Home; 10 tips for managing a hoarder & # 39

If you are traveling to buy or sell the house of a collector, you have the feeling that landed in an episode of the reality show "Keeping Mum hoarders :." Chances are, you will be encountered many of the same problems confront the program. To answer these questions, here are tips from the experts 10.

1. Recognize that hoarding is a disease.
Horten is a lifestyle. It is a state of mind, which affects between 2-5 percent of the population of the United States; in a recent survey commissioned by Save Foot , 7 percent of American adults identify themselves as monopolists.

Everything in the house of a collector takes emotional connection, when a stack of old newspapers or a collection of hats, experts say.

"Something that looks like garbage the average eye, an emotionally or financially important element hoarder," said Matt Paxton , a professional cleaning "profiteers".

2. Be compassionate.
Talk hoarders as equals, as Paxton, and work closely with them to achieve a fair agreement for both parties.

"Greedy people are good people who have experienced bad things. Someone with a disorder of accumulation as less a treatment does not," he said.

Are you a real estate agent whose client is a collector, to be honest, while respectful and non-judgmental, says Paxton. This is what you should not to a collector who sells a house, say, "See how this house is a mess do not list it?."

This is what you should say a collector who sells a house ". My opinion of experts says, we need to clean this area in order to maximize the sale price"

3. Create a sense of optimism.
If you are a collector, a house that is the customer, that the house be sold sold guaranteed, Paxton, cleaning expert and extreme hoarding of ServiceMaster Restore .

"If you do not believe it, they will not," he said. "You treat them like any other customer."

4. Work with professionals "extreme cleanliness."
When it comes to the house of a collector, it is best to clean up before it is placed on the market, says Dave Baxter, owner and CEO of Baxter of restoration , the catering and hygiene in Orlando, Florida offers. Experts suggest game professionals who know "extreme cleanliness."

"You can not know what you do really, to all the trash and look at the structure of the building to see what kind of damage was done," Baxter said.

Together with a team of professionals who are familiar with the homes of hoarders, rather than the traditional cleaning equipment ensures that there is a high degree of "compassion and understanding," said Paxton.

"People with real accumulation disorder can not be pushed, threatened and persuaded to make decisions, so that, ideally, a professional organizer, or therapist would be able well to add to the team," said Regina Lark , a professional organizer in the base lot Angeles, with experience in hoarding disorders and chronic disorganization.

5. Consider storage.
Lark Guests can take a self-storage unit or rent near mobile storage unit for temporarily storing things when a collector faces real weeding.

6. Be realistic.
If you a collector looking for home, while all of the assets of the sellers still inside, there is only one plan in the list and include images of what he does or likes beautiful, easily connected to look better, said Brad Chandler , co-founder and CEO, Express buyers a real estate investment company in Springfield, Virginia.

Bone "to visualize the buyer what the effected promote" "the property and how could it be, if it is renewed," Chandler said.

After the market and the value of the property, the payment of an architect or remodelers a plan that shows the ideas and renovation costs should develop, he said. This plan can cost between $ 3000 and $ 5000.

7. Brace significant damage.
Horten often develops over many years, which. In the mold infestation of animals and other structural problems Therefore, the visible and invisible damage in the house of a collector to hide.

"Buyers and sellers need to understand that they may be unable to determine the location, the extent of damage to a home or permanent residence until the items are removed. This is where experienced professionals in companies building and repairing and cleaning and tidying, can be particularly useful, "said Paxton.

If a home sold "as is," we can not understand why the price is so low, after the house is empty, Paxton.

8. Recruit estate speculators.
An investor might be willing to buy a house "as is" collector still be with the owners in possession, Chandler said. An agent may be hosting an open house for potential investors, without the hoarder has to be there. "Protect the seller shame and eliminates the need to parade through the buyer, as is required, the traditional way record," he said.

9. the property be notified.
Make sure that the person who really belongs in the house the house. The house of a collector could actually be invested in a trust or collectors are able to live free. "Understanding the legal landscape of the property, before going too far into a contract," Paxton said.

10. Be sensitive to time.
When arranging appointments with a client collector, set specific times and call ahead a few times before dates. "Do you understand that time is not the strength of a collector," said Paxton.

As for the setting of targets for the cleaning, sets more accessible deadlines instead of a huge backlog, advised Paxton. In other words, do not say, the hoarder: "This house should be cleaned at the end of the week." Instead, the approach is as follows: "On Friday, I need you to make this corridor Then on Monday clearly I be able to be seen in this area of ​​2 2 feet.".

John Egan is the editor in Spare Foot , which operates a market to find people and Book Self Storage helps.

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