How long had she been taping stuff? If she had been taping anything before 1982 or so, they should NEVER have thrown away those tapes, they could have been throwing away the last existing copy of a show that a network or syndicator erased or lost.
Watching videos like this & the two hoarding shows has opened my eyes & I have been taking steps to rid my house of unecessary items, duplicate and unwanted items. I don't want to leave this for my four children to have to deal with after my husband & I are gone. I keep occasion cards and letters as well as what-nots given to me by the children but, items I bought at garage sales and thrift stores have returned there. I'm 58 and smarter with a cleaner house.
I was forced to move back home with my mother because she got really sick and suffered from a neurological disorder that left her pretty much unable to walk and incontinent.
It took me weeks to clean up the place of junk, but there was still tons of boxes of unopened appliance and gifts.
Now the house looks like someone robbed walmart, there is room now to move around freely, but the new stuff she refuses to sell or USE because of sentimental value.
why do people do this, and how do they live in such a cluttered space, its gross, where do you put all your stuff like a bed, a car, food, appliances, and how would they have the space to use it
How did the assisted living go? My husband is an only child and his mother is a hoarder and will turn 81 in March 2010. Still pays her own bills, etc. but declining slowly due to dementia. I see Assisted living as a real obstacle. Really? how did you get her to agree?
Oh, she was NOT happy about it. Her four children pretty much had to just move here there, I think they let her think it was temporary. It had to be done for her own safety. She is 82, and in severely declining health. The pathways would not have accommodated either a walker or wheelchair. We had no idea where she could be sleeping, because all beds and surfaces were buried. For years, if you picked her up, she met you at the door.
Continued: Only because a granddaughter was allowed entry to use the bathroom, was the severity discovered. It was horrible. Good luck to you and your husband. If you end up having to do it yourself, wear face masks - 20 years of dirt, dust, mouse turds, etc. has taken its toll on all of us, and we had to do it in 90+ degree weather with no fans or cooling. Ugh.
The clean-up looks great. I have a question though. What happened to the video tapes? People still use those. I hope they didn't wind up in a landfill. They could be recycled I'm sure as could the batteries.
Well, the hoarder didn't really let it go. Her children were forced to put her in assisted living as she could no longer care for herself and was in danger of dying in that house. She continues to hoard, but on a much smaller basis in a small studio apartment. It really was a horrible job and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. At least now the Hoarders show is bringing some attention to just how many of them are out there. Scary.
LOL! Well, unless you count his big bag of drive-thru catsup, mayo, & taco sauce packets, etc., no, he's fairly normal. (I hear his siblings & children laughing) I believe it is genetic. His mother's sibs have tendencies, as do their children, etc. Either genetic or learned behavior, I'm not sure.
So your hubby's kids don't show the tendencies yet?Its probably both when you consider the genes and behavior.I used to have a neat house but not the last 15 years,sigh.This house is bigger,nicer and has too much stuff /furniture etc.Being on here is more fun than cleaning.I am slowly starting to get rid of stuff,its gonna take us awhile.
I understand hoarding as a illness. Everycase is different and I watch in awe and amazement. In your case can you say why the VHS tapes in particular? I loved the boxes of batteries. With A&E brodcasting this shit maybe these people will be elevated to the status of rock stars. World tours were there on stage with all their shit to be be stared at in wonder and awe, LOL. Love the vid, and the humor
It's great how you did this with such good humor. It's amazing to hear just how many people and their families are affected by this disorder. Great video!
My mom and dads house looks just like this. I have tried to "clean it" several times, only to return and find it worse than before. They both are late 70's and I am sure the day is fast approaching when I will get a call that something bad has happened.
Mom will not allow anyone to help her or seek help. Dad is tired and has given up...it is just sad and I feel hopeless.
It is a sad way to end up this way at the end of lifes journey.
it must be very painfull to you to see your parents in such a state. Hoarders on not bad people, just people with a problem that's hard to get over. Do you have other family support?
It's actually my husband's mother with the problem. He and his siblings have lived with this their whole lives. It is definitely an illness, and she is still doing it but on a smaller scale.
OMG this looks just like my 88-year-old gramma's house. We lured her away from her house one weekend and cleaned her house up. When she got home, she was really pissed off and threatened to call the police on us for cleaning her house.
