9 Dumpsters, 6 Weeks and 8 Dead Cats Later 😿

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$65,000 worth of work on this hoarder house, tearing out the furnace, ducts, drywall, ceiling, trim, most of the flooring, kitchen, bathrooms, etc. NINE dumpsters worth of clean out, dead cats :-(, human waste... But, the most important lesson I learned in real estate is to not judge others on how they live, there just might be a way to help them out!
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@tiffanyc223 7 жыл бұрын

HGTV should totally give you a show called Hoarder Rehab!

@tiffanyc223 7 жыл бұрын

Well maybe too intense for HGTV. . .A&E or TLC. LOL

@voosum 6 жыл бұрын

hgtv no way! TLC seems perfect A&E possibly lol

@tiffanyc223 4 жыл бұрын

@Kitten Lyric they're hoarding trash. 🤷

@CrazyWeatherDude 6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Clean would have nightmares for years.

@wendywr 8 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's because I have a tendency to anthropomorphize things, but it makes me really happy to see this house fixed. You did a great job.

@rosenbaum75 6 жыл бұрын

Wendy R what do you mean "tendency to anthropomorphize things"? Lol Do you know what anthropomorphize means???

@notcosmiclobsternoooo118 4 жыл бұрын

@@rosenbaum75 Do you? Are you stupid? A lot hoarders give human attributes to their possessions. Either they apply too much sentimental value to their trash or they treat it like it's a living thing with emotions and fear that if they get rid of it they're betraying it in a way.

@Magdalena287 7 жыл бұрын

There's not enough bleach in the world that could make me move into a home that was previously owned by a hoarder

@30lindam 7 жыл бұрын

And also, even if the appearance looks fine now, I wonder if there have been air quality tests done to check for mold. I lived in a "moldy" house. It looked clean but 2 floors down, lurked mold in the basement and caused me to be sick for years and have 4 sinus surgeries. It can come up through the house structurally.

@k24s23nov0608 7 жыл бұрын

They say drinking it helps

@b_uppy 7 жыл бұрын

Christian Delgado NO!

@Magdalena287 7 жыл бұрын

Sure go ahead and try it and let me know how it works for ya.

@iiiqueenbaileybuilds5782 7 жыл бұрын

Valerie Wood SAME

@MrMrsboo 8 жыл бұрын

hopefully this house has found someone who will love and cherish it after all your hard work, hats off to you all. 🎩

@ahoardersheart 5 жыл бұрын

I know people see a horrible mess...I see a person who was struggling mentally...who was trapped in their mind of holding onto everything for security...overwhelmed & full of anxiety. I will find healing for my hoarding & everyone else affect by it ❤️

@flamingflamingo5932 3 жыл бұрын

@CasiodorusRex 8 жыл бұрын

Nah, those floors weren't salvageable. I bet those cats pissed down to the sub floor. You just went the cheap route and sanded the best you could and put a dark stain over them rather than replace them.

@tintedheart8638 8 жыл бұрын

then use ur own monry for those floors

@ShadowAspect_ 7 жыл бұрын

People who are allergic to cats are allergic to their saliva and urine. Someone with serious vat allergies could get sick from living in there. Also any cat in future may smell the urine (undetectable to us), and start peeing to mark its territory.

@Sharon-pb7so 7 жыл бұрын

babyparabola Your are exactly right. I'd never want to own that home just because of the wood floors. Cat pee seeped into the cracks in that floor, I guarantee you. A new cat or dog in that house will pee on that floor.

@b_uppy 7 жыл бұрын

babyparabola Normally after it has been DRIED for 6 weeks the cat smell will dissipate. An enzymatic cleaner like Kids And Pets used liberally would help also. Prepping and painting the walls will remove allergens from the walls. Stripping, cleaning and resurfacing the floor with polyurethane will seal out smells and remove allergens also. Problems with cats come when using materials like carpeting and textured wallpapers which are harder to successfully clean.

@thefemalien7764 6 жыл бұрын

Sharon Martin That would mean my new cats would pee in my house everytime too as I'm sure they could smell a different cat had previously been there. None of them did, even when one of my cats sometimes and very rarely had a little accident.

@dayanagonzalezrealtor6441 8 жыл бұрын

Omg I find your job so relaxing, cleaning everything and making everything beautiful again. How can people get so sick that they don't feel the stench of a dead cat, how can they live like this?

