My uncle was a hoarder. After he passed I was tasked with cleaning up his property. It was so bad I hauled in an excavator. In fourteen days we loaded 400 cubic yards of garbage into 40 yard dumpsters. Then we had to deal with all the junk cars and trucks. Then when we got down to ground we found the massive garbage pits he had someone dig that were full of garbage.
Rats, mice, raccoons, mountain beaver and every form of bug or pest you've ever seen. The stench was horrific. The counters and floors in his double wide mobile home had rotted clear through. The kitchen wall had an ant nest that was 5 feet tall inside it. The whole home was so bad, after we got all the garbage out I demo'd the home.
Overall that's two and a half months, start to finish that I never want to have to do again.
I think the people on this side of the fence were the ones throwing it over. It is piled so high that it would have to come over the roof of the other house.
My ex-brother-in-law had a house like this. He was working three jobs while his crackhead wife stayed home. They lived in a small community in the Catskills. He was never home and she was lazy, even when she wasn’t high, so she just threw the trash bags in the woods behind the house. After about 6 months, the stench and the rats became so bad that the neighbors complained. I was in the Army and deployed, so I was unavailable to help clean up the mess. Glad to be far, far away from those people.
Helped clean out a multi-story house after an old lady died. My landlord neighbor bought the house. He had a 40 foot dump bed big rig placed up against the side, we opened all the windows and proceeded to toss everything into it. House was clean and very neat, but packed to the ceilings. Skinny trails wandering all over the house. Lots of newspapers and magazines that were decades old, along with lots of furniture and other junk. We filled that dump bed multiple times. Took us all day. I'm sure her family went through it first, as we found nothing of apparent value. Hmm, well, somebody went through it.
Then, we got to deal with the large plot of bamboo that took up most of the yard. Not fun... Near as tall as the house, and very dense. N. Wildwood, NJ, back in the early 70's. Will
flaregun would clean that up right quick.
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ReplyDeleteI mean, I'd try polite conversation, first, then the health department, then... a match. Fencings cheap.
The number of rats in that pile.
ReplyDeleteNot paying the trash bill, health hazard, rat infested home likely inside and out. Is this in LA or SF.
ReplyDeleteGeez. Now I can't whine about the HOA for a few days. Dang.
ReplyDeleteMy uncle was a hoarder. After he passed I was tasked with cleaning up his property. It was so bad I hauled in an excavator. In fourteen days we loaded 400 cubic yards of garbage into 40 yard dumpsters. Then we had to deal with all the junk cars and trucks. Then when we got down to ground we found the massive garbage pits he had someone dig that were full of garbage.
ReplyDeleteRats, mice, raccoons, mountain beaver and every form of bug or pest you've ever seen. The stench was horrific. The counters and floors in his double wide mobile home had rotted clear through. The kitchen wall had an ant nest that was 5 feet tall inside it. The whole home was so bad, after we got all the garbage out I demo'd the home.
Overall that's two and a half months, start to finish that I never want to have to do again.
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Yeah, but you were Executor of his Estate. Surely you made bank on the Estate sale.
ReplyDeleteFire works on the 4th of July. Oops!
ReplyDeleteAnd the people on this side of the mess just noticed it?
ReplyDeleteI think the people on this side of the fence were the ones throwing it over. It is piled so high that it would have to come over the roof of the other house.
DeleteMy ex-brother-in-law had a house like this. He was working three jobs while his crackhead wife stayed home. They lived in a small community in the Catskills. He was never home and she was lazy, even when she wasn’t high, so she just threw the trash bags in the woods behind the house. After about 6 months, the stench and the rats became so bad that the neighbors complained. I was in the Army and deployed, so I was unavailable to help clean up the mess. Glad to be far, far away from those people.
ReplyDeleteThe bench is a nice touch.
ReplyDeleteHelped clean out a multi-story house after an old lady died. My landlord neighbor bought the house. He had a 40 foot dump bed big rig placed up against the side, we opened all the windows and proceeded to toss everything into it. House was clean and very neat, but packed to the ceilings. Skinny trails wandering all over the house. Lots of newspapers and magazines that were decades old, along with lots of furniture and other junk. We filled that dump bed multiple times. Took us all day. I'm sure her family went through it first, as we found nothing of apparent value. Hmm, well, somebody went through it.
ReplyDeleteThen, we got to deal with the large plot of bamboo that took up most of the yard. Not fun...
Near as tall as the house, and very dense. N. Wildwood, NJ, back in the early 70's.
Will