Hoarder & Distressed Properties

As indoor air quality specialists, the team at Dutch's Home Inspection and Dutch's Mold Inspections & Mold Remediation Services prioritizes the cleanliness of the air you breathe inside your home.  Poor indoor air quality can have severe negative impacts on your health. Many factors affect your home's air quality.  The most severe are cases of hoarding and distressed properties (a building or home that is damaged, neglected, or in very poor physical condition).

Our team is experienced and skilled in dealing with special conditions - including homes of hoarders as well as distressed properties.

 

Kitchen of a hoarding houseHoarding affects up to 5% of the US population and can pose major health risks, including falls, accidents, inability for emergency personnel to access inhabitants, blocked exits and vents creating fire hazards, and accumulation of clutter, garbage, and animal feces causing mold infestations.

However, because of the hoarder's emotional attachment to belongings, the forced clean-outs required to improve the home's health and safety conditions are often traumatic.  Not all contractors are qualified or adept at managing a clean-up project for homeowners suffering from hoarding.  Our team understands the anxiety caused, so we use guidelines to manage the hoarder's expectations while applying gentle but firm pressure to restore the living quarters to an environmentally safe living condition.

 

Hoarding or distressed property questions?

Contact us with questions about our services for hoarders and distressed properties:

Call us at 440-748-4660.

Or send an email mark@dutchinspects.com