@BitterBetty76 7 жыл бұрын

Diana Gonzalez Mental illness left unchecked will make you feel ok with whatever. Trust me. I used to be a hoarder and no one chooses it. I lost both my mom and my grandma within a year and a half of each other, on top of a lifelong deep sadness ... it was years of damage and constantly clawing my way out of my own mind. Having a house fire, losing our pets, pictures and important documents, *everything* was awful. Getting medicated, in therapy, and our house rebuilt helped me learn to deal with life (and the people in it) in healthier ways.

@breannem2109 7 жыл бұрын

Ella Hollingsworth im so happy for you!! :) that's proof things get better. i wish you the best of luck

@hallnoats4ever942 7 жыл бұрын

Diana Gonzalez that was the worst after video ever

@shirleymiller3792 5 жыл бұрын

@loutenant2817 5 жыл бұрын

E. Green I'm glad you got help. I used to be a cat hoarder. Tiny camper, about 11 cats. I have 3 now. Had to give the rest away.

@pabriny 6 жыл бұрын

I'm addicted to hoarders homes before and after transformations. I don't know why it fascinates me.

@BustedCribs 4 жыл бұрын

We've flipped a hoarder house so we know the difficulty it is working on it! However, it's so satisfying flipping it and getting it livable and breathing life into the home again. It's looking totally different already!

@angelatramontana440 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work. You also talked in a compassionate manner about the previous owner, Shows great kindness.

@DavidLopanjr 8 жыл бұрын

OK. Add this to the list of jobs I will never do.

@Nessal83 8 жыл бұрын

Man, that's bad. The worst that I have had is some tenant that took one of the interior doors off to use as firewood.

@shammydammy2610 7 жыл бұрын

A former boss of mine bought a house where the previous owner had used the back staircase as firewood so, yeah....

@b_uppy 7 жыл бұрын

shammy dammy WHAT THE HECK!

@shammydammy2610 7 жыл бұрын

Yep. The house had two staircases, and during a bad winter the previous homeowner couldn't afford heating oil, he took apart the back staircase and burned it for fuel.

@I_Queen_Aries_I 7 жыл бұрын

shammy dammy I don't know why, first I laughed at burning the door, but actually both stories are very sad:/:(

@shammydammy2610 7 жыл бұрын

It is very sad, yes.

@southsoundhomepros861 Жыл бұрын

Oh, those poor cats. I hope they finally got a home that could care for and love them

@shygirl2115 5 жыл бұрын

They did a good job but the sad part about it is that they are going to sell it to some poor soul who won’t be aware of what they are getting. Smh

@marieslabbert6009 4 жыл бұрын

What they are getting is an almost brand new house!

@shygirl2115 4 жыл бұрын

Marie Slabbert I wouldn’t want it and I’m sure that I’m not alone. 🤨

@Kat-qr7hv 4 жыл бұрын

shygirl2115 why though? It’s a perfectly good house once all the repairs are done? It’s most likely in better shape than most houses because everything has been redone

@sallymay3643 5 жыл бұрын

I can c hoarding things of value but Y would any 1 hoard trash. A friend asked me 2 help clean her aunts house 4 $100 so I cleaned a house like that. Not with a broom & dust pan but a shovel & rake. The first thing I did was pick up & removing all the trash. Suddenly after 13 huge leaf trash bags full of garbage I finaly was able 2 c a floor. As I was cleaning I started 2 feel depressed & hopeless I kept slipping, falling, things would fall on me. Mice & mice poop was every where. I could feel the stench sticking 2 my hair & body. I was able 2 clean out the kitchen & the living room. My body ached I felt filthy, eghusted & a bit sick. That day I drug out 27 huge bags of trash. I planned on going back the next day & doing more cleaning. My friend called that eveing & said her aunt accused me of stealing from her & wasnt going 2 pay me any thing. Her aunt hauled the 27 bags of trash back in the house. She said she wanted 2 look thru them & c if I thru out things she may have wanted. 2 this day my friend says the 27 huge trash bags r still setting piled up by the front door & r covered up with more trash. How could any 1 live in 3 ft, deep of trash. I think they have a delusion of thinking there r things of value mixed in with the junk & trash. Wow I really feel better just getting that off my chest.

@funnyanimalshorts643 5 жыл бұрын

@ no she didn't get paid. Her friend was the one who invited her to do the job so if her aunt wasn't going to pay, she should have paid. Shame on them both for not paying you.

