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04-11-2009, 12:48 PM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Michigan
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| I went to a 'hoarders' house today... I am in such amazement from what I saw today, I thought I would share what I saw. My mother in law has rental houses for people who have state aid. She just evicted a lady who has lived there for years. She has 8 children who were just taken to live in foster care. After the kids were taken, my mother in law evicted her not paying 2500 dollars in rent. We went over to help her clean up and I was not prepared for seeing these conditions. Mice were everywhere, the drawers were full of mouse poo. She had 3 kids to a room and some of the older ones were sleeping in toddler beds still. She had a walk in porch that also housed a few kids in bunkbeds. All the closets were full to the ceiling with clean used clothes, like they had sat there since they were given to her, never worn. Her walk in closets were full to the ceiling, the basement was full to the ceiling and there was one little path to walk to the back of the basement where the older child was sleeping. She had metal shelving screwed to every wall full of junk, nothing was usable, nothing could be salvaged or donated(except the hung clothes), it was awful. My mother in law had never been allowed inside to see these conditions since she bought this house from the previous landlord. Apparently this lady was a smart lady, who could have easily made it through a school program to graduate with a degree and better her situation, but still she chose not to do these things, I am guessing the state aid she received for all the kids was enough to live off of. I can't really explain how bad this was, it was especially hard to see a picture of one of the children. I have been to some really crazy, unkept houses but this is a whole different story. I felt bad for the kids when I heard they were removed, but that was before I saw the conditions they were in, I can't believe she was able to keep this a secret for as long as she did. It is so sad.
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04-11-2009, 01:10 PM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: italy
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| What a mess! We have a man living below us who is a hoarder too. I'm afraid he will start a fire on the hot plate he cooks on in the living room. This is a lovely apt. building and all the people are friendly but we can't get him to budge from his ways. Who cleans up the mess in the house you are trying to re-possess? I feel for you. Thank God they don't have a dog! |
04-11-2009, 01:36 PM | #3 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Michigan
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| We have to clean it up, well, I don't have to, but my mother-in-law and her husband do, they own the place. They had no dog, but there were children and a cat, which had lots of mice to catch.
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04-11-2009, 02:13 PM | #4 | |
YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: somewhere,in, us
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| Quote:
In regards to hoarders - we've had some in our family. We had a distant relation that one of the aunts too the kids to the doctor to find out their ear infections had been caused by roaches. Made us all sick. The county finally took charge of them. Took the kids and she went into a hospitial. I think they ended up just demolishing the house it was so bad. | |
04-11-2009, 03:03 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | OH wow!! What a situation to walk into! Best of luck! Sounds like alot of work and somewhat disgusting!
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04-13-2009, 05:47 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire
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| It is really sad! I often wonder the thought process of people who hoarde. Its a very strange and sad sickness. Its also really really gross!
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04-13-2009, 04:32 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 7000 Club Member | That's sad!!! You know, I kind of think I'm a "hoarder" to some extent. My room is clean and organzied, but I do think I understand the thought process. I'm that way with papers. I have papers from when I was in 2nd grade...because to me everything holds sentimental value and I think it'll be important some day. I *can* throw stuff away, but it is actually mentally painful and I usually have to do it without looking at what I'm tossing. It sucks.
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04-14-2009, 12:19 PM | #8 | |
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04-15-2009, 07:32 AM | #9 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canton, GA
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| I think I am the opposite of a hoarder, I toss everything out if it has not been used or needed in a years time. I have one small box full of momentos that I keep. This comes from the fact that both my Father and Step Mother were not what I would call hoarders but they just had a lot of stuff, clutter everywhere. It made me crazy to go visit them, I was always on edge because I wanted to throw things out or at least pack stuff in a box and store it somewhere.
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