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Hi Reddit, I could really use some helpful advice and maybe a list of tools to rent or buy for cleaning/disinfecting a hoarder house. My friend and I are going to take over his grandmother’s house in a rent-to-own situation. She was a hoarder and also hoarded animals.

The house is almost empty (just a few odds and ends left over) but it reeks of animal urine/feces. She has a loft that she let the animals basically destroy and had not been up there in almost 10 years. The walls has been painted with a glossy paint and has so much wall paper on the walls. We know we will have to pull up the flooring in the loft and his grandmother has agreed to purchase the materials for the project.

Fortunately/unfortunately my friend and I have never had to deal with this type of situation before. I’ve lived in apartments for the last 10 years and he’s lived in remodel apartment style duplexes.

Please any advice, tool list, cleaner list, etc would be very helpful. We don’t have much money saved up so we are going to try to do it ourselves before calling in services. Thank you in advance!

Hi Reddit, I could really use some helpful advice and maybe a list of tools to rent or buy for cleaning/disinfecting a hoarder house. My friend and I are going to take over his grandmother’s house in a rent-to-own situation. She was a hoarder and also hoarded animals.

The house is almost empty (just a few odds and ends left over) but it reeks of animal urine/feces. She has a loft that she let the animals basically destroy and had not been up there in almost 10 years. The walls has been painted with a glossy paint and has so much wall paper on the walls. We know we will have to pull up the flooring in the loft and his grandmother has agreed to purchase the materials for the project.

Fortunately/unfortunately my friend and I have never had to deal with this type of situation before. I’ve lived in apartments for the last 10 years and he’s lived in remodel apartment style duplexes.

Please any advice, tool list, cleaner list, etc would be very helpful. We don’t have much money saved up so we are going to try to do it ourselves before calling in services. Thank you in advance!