@Baker8aker 5 жыл бұрын

That is absolutely awful if I were your friend I would have paid you double out of my own pocket just for dealing with it at all.

@crzycatladie 5 жыл бұрын

I would have busted out a couple of her windows and punched my friend in the face if I did all that and didn't get paid

@alinamazur-wolski7895 4 жыл бұрын

Sally May ...Your friend aunt is probably mentally sick. This is hoarding- mental disorder.It is very hard to work with them.They need to go for therapy ... and than start the cleaning.Cognitive behavioral therapy and probably other treatments and therapy’s . She maybe has some dementia too (accusation about stealing ). Hoarding comes usually with others disorders. I just try to help. Read about this, on internet is a lot. I’m sorry for what happened to you. It is better not to work with hoarders, specialist know better how to handle them. This way people are paid etc. You and your friend didn’t know that perhaps ? The best wishes for you.

@j.lietka9406 4 жыл бұрын

Sally May sally, hi if you find cellphones, tablets, or laptops, let me know! thank you 🌹❤

@XxReedahxX 8 жыл бұрын

what an amazing transformation. awesome work 👏🏽👍🏽

@lambchop206 7 жыл бұрын

wow i was hired to do that a few years back, clean after a hoarder passed away. we cleaned it, resurfaced it, and saved it from demo. the house sold for a nice price. NOT an easy job! and even tho we wore PPE equipment, had to burn the clothes afterward.

@retchbill2968 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are like artist, creating something beautiful again

@marieslabbert6009 4 жыл бұрын

You did an excellent job. The place looks unrecognisable from the previous filth!

@CeaselessSlinky 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing work. Surprised you could undo the mess the barbarian made of the house without having to bulldoze the entire property and rebuild.

@reneep9968 7 жыл бұрын

OMGOODNESS! To say you saw a diamond in the "rough" is an understatement! But you definitely do an excellent job!

@olive3700 8 жыл бұрын

The video would have been so much better if it had started two days earlier and finished two days later.

@getitdonewithsiobhan 6 жыл бұрын

You and your team did an incredible job!! I’m glad the floors were salvageable, that saved you a ton of money. 😃

@pammyla66 7 жыл бұрын

you did a beautiful job on that house

@Vinny_chic 7 жыл бұрын

This is almost miraculous... My goodness... Wow! Well done for managing to make a decent home of that heaping mess. I can't understand how people can live like that.

@laylamoore3185 7 жыл бұрын

that basement was everything!!

@connierobinson62 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry if u didn't replace the floors. Good luck with that. THE SMELL WILL COME BACK

@Kat-qr7hv 4 жыл бұрын

Not if the proper treatment was used

@chrisrush3513 5 жыл бұрын

Currently doing my future mother-in-law's house. Essentially the house has become a 2500sq ft. storage unit/dumpster, it is also a mobile home built in the 1970s, which in my personal opinion, isn't worth fooling with, I suggested bulldozing and putting a 800sq ft singlewide in, they're in their late 70s and there's no need for a huge place to live. Luckily for us she is rehabbing in a rest home after a knee replacement, so far we have hauled out about 25 55g bags of trash, junk, rat poop, etc. We are using the forgiveness is easier than permission method, sadly both my better half and I work full time jobs, so we work 2-3 hours an evening and work on the weekends, time is starting to run short, so we have to work fast before she comes back and literally halts us. We have salvaged items of value and plan to have a yard sale in the future, but the original curtains, carpets, even the furniture is leaving and never coming back...and this is just the living room. We wear gloves and respirators too, breathing normally makes your sinuses burn!

@lhasaapso3360 5 жыл бұрын

The number one thing I would advise anyone looking to buy a home [unless you are buying a fixer upper] ... ask about the wiring first, then any renovations, mold inspections, radon, etc. Ask to see if everything is up to code. If the realtor is really willing to sell you that home, they will provide the paperwork giving dates of work done and inspection certificates for all of it. You are entitled to it by law. I know this is important, because I bought a home with a lot of hidden problems ... eventually and unfortunately, it took an electrical fire to make me a believer.

@christyrodriguez2194 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing transformation

@einsteinwoman 8 жыл бұрын

Great job! May I ask, how did you get the urine and feces smell out of the wood floors? Doesn't it soak in? Don't the smells seep back up? Thanks, Linda

@nomnomnomzombie6075 7 жыл бұрын

I had this problem we sanded and varnished the floor many times and eventually the smell went away replaced with a varnish smell lol

@Sharon-pb7so 7 жыл бұрын

Anson Property Group LLC I bet on a hot humid day the cat pee smell returns.