A year later, her house is just as bad as it was before.
I wish these people would realize how their filthy lifestyle affects their family members and loved ones, but most importantly, how it affects their own lives.
But I envy you guys for your progress. I wish to God that my gramma would let us clean her house up like that. God Bless you guys for being able to turn that mess around!
Well, thanks, but we really only managed to scale her down since we moved her into assisted living. Just this week the staff had to clear out a bunch of her crap while she was at Bingo, so they wouldn't lose their license. (She had fire in her microwave, and social services came in and flipped out). Your Gramma will never be grateful. They are sick, and don't understand what they are doing. Good luck to you!
@ShaBaby426 I applaud you for what you all did to your Mother's house.I wish the video was longer.I am slowly cleaning out my clutter.Were you all able to sell some of those neat items on ebay?
@Lonsoleil If you lure her away, she's going to feel betrayed. I'm not sure how you help someone like that, but throwing their collections away and cleaning it for them isn't solving the problem. And she probably knew how terrible it was - it's not about being filthy but about a need for that stuff that goes beyond basic necessity.
wow that was a amazin' video . my father is like that (not as bad) . you never showed the backyard was it as bad as the house? my fathers back yard looks like a junk yard
The back yard was just overgrown, but not really full of crap. Maybe that's a "guy thing" for the outside. It got to a point that she just had pathways through crap in the house. She is now living in a studio apartment in assisted living, and they just recently had to remove a huge amount of crap from there, as she was doing the same thing. It's an illness, and at 83, she's not going to change.
wow 83 ! i think ADD has some thing to do with it . A & E has a show called Hoaders . it is really amazin to see there are other people like my father ..thank you for sharing your video . maybe i will make one?
Sorry it took me so long to respond. I just now saw your comment. Yes, we did sell the house after that, and the people who bought it "as is" completely remodeled it and allowed us in to take pics of the changes.
Mother in law, still alive but in assisted living. Her 4 children made the decision to intervene to save her life. It took us from July to September in stiffling heat. Five weeks almost daily with 2-8 people at any given time, the rest mostly on weekends.
Wow. So that means that if one person were to try to clean up their own mess, they would have to take at least an entire year off from work to get it done. No wonder such people feel overwhelmed and don't know where to start. They can't let anyone help them because it's a big secret and they could be reported and lose their home and everything else, yet realistically then can't do it themselves, so it just keeps getting worse. What a dilemma!
How long had she been taping stuff? If she had been taping anything before 1982 or so, they should NEVER have thrown away those tapes, they could have been throwing away the last existing copy of a show that a network or syndicator erased or lost.
yandrsupreme 5 months ago
Good job crew, I've completed a similar project.
Blood, sweat and tears literally.
popination 1 year ago
how manny job site big dumsters you fill from here
vivitar45 1 year ago
What a fantastic effort. Done with good humour and good taste. Well done!
Now to make sure I don't leave anything even remotely like this for my kids to deal with!
hornrimmedspectacles 1 year ago
Watching videos like this & the two hoarding shows has opened my eyes & I have been taking steps to rid my house of unecessary items, duplicate and unwanted items. I don't want to leave this for my four children to have to deal with after my husband & I are gone. I keep occasion cards and letters as well as what-nots given to me by the children but, items I bought at garage sales and thrift stores have returned there. I'm 58 and smarter with a cleaner house.
shawstevens 1 year ago
It's different when the stuff piled is all newer 5 yr old items, then when its all half rotted junk from 1967.
utubedriven 1 year ago
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LiveLaughLoveCA23 1 year ago
Perfect choice of music!
princesscharmer 1 year ago
When we cleaned up the farm house, we had a huge burn pile so it was quite fun!
DewbieHaut 1 year ago
Wow! Great work!
ladyvincenza 1 year ago
good job but I think I would have yanked up that rug...no amount of cleaning can get underneath it...2 thumbs up!
CoffeeCrisp 1 year ago
You should have had a yard sale. You could have made a ton of money.
TheSwords99 1 year ago
IEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYY...Good job :-) Truly a work of LOVE...
mikassunshine 1 year ago
I was forced to move back home with my mother because she got really sick and suffered from a neurological disorder that left her pretty much unable to walk and incontinent.
