After watching your video my Husband and I got up from the sofa, made the bed, swept the hard floors, rinsed the dishes and started the dishwasher, vacuumed the carpets and started the a load of laundry. Now I am back here at the computer to let you know that your working does motivate. Thank you.

"My intentions are not to clean the walls". Proceeds to clean the walls better than I have ever cleaned any wall, ever.

The sheer amount of physical labor this takes is daunting. We're about to start a similar project, so really appreciate the tips. I will say, for those who "don't understand how someone could live like this"... No one ever thinks this could happen to them. Circumstances pile up. it's a series of little things... and often people are too proud to ask for help, and/or have mental health challenges that prevent them. A little compassion goes a long way, and if you have elderly folks in your life, or someone you know might be struggling... Look in on them. Ask how you can help. It's no one's job to take on someone else's "hoarding" problem- their problems might just be too big for you to help, and that's ok. But you'd be amazed how much you can help by just offering an afternoon of assistance, whatever you're able to do. We had a dear friend come a few hours a day for about a week and help us clear the rubbish from our porch into a dumpster, and what a huge difference! Sometimes a little help can make a real impact on someone's life.

As soon as I finished your video, I got up and washed my living room windows. Thanks for the nudge!

I have always admired cleaners who clean up after hoarders. Now I am in awe.

This home really looks like it actually has a lot of character. I hope it can be fixed up and salvaged. Thank you for what you do! 😊

The bullet hole in the door was the real highlight...

Oh man, I used to refinish hard wood floors and this is driving my OCD nuts. I'd love to get a drum sander in that floor.

I love transformation videos of all kinds - furniture, hair, clothing, home decor, home renovation, tools, dirty rugs, landscaping, cleaning... It's so satisfying to watch.

I would have never thought to use a carpet shampooer on hardwoods! Genius idea! I would have loved to see how dirty the water was you poured out! You really are an inspiration and model selfless service.

You could not pay me enough to do that job. I am glad there are people with the patience, competence, and diligence like you in this world.

Old trick I was taught years ago was to take sawdust/small shavings and add a little water. Thoroughly mix until it has an even damp consistency. Throw around the floor and start sweeping. This will cut down on the airborne dust and help prewash the floor.

My dad and I just finished refurbishing an old hoarder’s house, and I thought it was bad, but it was nothing compared to this! This house looks crazy nasty, but it’s nice to see some of its original character shine through once the grime and years of abuse are peeled away. Awesome job!

i know music isn't your thing anymore, but i enjoyed this funky elevator music. Definitely kept this on a loop while i was working today!

Just stumbled across your video. A lot of people need to see this not for the floors and walls, but for what honest hard work can do. Bravo sir ✌🏾

You don’t know how much you motivate your viewers because seeing results is so satisfying and calming! We love you, but prefer your narration. Best part of your videos is your humor!

Liquid Gold is amazing for wood. I've seen it bring back the worst of cabinets. It shows here how really stained the floors are. Great job!

My best friend is autistic. I love how methodical you approach things. How logic is used for everything. It’s not a handicap, it’s a gift. 😀🤷‍♀️❤

Remarkable transformation. A lot of work and time involved. At some point in the future, the hardwood floors will need to be refinished. The wood needs to be sanded, sealed, and varnished.

Fantastic floor transformation! I hope they can send them down and refinish them. I love hard wood floors.

Wow! 3 weeks ago you were pretty happy you had just hit 12,000 subs, and now you are over 30k in just 3 weeks!! I can see why. You are truly great at this, the voice overs and editing are great! The content is also great!

I'm thinking about buying a cheap house that needs a LOT of tlc and was really concerned with having to pay tons of money I don't really have to have work done on the horribleness of the wood floors or replace them. I can definitely try this first! Thank you so much!!! Your hard work completely changed this room and gave me hope! Great job! 😌

The bullet hole through the inside door and out through the screen door looks to be about a .45 caliber, a nice homey decor touch.

What a lovely old home. Hope it gets loved in the future. Thanks for helping it.

This series has been amazing to watch. You really managed to transform these spaces with a minimal amount of products but a lot of elbow grease. This house looks like it was actually well built, and was quite stylish many many years ago. Hope the owners can transform it so it can be a home again.

I love watching him clean kitchen sinks and stoves, he makes them look brand new!!! It’s amazing!