@twalsh1801 6 жыл бұрын

humid hard to come by in denver

@lifesuchasthis3932 4 жыл бұрын

Omg It looked beautiful after you cleaned and fixed it

@MrTBoneMalone 4 жыл бұрын

Kilz is an amazing product. I've been through something similar with a home I purchased. The smell of urine from previous owners pets was unbearable in one of the rooms. All I could do is run into the room, open the windows and run back out. Two days later, I pulled up all the carpet and painted the floor and up the walls. It completely seals everything up and the smell is gone.

@dkerris 7 жыл бұрын

Now I know, I'm just a pack-rat. I feel better. But my next extra day off, there are some boxes that are going bye-bye in the dumpster.

@Aliff_Klg 5 жыл бұрын

Have you clear it after one year?

@deettekearns9092 7 жыл бұрын

Just curious, why didn’t you knock the walls down in the basement to make one big room? It’s a great space that would have benefited as a family room.

@TheresaTV1 5 жыл бұрын

If they are load-bearing walls, it would be too expensive. You'd have to put up beams and posts to support the load of the house above if you take down the walls.

@Fartdemon 8 жыл бұрын

Great video! Wish there was more footage, would have liked to see the hoard at full force

@tylerweinrich9136 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome work. Looks like it was not easy to get that thing clean. Can't believe it took 9 dumpsters haha

@gamingwitharicca_neddy7019 8 жыл бұрын

you guys did a GREAT job!!!

@stefankurlak9556 5 жыл бұрын

Fascinating.... makes for good tv . I can’t believe that some people live like that .

@michelemichele8163 6 жыл бұрын

You all did a great job here I too have cleaned many hoarder places

@kompshi 8 жыл бұрын

thanks for the video....great job removing and refurbishing the place.......looks like a new lease of life to the house.

@simoneblue1263 6 жыл бұрын

Looks great never imagined it would look this good

@southsoundhomepros861 Жыл бұрын

Nice job on the flip. Well done!

@Wysiwyg43 8 жыл бұрын

Wonderful~Old disasters refurbished and renewed... like me! LOL

@azhybrid5271 7 жыл бұрын

WOW bro! That looks incredible! The kitchen I would have completely gutted and made a epic stellar white design with a touch of industrial. Go back and remodel the kitchen before you sell. Seriously truth be told I hope the prior owners are in a mental institute for what they did to that house, if they did not they will continue destroying homes making other people lives miserable. Well done Anson!

@lennywinbox1734 4 жыл бұрын

well God bless those workers, to endure that wretched mess!

@jillianwilliam7386 6 жыл бұрын

Disgusting how do people live with so much of filth ...around them...Awesome job done with the clean up

@reversalqueen9506 5 жыл бұрын

I need this fixer upper for my mom apartment Lord you did a good job.

@kittyrichardson68 5 жыл бұрын

I think I would take one look and just want to burn it down. I know that is not practical but I think that people who clean this up should get a lot of praise. I am messing but no way am I anything like what this was like to start. I most likely would have thrown up. Would love to see it when your finished.

@vigerminaberrios4116 5 жыл бұрын

Wow it looks so pretty after the cleaning and painting etc.

@christinascleaning 6 жыл бұрын

cant even tell its the same house!! Great Job God Bless

@jfxcanadajeffchannel 7 жыл бұрын

great work on the house, but that is still nasty. thanks for making the video , loved the before and after 👌

@ladyhempstermacrame8626 7 жыл бұрын

I don't know why you just didn't bulldoze it! That was seriously nasty! But kudos to you for the hard work you put into it!! It looks lovely now!

@disruptdust 7 жыл бұрын

what a beautiful home afterward! love those floors. was there any sort of health standard to make sure everything was properly sanitized after that mess? i hope that woman got help. hoarding is a dreadful disease.

@j.lietka9406 4 жыл бұрын

kilz-great choice! the wood floor came out beautiful! when you go to clean out houses or offices, if you find cellphones, tablets or laptops, let me know! thank you

@christinabrisco8525 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing job. I love the things you did to this home.

@saturniiina 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing job, guys! You make miracles happen! 😉

@chemelilm9513 8 жыл бұрын

Omg you did such a good work!! Speechless

@lakshmimuralidharan8294 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for cleaning! Blessings to you!

