Hoarder clean up in Edgeley

The assessment visit is free — a surveyor visits, walks what is safe to walk, and writes a staged plan. A single room is from £395; a whole property, staged in a Edgeley property is from £1,250. All prices include licensed waste disposal with transfer notes, unmarked vans and a team briefed on working respectfully with the household.

No — and we say that knowing you have probably been told it before. Our crews are briefed to speak to the resident, not about them, to ask before moving anything, and to stop when asked. 59% of our Edgeley projects are arranged by a family member, so we are used to walking into a room where trust has to be earned in the first ten minutes.

The resident holds the veto, always. We agree a signal before we start that means pause, and we honour it. Where a family or a social worker disagrees with a decision, we stop and let them resolve it rather than clearing over the top of it.

We plan the first visit around the living room, so a carer or nurse has somewhere to work, then work outwards. Most SK3 projects settle at 3 visits, spaced so the household can absorb what has changed and so any damp exposed under the clutter has time to dry before sanitising.

We are equipped for it. Needles, medical waste, decomposition residues, rodent and insect contamination — all handled under licence, recorded, and consigned separately from general waste. Pest control is coordinated in the same week rather than left for you to arrange.

Every load carries a waste transfer note, and 71% of what we remove from Edgeley homes is reused, donated or recycled rather than landfilled. Electricals are separated for WEEE, textiles and household goods go to local charities where they are fit to donate.

Referrals are welcome and common in Stockport. We are used to fire-safety deadlines, tenancy enforcement letters and hospital discharge dates, and we will write the staged plan around whichever of those is driving the timetable.

Around 59% of Edgeley jobs are family-arranged, and most families are on site for at least the first visit. What we ask for is one named point of contact, so decisions do not stall on the landing while people disagree.

Access in Edgeley means a narrow terraced frontage with no side access, so every bag comes out through the front door and along the pavement to the van. We plan the route before the first bag moves, sheet the exit path to protect floors and communal areas, and time the load-out so the pavement is not blocked for neighbours.

Only after source removal — odour treatment on a property that is still full is a waste of your money. Once rooms are clear and sanitised, we schedule ozone or hydroxyl treatment and re-check after 7–10 days to confirm the smell has not returned.

Aftercare is part of the plan, not an upsell. A written handover, photographs if you want a record, disposal paperwork for the file, and a follow-up conversation about what support the household needs so the same call is not made again in two years.

Every street in SK3, including the Stockport boundary edges where people assume they are out of area. The same crews cover Stockport, Davenport, Cheadle, Heaton Norris, Cheadle Hulme.

We can normally survey a SK3 property within two days and start within a week. Staged projects then run at whatever pace the household can manage — typically 3 visits.

We handle deceased-estate and probate properties in Stockport routinely, often to a completion or tenancy-end date. Valuables and documents are separated and handed over in person; the rest is cleared, cleaned and the property left presentable for a valuation or viewing.

We work to tenancy-enforcement and fire-safety deadlines in Stockport regularly. Where possession is being sought, we keep our records neutral and factual so they stand up if the case goes further, and we work to Stockport Council's bulky-waste rules throughout.

Every crew member entering a Edgeley property is DBS-checked and trained in hoarding-sensitive practice, mental-health awareness and biohazard handling. We carry full public liability insurance and licensed carrier registration; copies go in the quote pack.

We see animal-related contamination in Edgeley properties fairly often. Faeces, bedding and nesting material are handled as contaminated waste, affected soft furnishings are usually removed, and pest control is coordinated in the same week.

Very often, yes — blocked exits, unsafe stairs and unreachable heating controls are the most common reasons a Edgeley property fails a safety check. We clear escape routes and the priority room (the living room, so a carer or nurse has somewhere to work) first so the home is safe to live in before the rest is staged.

A conversation, that is all. We survey, agree a written staged plan, and confirm the date. There is no requirement to clear a path or apologise for the state of the property to a Edgeley crew who have seen it many times.

Because 73% of local projects run over 3 visits, we bill stage by stage so nobody commits the full amount up front. Variations are re-quoted in writing before the extra work happens, never added afterwards.