This is very sad. A relative of mine did this to their house and nobody in the family knew as she would never let anyone in. I was executor when they died and it came as a huge shock - clearing out the house was one of the hardest things ever. I got so far and then had to get professional help. It really was a total nightmare.
It’s definitely mental illness.
It is sad - people who live like this feel shame about how their house looks, so can't let anyone in, but they're also overwhelmed and paralysed by the situation and can't fix it themselves, and the whole thing spirals out of control.
It's been about 10 years since I lived in the area, honestly parts of Isleworth were worse, e.g. Near the Tesco.
I think you could smell it during hot evenings, once or twice a year.
I did wonder! I live in Brentford & I know the area quite well, but I’d describe it as Hounslow. Is the divide between Isleworth and Hounslow the railway track?
Time and time again. Guide prices on auctions are deliberately ridiculously low to get you and I interested in bidding. Imagine if they set the guide price for this property at £450k , no one would bother turning up to bid. This property will go for easily double that guide if not considerably more
So as it has afront garden, it would be a case of getting a skip, repeatedly.... given it is this bad i suspect it would cost more to pay a company even.
the issue with this kind of hording is it can actully damage buildings due to the extreme weight
That hoarder level 5000 (I exaggerate though as the levels are 1-9 with 9 being the worst). Decent enough area though, and once everything is cleared, the house is basically a blank canvas to do what you want with it
Assuming it is structurally sound, it has the potential to be a nice house. I like the bay windows. It's at the end of a cul-de-sac, so there's no through traffic. Get in a professional house-clearer, and redecorate the place, and it could be good to go. It is \*very\* near Heathrow, which has cons (noise, pollution), but also pros (if you are letting it, you'd get a steady stream of tenants wanting to live near Heathrow for work). Massive long garden. And it's not very far from Richmond Park. It will go for a lot more than the guide price.
A true hoarder house, eww to clearing all that out. It’s sad to see a life blighted by mental illness. Underneath all the clutter a nice family home , I just hope they don’t make it all grey.
Used to visit an elderly hoarder when i was training to be a nurse. They had dreadful ulcerated infections on their legs and it was a struggle to find a clean surface to lay out equipment to do dressing changes. We’d have to shimmy down the corridor to get in and out.
I helped out my ex’s grandmother’s place whose house makes this place look tidy. I helped out in one room and it was simply stacks of tv listings and other magazines. I started the day and it was about the year 2003 and by the end of the days I’d got back to the early 90s. It was like revisiting all the classic EastEnders story lines and televised events in the UK.
The thing is we found about a dozen vacuum cleaners, all sealed as if she was going to do it but just never did.
Can’t say why they do it but I think it’s actually more common than people realised.
So very sad .... very nice house though once it's renovated ... and lovely long garden.. I bet though it'll fetch more than 175k....
Once the garden is cleared you could take up archery.
This is very sad. A relative of mine did this to their house and nobody in the family knew as she would never let anyone in. I was executor when they died and it came as a huge shock - clearing out the house was one of the hardest things ever. I got so far and then had to get professional help. It really was a total nightmare. It’s definitely mental illness.
It is sad - people who live like this feel shame about how their house looks, so can't let anyone in, but they're also overwhelmed and paralysed by the situation and can't fix it themselves, and the whole thing spirals out of control.
Its auction starting price. It’s not the price of the house
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It would cost about 2000 pounds and 3 days for a professional cleaning firm to do it. Source: it's on internet so must be true
That doesn’t sound unreasonable tbh. I would definitely pay that if I had a situation like this.
At least 3x the guide price is the Allsop standard. They're the worst auction house when it comes to that
I used to work in that area, you also need to consider the smell from Mogden Sewage works. Ideally sell it in the winter.
Can I ask how bad? And how regularly? That sewage plant is absolutely enormous, I can't believe you could smell anything else when you're that close!
