Only very recently has there been a keener understanding of hoarding and hoarding disorder. Indeed, hoarding disorder was only first recognized as a specific mental health condition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Orders in 2013. As a mental health condition, hoarding disorder is a persistent and oftentimes profound inability to discard “things,” even when an object may have no value or even be rubbish or trash. Excessive accumulation of objects results, which can lead to serious health and other risks. Call our veteran-led hoarder cleanup services company. 

Impact of Hoarding on Children

More often than not we imagine a person with hoarding disorder to be an older individual, usually living alone. The grim reality is that there are situations in which a parent or parents are afflicted with hoarding behavior. Parental hoarding can have a seriously negative impact on children in a variety of different ways. These…

Hoarding and Shame Spirals

A person with hoarding disorder usually is afflicted with other types of mental health conditions. These include depression and anxiety. In addition, many people engaged in hoarding behavior or with a diagnosis of hoarding disorder will feel shame. In point of fact, there are instances in which a person with hoarding behavior or hoarding disorder…

Hoarding and the Fear of Waste

Hoarding can be motivated by a number of different underlying factors. One of the more commonplace of these causes is a fear of waste. In this article, we present a discussion of hoarding and a fear of waste. Saving to Avoid Waste For many people, they appropriately save things in order to avoid waste. Saving…

Understanding Why Your Parent Hoards

Many theories have been put forward concerning why people hoard. The reality is that only a limited amount of research has been undertaken in an authoritative manner on the subject of why people hoard. With that said, this article presents a discussion of some of the more widely accepted reasons why individuals engage in hoarding…

Your Recourse If Your Neighbor Hoards Animals

A surprising number of people hoard, including individuals who hoard animals. In some cases, animal hoarding can go unnoticed to the proverbial outside world for at least some period. Ultimately, as time goes on and the number of animals being hoarded grows, others will become aware of what is going on. This includes neighbors of…

Overview of How Hoarding Impacts Your Investment Property: Make the Best of a Challenging Situation

With alarming regularity, landlords in Southern California and throughout the state, indeed across the United States, face situations involving hoarders living in their rental property. You may find yourself in this position, encountering a tenant who hoards. The stark reality is that hoarding can impact your investment or rental property in a number of ways…

The Hidden Horrors of Hoarding: True Life Stories that Eclipse Hollywood Fright Fare

Hoarding can have absolutely devastating consequences, including untimely and even gruesome and unattended (or undiscovered) deaths of people who labor under this disorder. Sad and horrific deaths connected to a person’s hoarding condition have made headlines for generations. Two cases – one old and one new – demonstrate how dreadful can be the consequences of…

Property Manager Rights: Dealing With a Tenant That Hoards

Ascertaining how many people in California and across the United States suffer from what medically is known as hoarding disorder is a challenging endeavor. The best estimate is that between 3 to 5 percent of the population of adults in the country suffer from hoarding disorder. Although some hoarders live in homes that they own,…

The Hoarder Next Door: How to Deal With a Neighbor or Tenant Who Hoards

Hoarding is defined as a mental health condition in which a person accumulates a growing mass of items, objects which may have absolutely no value. A person with hoarding disorder becomes emotionally overwhelmed at the prospect of having to get rid of excessively accumulated items, even what can fairly be categorized as trash or garbage.…

3 Phases to Efficiently and Affordably Prepare a Hoarder’s Home for a Sale

There is nearly always work that must be done to a home to prepare it for sale and the marketplace. Even nothing else, some coordinated staging needs to be undertaken to make the interior appealing to prospective buyers. Some effort may be needed to up the curb appeal of a property to garner a prospective…

Overview of Hoarders’ Rights and Hoarding Laws in Southern California

Thanks in part to a number of relatively popular television programs featuring people who hoard, hoarding has become widely known by people across Southern California, and elsewhere in the country, even without any direct contact with an actual hoarder. On the other hand, each and every day, people in Southern California encounter situations in which…