It took me weeks to clean up the place of junk, but there was still tons of boxes of unopened appliance and gifts.
Now the house looks like someone robbed walmart, there is room now to move around freely, but the new stuff she refuses to sell or USE because of sentimental value.
As an only child this is killing me.
Connected2U2 1 year ago
Wow. Did you have to paint the walls or replace any carpeting? The house is really attractive now.
MachineAmbition 1 year ago
why do people do this, and how do they live in such a cluttered space, its gross, where do you put all your stuff like a bed, a car, food, appliances, and how would they have the space to use it
dl432112311 1 year ago
Wow a lot of work but it is great looking. I have that exact picture over the fireplace. The sailor and the girl lol.
hotdog2020 1 year ago
How did the assisted living go? My husband is an only child and his mother is a hoarder and will turn 81 in March 2010. Still pays her own bills, etc. but declining slowly due to dementia. I see Assisted living as a real obstacle. Really? how did you get her to agree?
cindysellshomes 2 years ago
Oh, she was NOT happy about it. Her four children pretty much had to just move here there, I think they let her think it was temporary. It had to be done for her own safety. She is 82, and in severely declining health. The pathways would not have accommodated either a walker or wheelchair. We had no idea where she could be sleeping, because all beds and surfaces were buried. For years, if you picked her up, she met you at the door.
ShaBaby426 2 years ago
Continued: Only because a granddaughter was allowed entry to use the bathroom, was the severity discovered. It was horrible. Good luck to you and your husband. If you end up having to do it yourself, wear face masks - 20 years of dirt, dust, mouse turds, etc. has taken its toll on all of us, and we had to do it in 90+ degree weather with no fans or cooling. Ugh.
ShaBaby426 2 years ago
The clean-up looks great. I have a question though. What happened to the video tapes? People still use those. I hope they didn't wind up in a landfill. They could be recycled I'm sure as could the batteries.
Mitsy1212 2 years ago
congratulations is not enough! i salute you: the one who cleaned it for the patience and the one who hoarded it for letting it go.
jemokups 2 years ago 3
Well, the hoarder didn't really let it go. Her children were forced to put her in assisted living as she could no longer care for herself and was in danger of dying in that house. She continues to hoard, but on a much smaller basis in a small studio apartment. It really was a horrible job and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. At least now the Hoarders show is bringing some attention to just how many of them are out there. Scary.
ShaBaby426 2 years ago
Wow!!! To everyone who had a hand in cleaning up this place....my hat's off to you. Good job! The end result was lovely!
mander1295 2 years ago
You could have done the video in parts but you did a good job with the one video.I take your hubby isn't like his mother,hoarding wise?
HattieLovesCattie 2 years ago
LOL! Well, unless you count his big bag of drive-thru catsup, mayo, & taco sauce packets, etc., no, he's fairly normal. (I hear his siblings & children laughing) I believe it is genetic. His mother's sibs have tendencies, as do their children, etc. Either genetic or learned behavior, I'm not sure.
ShaBaby426 2 years ago
So your hubby's kids don't show the tendencies yet?Its probably both when you consider the genes and behavior.I used to have a neat house but not the last 15 years,sigh.This house is bigger,nicer and has too much stuff /furniture etc.Being on here is more fun than cleaning.I am slowly starting to get rid of stuff,its gonna take us awhile.
HattieLovesCattie 2 years ago
I understand hoarding as a illness. Everycase is different and I watch in awe and amazement. In your case can you say why the VHS tapes in particular? I loved the boxes of batteries. With A&E brodcasting this shit maybe these people will be elevated to the status of rock stars. World tours were there on stage with all their shit to be be stared at in wonder and awe, LOL. Love the vid, and the humor
StarCar98 2 years ago
It's great how you did this with such good humor. It's amazing to hear just how many people and their families are affected by this disorder. Great video!
siriuslybloo 2 years ago
Great job with the video!
What happended to all that stuff? Did all of it end up in the landfill?