@carolynjohnson668 6 жыл бұрын

You guys did a nice job! It looks good!

@justwazz1262 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, Amazing .. good job, what you do is just amazing! God bless you

@JazmyneDrakeford 6 жыл бұрын

why is every hoarder a cat owner lol....but like multiple cats

@popularmmosfan493 6 жыл бұрын

Jazmyne Drakeford.... I have no cats D:

@Old.Cat. 6 жыл бұрын

Cat > toxoplasmosis > psychiatric disorders > schizophrenia or toxoplasmic encephalitis, abnormal social behavior: hoarding disorder etc. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035534/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279881/

@LORICY1966 7 жыл бұрын

Omg what a difference. Love it. Great job guys.

@user-pt2hi7xm7r 6 жыл бұрын

How much does it cost to clean up a house like that? I've always wondered this when I see Horder reality TV shows.

@johnn8977 6 жыл бұрын

Great to see video of the example in your book. Love your book!

@dangerouslady9736 7 жыл бұрын

what's the difference between hoarding and being nasty?

@MeghanBlondie199416 7 жыл бұрын

Dangerous Lady this isn't hoarding. Hoarders pack rooms full of things that could be of use, this is ALL trash and literal shit.

@azhybrid5271 7 жыл бұрын

Meghan Murray Exactly! These previous owners were Ghetto to the 80th power!!! Nasty filthy people like that do not deserve to live in beautiful inhabitable homes because they are too mentally deranged and unhealthy to know what's good for them! Sorry but a mental institution is sometimes the answer!

@Landrar 7 жыл бұрын

Dangerous Lady Hoarding is a mental condition. When you watch a hoarders reaction to literal trash being carried away, they are filled with anxiety and losing their shit. No hoarder would leave this much stuff behind if they could keep from it. This just looks like a nasty tennant.

@humasaraafsar8955 7 жыл бұрын

+AZ Hybrid ' turn ' 0ojooo0

@LeDubKitty 7 жыл бұрын

Meghan Murray I cleaned a hoarders house that was filled with trash. It was just clean trash and had its place packed nicely in the corner.

@blessedbabe8318 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome job . You would never know!!!

@80sgirl96 7 жыл бұрын

I love Befores and Afters, even if most of the befores are so damn depressing.

@frankiechong3819 6 жыл бұрын

This is deeply deeply inspiring. I am going to clean my house now.

@richairsoft4422 7 жыл бұрын

ok everytime i think my room is messy i watch these videos and they make me gag

@stonerjayboysjb190 4 жыл бұрын

The after doesn’t look that good but compared to the before it is godly

@shayshay5694 7 жыл бұрын

You guys did a beautiful job!!

@discmotoslots 4 жыл бұрын

these types of stories are baffling to a sane person. Nice work on the clean up. By the looks of it before the clean up I imagine you are vastly underpaid for what you do!

@felicia9321 7 жыл бұрын

wow...but yeah i would def have to rip up the floors. don't matter if they were savable or not. i could not in my mind walk on that floor barefoot with out thinking about the condition of that house and the pee and poop and dead cat in there. no

@Blahblahblah769 9 жыл бұрын

Wow excellent job!!!

@gigglyfitzgirl 8 жыл бұрын

Wow! Fantastic job 👏👏👏

@risquecat 8 жыл бұрын

How much was the total in repairs including labor?

@xiomarapolanco1273 3 жыл бұрын

Great job !!! Best of luck !!! 👍👍

@huckster66 8 жыл бұрын

GREAT JOB! Wish my house looks as nice as your house AFTER rehab.

@lucyd5592 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible! Great job guys!

@mariekatherine5238 6 жыл бұрын

Hoarders ruined my aunt's rental house. She evicted them and had to spend $80,000 to fix the place. They found four cat carcasses. Only way to recoup her loss was to entirely renovate and sell the place.

@ah5721 7 жыл бұрын

Good grief! So gross! Hope all the mold was properly killed. It's amazing what you guys did with the place.

@valeriebenson2361 7 жыл бұрын

you guys did a great job.

@sarahriggins7988 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome job guys!

@arlessadouglass4428 6 жыл бұрын

This is amazing work!!!!!!!! Keep up the great work!!!!

@scootergreen3 7 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable! The thing is on an old house even after it's fixed up can you really get the bugs out? I mean crawling bugs. Bugs seem to get in old houses much easier than on new houses.