OOf. I encountered a LOT of homes like this back when I did home cleaning in rural Minnesota. All those black stains can come up with concentrated peroxide. It's best done when it's warm out though. It can also do wonders on nicotine/tar covered walls. These floors need a good sanding and refinishing anyhow. Great job overall. 😉👍 (If you are considering using peroxide you can usually pick up gallon jugs of it at beauty salons or off of good old Amazon. It comes as a cream so it stays in place for the most part. Make sure you have a respirator though. It's a super oxidant so it can cause off gassing.)

I cannot even imagine the amount of patience it took to do this!!

I cleaned an apartment with nicotine stained walls. Someone told me to spray with bathroom scrubbing bubbles foam, let it set, then use sponge mop or squeegee to remove ( staring at ceiling and dragging to floor). That process was quick and took much of the nastiness off. Of course, needed to be wiped down a couple more times but made it much easier.

There is a reason I over clean my home. Thank you for helping those who need help.

It’s amazing how the clean walls and doors look so much better. If you can’t afford paint-and it ain’t cheap-you can make things so much better just cleaning.

This is extremely satisfying, watching you work. For anyone who may watch this and need to clean exceedingly gunned up wood floors, I just happened to see a video where a refinisher used oven cleaner to remove shellac hand gunk from a piece of furniture. It works. Would certainly be useful in situations like this. Using the carpet shampooer is an excellent idea for rinsing.

So satisfying! You are that house's hero. Would you please encourage the homeowner to do KZfaq videos of the renovation of the house and send the link to you so we can see the progress on that house? That would also be very satisfying.

My grandson is 3 years old and autistic. He is high functioning but was non verbal. He is in a new specialized preschool taught by speech therapist and it is amazing after just 5 weeks and so much he can say now!

As an autistic (neurodiverse) person, this is the perfect job for some of us. I clean part time also, thanks for sharing tips and tricks!

Whatever you were paid was NOT enough.

I just stumbled upon one of your videos for the kitchen area. And I just got hooked. The work you do is outstanding and you have a great heart helping folks out. You just gained a new subscriber here!

It was so crazy seeing how much you swept that floor and more dust would just fly up, it seemed never ending. The before and after look really amazing it's impressive how much you could do to restore the place. Amazing job as always!

Big respect, I would not have been able to stand in that dust for more than 5 minutes.

Hold up! I'm sorry, but is that a BULLET HOLE going through that guys front door? WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS HOUSE?!!😵

I can just "smell" the improvement from these floors being scrubbed! You did an amazing job!

A lot of people as they remodel an old home are stunned to find fine hardwood flooring under linoleum. OR, A finely crafted fireplace mantle boxed over with plywood & painted. Or a false wall covering a door to a stairway leading to a 3rd floor with some nice unused bedrooms up there. !

You did a great job here. You're viewership is more than the 12K you mentioned, btw. I would love to see those floors completely stripped down, sanded and refinished. I'm a sucker for hardwood floors.

People use the phrase, "A labor of love." That does not even begin to describe what you do. May God bless you abundantly!

Well done sir! I have to admit, I was hoping to see the floors refinished. Thank you again for saving this home.

Really cool that you went the extra mile and gave the windows and so on a once-over. Yeah, it makes sense to get any loose dirt off because it'll fall to the floor, but you definitely went beyond just that. I hope the new owners got some proper treatment for that floor and varnished it so your work didn't go to waste!

It’s similar to painting restoration. You have to get the grime off before you repair damage and refinish. If someone tried to sand those floors down before, all the grime would just gunk up the sand paper.

You are a wonderful human being and the world would be so much better if we were all like you, well done 👍

I think the only hope for that hardwood floor is to pick the darkest patch, and just stain the WHOLE thing to match it ! I don't think sanding it would ever get those stains out completely. :(

It's insane how deligent and organized you are at taking care of your customers! Job well done - very impressive!

If i bought this home post cleanup/refurbishment/flip, whaichever, i would never want to see the before. Id never lose it from my minds eye. Wonderful job.

That poor house. Really nice and the front door almost glows now. Thank you for the voiceover explanations!

If this house - being so nicely cleaned - could smile ? I bet it would. :)

what a difference! I'm sure walking through there feels miles better already.

I have found that on floors as dirty as this using dawn on them for the first nasty sticky and grimy layers does a wonderful job at breaking down the yuck. You do a wonderful job at explaining all your steps and reasons. It is a great platform for people that are new to trying their hand at DIY projects.

