep so much junk?” I think this question and the ultimatum conversation go hand-in-hand, so I’m putting them together in this post. Hopefully,...
The most common question we receive whether its by email or phone calls is how much does it cost to cleanup a home that is hoarded? The answer to that question is not as simple as how many bedroom and bathrooms are...
There are a lot of safety concerns related to hoarding disorder. In this post I want to give you some things to think about, and give you an outline for what to expect if a housing inspector becomes involved with the hoarded home. [Property managers/landlords likely...
In a perfect world, if I had my way, hoarding would be addressed before it became a safety concern. People who hoard would work through their relational traumas and losses, there would be no stigma in our culture preventing people who hoard from getting help, mental...
There are some things we know about biological causes, and some that we’re still learning about, and who knows what we don’t know yet! There has been some initial research on the brain, so let’s start there. We know that the brains of people who hoard are different...
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