How are the owners faring? I hope they feel much "lighter" now and are able to keep it up....
ggmh4 2 years ago
My mom and dads house looks just like this. I have tried to "clean it" several times, only to return and find it worse than before. They both are late 70's and I am sure the day is fast approaching when I will get a call that something bad has happened.
Mom will not allow anyone to help her or seek help. Dad is tired and has given up...it is just sad and I feel hopeless.
It is a sad way to end up this way at the end of lifes journey.
kimmerFG110 2 years ago
it must be very painfull to you to see your parents in such a state. Hoarders on not bad people, just people with a problem that's hard to get over. Do you have other family support?
memacnoca 2 years ago
It's actually my husband's mother with the problem. He and his siblings have lived with this their whole lives. It is definitely an illness, and she is still doing it but on a smaller scale.
ShaBaby426 2 years ago
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
OMG this looks just like my 88-year-old gramma's house. We lured her away from her house one weekend and cleaned her house up. When she got home, she was really pissed off and threatened to call the police on us for cleaning her house.
A year later, her house is just as bad as it was before.
I wish these people would realize how their filthy lifestyle affects their family members and loved ones, but most importantly, how it affects their own lives.
Lonsoleil 2 years ago
But I envy you guys for your progress. I wish to God that my gramma would let us clean her house up like that. God Bless you guys for being able to turn that mess around!
Lonsoleil 2 years ago
Well, thanks, but we really only managed to scale her down since we moved her into assisted living. Just this week the staff had to clear out a bunch of her crap while she was at Bingo, so they wouldn't lose their license. (She had fire in her microwave, and social services came in and flipped out). Your Gramma will never be grateful. They are sick, and don't understand what they are doing. Good luck to you!
ShaBaby426 2 years ago
@ShaBaby426 I applaud you for what you all did to your Mother's house.I wish the video was longer.I am slowly cleaning out my clutter.Were you all able to sell some of those neat items on ebay?
HattieLovesCattie 2 years ago
@Lonsoleil If you lure her away, she's going to feel betrayed. I'm not sure how you help someone like that, but throwing their collections away and cleaning it for them isn't solving the problem. And she probably knew how terrible it was - it's not about being filthy but about a need for that stuff that goes beyond basic necessity.
MachineAmbition 1 year ago
wow that was a amazin' video . my father is like that (not as bad) . you never showed the backyard was it as bad as the house? my fathers back yard looks like a junk yard
viciousbill 2 years ago
The back yard was just overgrown, but not really full of crap. Maybe that's a "guy thing" for the outside. It got to a point that she just had pathways through crap in the house. She is now living in a studio apartment in assisted living, and they just recently had to remove a huge amount of crap from there, as she was doing the same thing. It's an illness, and at 83, she's not going to change.
ShaBaby426 2 years ago
wow 83 ! i think ADD has some thing to do with it . A & E has a show called Hoaders . it is really amazin to see there are other people like my father ..thank you for sharing your video . maybe i will make one?
viciousbill 2 years ago
Thank you. While the yard was very overgrown, at least it wasn't full of crap like what was in the house.
ShaBaby426 2 years ago
WOW!!
WillowDove40 2 years ago
WOW that was great :) Did you sell the house after you cleaned it?
FlyLady13 2 years ago
Sorry it took me so long to respond. I just now saw your comment. Yes, we did sell the house after that, and the people who bought it "as is" completely remodeled it and allowed us in to take pics of the changes.
ShaBaby426 2 years ago
What can you tell us about the history? Neighbor, family member? Did they die? Tell you how/why it happened? How long did it take you to clean?
cyc7lops 2 years ago
Mother in law, still alive but in assisted living. Her 4 children made the decision to intervene to save her life. It took us from July to September in stiffling heat. Five weeks almost daily with 2-8 people at any given time, the rest mostly on weekends.
ShaBaby426 2 years ago
Wow. So that means that if one person were to try to clean up their own mess, they would have to take at least an entire year off from work to get it done. No wonder such people feel overwhelmed and don't know where to start. They can't let anyone help them because it's a big secret and they could be reported and lose their home and everything else, yet realistically then can't do it themselves, so it just keeps getting worse. What a dilemma!
cyc7lops 2 years ago 9
Wow... that was amazing... lots of memories from 2 years back... glad it's over!
imdbee 3 years ago