And on that note I'm motivated to clean again 😂

You do such great work, it’s inspiring to watch. I’m really enjoying this hoarder house series 😊

Wow that was a lot of work, but what an amazing transformation! Well done Adam, and congrats on your growing sub count!😊👏👏👏

Thanks for doing this as a separate video and including all the tips!!!

I thought the whole time you were going to sand and refinish that floor and kept wondering how you could put down oils and still get a finish to stick. Now I see what you’re doing, what a transformation!!!

This has got to be one of my favourite videos of yours you worked nothing short of a miracle on that room the floors looked so much better I hope someone was able to come in and do the next step of sanding them down and restaining them a darker colour to further remove the evidence of damage

Awesome transformation on that floor, I am always amazed at just how resilient hardwood flooring can be. I bet with a good sanding and refinishing they would look even better.

WOW incredible! I would have thought it NEEDED restoration! Beautiful!!

I’m pretty sure I’ll be recording the massive crazy clean up of my parents’ house this summer. Thanks for showing me how to do the hardcore disinfection of the floors (30 years of incompetently cleaned drain backups in the basement). You are very inspirational.

“You done been told son” literally died lol. Great job!!

Love the music you play with your cleaning! I also think it's awesome that you help people out with cleaning these homes because you can make a KZfaq on anything, but this is your passion. 😊 From 12thousand subscribers to 16.2thousand!

Excellent. Never seen this type of work before. For older homes… if you’re going to do it- do it right like this gentleman! Thank You!

what a shame that wood floor must have been beautiful at one time. so hard to get all that dirt up. Thank you for helping there.

I didn't know that to clean a difficult house could have crossover techniques to detailing normal or trashed cars. Thank you for doing the work so that paint will be able to stick to walls, the floors are renewed, etc. Good eye for catching details, a lot of persistence and good thought in your work.

That was a great idea to use the carpet cleaner to rinse the floor

The difference in the doors you cleaned showed up "holy crap" on camera, too! Amazing job!

Your hard work is showing that this darling little home can be salvaged. After your cleaning you can absolutely see the potential in this home. Beautiful job

I'm learning so many ways to tackle the worse kind of grime watching you. Ty for sharing! Wonder if the homeowner would let us see the completed "after"? We're kind of invested in seeing it through.

I really enjoy your videos - very satisfying to watch the transformation. It took me several minutes to realize this was the same house as the kitchen I saw you clean up in another video.

I just found this channel last night. I love it. The music is great, his time lapse of the clean up is so relaxing. He motivates me.

Smart use of the carpet cleaner. I do the same on my kitchen and mud room floors. They’re both textured so I use a scrubber/buffer machine to saturate the floors with cleaner and scrub at the same time. Once that’s done, I go back over everything with the carpet cleaner to suck up all the liquid. Works great.

Wow! What a transformaation! You are an angel for putting in so much effort into that for free! The polishing in the end really got me.

grandma Rose here l love watching you as it motivates me and it isn't about the cleaning as much as the organizing my kids always teased me about putting me on the hoarder show but can't because l was a neat hoarder lol well at almost 70 yr and all my ailments which l know is me abusing my body in my youth due to washing floors on my knees and working jobs most men did as in heavy and lifting and moving etc l sometimes had 2 jobs raising my kids plus home and people would say you could eat off my floors so l always was proud of that with 5 kids and no monetary or emotional or any support of any kind l am proud of me but watching you reach those high places with ease makes me so envious lol anyways dear love your show and suck it LMAO thank you for making my days.....

Omg when he said 5 hours my heart skipped a beat 🫀

So glad I stumbled upon this video! We sadly have floors similar to this. Part was ripped up with carpet and badly stained. The other part used to be good but we had a litter of pups in early winter so we had to do what we could inside. Needless to say, after the pups left we cleaned as best as we could but obviously the stains remain. Additionally being a multi dog household, we recently experienced very wet/muddy weather that you could barely keep up with mopping. There’s a lot of debris on the floor that I have been struggling to clean up with traditional mopping. I have the exact same carpet cleaner and a bio enzyme floor cleaner that works wonders. I will have to try this cleaning/rinsing method on occasion until we have funds saved up to lay vinyl laminate over the floors.

Wonderful work. Looks like the floor is salvageable, unusual with hoarding. Thanks!

