 Do you ever wonder what happens when the police leave? Crime scene cleaners are private companies that handle the cleanup after the police are gone. Spalling Decon is one of the nation's largest cleanup companies handling the aftermath of homicides, suicides, decompositions, hoarding, and much more. These are our stories. Doing a little road and cleanup. There's a lot of rats inside that are dead. A big one? Oh, a big one. I made it. I made it, puppy. Oh my god. Welcome to the rat house. Infested with about 300 rats, pest control tented this place. You have rats all over this place, man. Out of this house, maybe about 200 rats. See what we did? Oh my god. Oh, you look everywhere. That's just what it was when you came here, right? See, constructions. We come out to do the whole rehab, the tear down. We do the whole demolition, the tree service, replace everything. As far as the house being discussed is horrible. Full of rats, mold, the odor, just years of dirt, nastiness. I mean, it's sad that people live this way, but everybody's not a hoarder, but you have some guys, people that are hoarders, and this is how they live. And it's truly sad. You have rats all over this place, man. Garage full of rats. Sink full of rats. Dishwasher full of rats. Bedrooms, of course, full of rats. Out of this house, maybe about 200 rats. Wow. A wild one. A pork. Wild and torched. Ooh. Yeah. I'm seeing why I like this stuff. Our four-legged furry friends. Two-bathroom house in a suburb of Tampa, infested with about 300 rats. Pest control tent at this place. We've got holes and tunnels where the rats travel. And this is a complete gut for us. The homeowner that lived here was here for about 20 years. And we're going to take this down to the studs, remove the flooring and everything. This wall right here is going to be removed, and we're going to do an open concept. I'll show you the kitchen. So the kitchen is going to remain here on this wall. But then we're going to do an island out here. So this wall will all be gone here. And then it will really open it up. We'll do something really cool on this main living room wall to make it kind of an accent. To make it look really, really nice. We plan on changing these windows out, but there might be an issue with a delay on it. Because, as you can see, there's special circular type windows in their special order. So that's something that we can't just go and get right off the bat. So we're removing the electrical, the drywall. We're going to inspect the plumbing. But as you can see here, the rats did a major job. And the plumbing's broken. You can see a dead rat right there. There's tail and all the nest that they buried. That's a good size rat too, Jesus. Yeah. Wow. They're not New York rats, but they're Florida rats. They're pretty big. You know, Florida crickets? Yeah. Lots of rats on floor. Rats were just swirling away stuff in here. There's even a check. A freaking check that they took. And it's a whole gut, man. This is bad. And then obviously you don't want to breathe in this rat shit. Because, you know, you get the hontavirus. Anyway, we're going to turn this in from shithole to glorious in four weeks. Shithole to glory. Shithole to glory. Make this someone's glory hole in four weeks. Is he with me? My God. Oh, he went everywhere. So was this when you had like a rat bomb gone off? Like a whole house. Whole house. And that's just what it was when you came here, right? Yes. So that was before they panicked and tried to get out? Yes. You see? Oh, my God. How'd they do that? Wow. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. This is horrible for the rat feces. Did he just paint? Just before. He didn't just paint. This is the bathroom of the house. It's then the hallway here between the two bedrooms. Pest control had to break out the window. We've got a lot of glass and stuff in here. This will be completely gutted as well. We'll remove the tub and all the drywall. And this 1970s light is bringing back memories. There's razor blades here. And this sink looks like it hasn't been cleaned since 1970. So then we go to this bedroom over here. And you can see, you know, just a little bit of rats eating that here. There's some holes behind here. And then we'll change out these windows. But like, this is just falling apart. It's just falling off here. So again, complete gut. No change in template of the bedroom. Just all new everything. So we'll make it look great. Hi guys. This is Mariah here. I am Spaulding Econ's content coordinator. So today we're back at the rat house. When I pulled up there, still a smell was lingering, but it's went down since last week. So today we're going to take a look at their progress. Today they're demoing. And I did a little walk through before, and they've definitely made some big way. You ready? Yep. So as you can see here, all the walls are kicking down. It's down to the studs. I'm not wearing a private suit because I'm not the one in the mess. The technicians are. But I do have this respirator on to protect me from the smell. So what I'm standing in right now used to be the bathroom. To my right here used to be a bedroom. And to my left used to be a bedroom as well. And the workers told me they didn't have to worry about removing the AC desk work because the rats took care of that for them. This used to be the kitchen and now it's completely dirty. So this is what we're talking about when we say that the rats chew through everything. So you can see all the holes right in here. Pretty big. And there's multiple holes. A lot of insulation coming down. A lot of drywall coming down. Just tearing out everything. Just gutting everything out. Rats are gone. Smell is still in there a little bit. It's getting better. But still a lot of work to go. When you guys tore the drywall down, did you find any rats behind there? Yes. A lot of rats behind the drywall in the sillings. A lot of rat feces. It's just horrible. I'm glad to be out of there. The techs have come a long way and they saw a long way to go. They've got the last of the rats and you know, as you can see, there was still one critter left. I can't believe it now but I know by the time Laura is done with this house, it'll be amazing. Hey guys, we're here at the rat house today. We are eight days into this project and I can't wait to show you the massive amount of progress that we've made in just eight short days. Follow me. As you can see, we've got brand new windows everywhere, sliding glass door, all new electric because the rats literally ate everything. We even had to run all new plumbing because the rats screwed up the plumbing too by stuffing all their nests and stuff in it. So we've already ran all the duck work and gotten ready for the brand new AC and we're only eight days into this. So they're putting in the final window there on the spare bathroom but I am just super impressed with the progress here and how this is going on this three bedroom, two bathroom house. We've got about three weeks left on this project but you guys have seen the beginning and you're seeing the middle now and I can't wait to show you the very, very end of it on our big reveal but this house will be ready in about three weeks and up for sale. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for watching guys. Don't forget to like, share, subscribe and ring that bell to be notified of the next episode. For more information visit any of our locations.