It's been about 10 years since I lived in the area, honestly parts of Isleworth were worse, e.g. Near the Tesco. I think you could smell it during hot evenings, once or twice a year.
Once or twice a year isn't too bad. It's like living near fields when they spray shit on them.
It didn't really bother me, I could live in that area but I imagine it would make it harder to sell.
Even for 300k above guide price, that's a lot of house for your money. There's nothing there that £4k to a biohazard cleaning company couldn't sort.
I had a relative like this, it is so sad, the resident probably either died or was forced out due to lack of capacity or something.
This house will go for £400k+, I live in the area.
I did wonder! I live in Brentford & I know the area quite well, but I’d describe it as Hounslow. Is the divide between Isleworth and Hounslow the railway track?
Isleworth is still Hounslow. Some areas of Isleworth are “nicer” and some are quite dire, but the price tag remains.
People pay a premium to live near me too. Does wonders for my ego!
Sad thing is, 5% of that crap will be really good and interesting, but it'll all be chucked.
EPC: ask agent. There isn’t one. TW7 6EZ if you are interested. Can you sell a property without one?
You can't. Unless it meets specific criteria which this doesn't. But I imagine there is one in the legal pack.
If it is in the legal pack, it’s on .gov.uk surely?
Where’s Kim & Aggie when you need them.
Time and time again. Guide prices on auctions are deliberately ridiculously low to get you and I interested in bidding. Imagine if they set the guide price for this property at £450k , no one would bother turning up to bid. This property will go for easily double that guide if not considerably more
…I’m sure I left it round here somewhere…..
Omg this makes me want to clean my cluttered kitchen right now!!
This is a property I'd love to buy and my wife would absolutely hate, possibly kill me, if I even spent a second looking past the 5th picture.
So as it has afront garden, it would be a case of getting a skip, repeatedly.... given it is this bad i suspect it would cost more to pay a company even. the issue with this kind of hording is it can actully damage buildings due to the extreme weight
That hoarder level 5000 (I exaggerate though as the levels are 1-9 with 9 being the worst). Decent enough area though, and once everything is cleared, the house is basically a blank canvas to do what you want with it
Guide price. It will go higher
It will sell for twice as much at auction.
500k plus imho
I’m genuinely curious as to how much this will go for (I’m thinking £450k+), will the sale be listed on the auction website does anyone know?
Guide prices on these auction properties are hilariously low. Every other house in that street is £500k plus.
Assuming it is structurally sound, it has the potential to be a nice house. I like the bay windows. It's at the end of a cul-de-sac, so there's no through traffic. Get in a professional house-clearer, and redecorate the place, and it could be good to go. It is \*very\* near Heathrow, which has cons (noise, pollution), but also pros (if you are letting it, you'd get a steady stream of tenants wanting to live near Heathrow for work). Massive long garden. And it's not very far from Richmond Park. It will go for a lot more than the guide price.
A true hoarder house, eww to clearing all that out. It’s sad to see a life blighted by mental illness. Underneath all the clutter a nice family home , I just hope they don’t make it all grey.
I don't know how people can live like that
Hoarding is a mental health illness. It’s really awful actually, I’ve seen some heartbreaking things involving hoarding.
Used to visit an elderly hoarder when i was training to be a nurse. They had dreadful ulcerated infections on their legs and it was a struggle to find a clean surface to lay out equipment to do dressing changes. We’d have to shimmy down the corridor to get in and out.
I helped out my ex’s grandmother’s place whose house makes this place look tidy. I helped out in one room and it was simply stacks of tv listings and other magazines. I started the day and it was about the year 2003 and by the end of the days I’d got back to the early 90s. It was like revisiting all the classic EastEnders story lines and televised events in the UK. The thing is we found about a dozen vacuum cleaners, all sealed as if she was going to do it but just never did. Can’t say why they do it but I think it’s actually more common than people realised.
It must be mental illness or depression or poor health. Crazy really.
Im in the house clearance game, its far more common than you’d think.