Wow! My garage floor is cleaner than those floors 😮. In fact I think my chicken coop floors are cleaner! It’s heartbreaking to think how bad it must have been to live in that! I can only imagine how unwell a person would have to be to allow their surroundings to decay to such a degree! And that bullet hole in the door 🫣 much much respect for the work that you do ❤ it’s amazing! Thank God there are still hard work selfless people out there who take on the impossible 😊

Wow! I just found your channel and love your content! In 2017 my husband and I bought a house that had been hoarded and we had to do tons of work to it, but one thing the seller did was refinish the hardwood before listing it. After watching you do this, I am so so grateful they did. Just tearing out carpet, scrubbing, and putting kilz on the floors and walls was plenty enough. Good job!! I’m amazed at the transformation!

They could sand the floors down and restain and seal the wood floors. You did an amazing job!

Very interesting way to take care of the grimy floor. Looks worlds different now! I know it had to take you a long time to get it to that point, floor scrubbing done right takes time. Amazing job! I just purchased a home that was smoked in for 50 years. I paid below-market value because of a few things, however it was still in great condition. It smelled terribly of smoke and everything you touched was covered with sticky nicotine and tar buildup. We started with the paneling, pulled it all down and burned it. We scrubbed the floor, no where near as bad as what you had to clean. Funny, we did it almost the way you had done, using Murphy's Oil Soap and the same red handle brush from Walmart. We slop mopped it, then scrubbed, then came back over it again with fresh Murphy's, and it looked amazing. We used an entire bottle on all the floors. Since we pulled the paneling down, the baseboards had to be removed. Some of the boards broke upon removal and had to replace them with a new style. Luckily I was able to salvage 75% of the old stuff. I made a bunch of repairs in the closets and the dining room. Since these were off-the-walls, I scrubbed them at the sink with Murphy's. Lots of spares to repair to use for repair in the bedrooms. I scrubbed down all the walls using Pin-Sole, and that was the absolute most discussing thing ever. I had my buddy's brother professionally paint every room, using high quality primer and paint from Sherwin Williams. Sunday, I scrubbed down the yellow window frames, now they look gleaming white! I still have to clean the glass because I ran out of time. Today, the hard wood floors have been sanded down and will be finished with new stain! I still need to remove and replace all the light fixtures, wall receptacles, and light switches (yellow and sticky from 50 years of smoke damage). It's a lot of work, but I'm almost to the point where I can begin packing and moving in. Thanks for sharing this progress, it's been motivating!

After watching your video, i started to smell my stink, and paused the video, went into the shower, scrubbed myself making sure 5 layers of skin got out of the way to achieve maximum hygene, and just got back to let you know, it hurts! ❤

I've been binge watching your videos. I really enjoy them because you are kind and conscientious. I also appreciate the upbeat yet mellow music. Some other channels use music that can become grating after a while. So thanks 🌹

Man, I'm amazed you were actually even able to DO this, that's darn impressive! I'd have immediately been reaching for the drum sander and dust extractor.

Hoarding is one of those mental illnesses not talked about enough!!! It can’t be ignored!!😢😢

What a huge transformation.

I love how you describe what your doing as you go. And the carpet cleaner for sucking up nasty water on wood floors is genius!

Nothing makes you clean more and faster than a hoard clean!!!!!! Great job, beautiful floor!!!!!

Great job! You’re one of my favorite channels to watch. Looking forward to the next one.

Glad to see you remembered gloves and a mask this time!!

I love the first song you used for the timelapse.

Every post in the war on entropy is honorable. Great work, sir.

I am inspired by you using the plastic broom thing to clean the floor as I am in a wheelchair and can’t get down on my hands and knees. So thank you for that

I used to work for cleaning company mainly doing windows, gutters power washing, wall washing, floors. On wall washing jobs we would use our window mops which are sleeves on t handles. For light cleanings we would use TSP and hot water and cold straight water for rinsing. On heavier cleanings we would use TSP and borax in hot water.

Wow! That was a ton of work. You did a great job. I like when you talk and explain your process.

I have found that Awesome works great on walls (and lots of other surfaces). I mix about 1/3 to 1/2 Awesome and then fill with water. I usually use a 1-gallon garden sprayer for big jobs like walls and a spray bottle for smaller jobs. I thoroughly spray an area from ceiling to floor about 4 feet wide. I use old towels to catch the excess and prevent soggy carpet. I use a Mr. Clean sponge mop and a bucket of water. Then scrub and rinse. Awesome is also very good for cleaning really greasy, sticky or gross light fixture covers, glass knick-knacks, etc. I put the items in the kitchen sink, bathtub or outside and spray them down, wait a couple of minutes and rinse. Usually there's no scrubbing involved.