Heavy-clutter properties cleared with dignity and without a spectacle. Unmarked vehicle, a pace the resident sets, and valuables recovered and returned rather than tipped into a truck.
$4,000–$12,000+ · Severe properties $8,000–$12,000+ · custom quote after a confidential walkthrough
Most hoarding calls do not come from the person living in the house. They come from an adult child, a landlord, a case worker, a sibling who has just seen the inside for the first time in years. By the time someone calls us there is usually a deadline attached — an inspection, a sale, a family member who can no longer manage the stairs.
What we have learned is that the clearing is the easy part. The hard part is doing it without humiliating anybody. We arrive in an unmarked vehicle. We do not pile things on the lawn where the street can see. We do not photograph hoarding jobs for marketing, ever. If the resident is present, they set the pace, and they get the final say on anything we are unsure about.
Practically, these are the largest jobs we do. A heavy-clutter property is not one truckload; it is days of room-by-room excavation, often with access problems — a hallway you cannot walk down, a stairwell with one usable step, doors that no longer open. That is why the pricing starts where it does, and why we insist on walking the property before quoting.
Unmarked vehicle, no signage, nothing staged on the lawn or driveway. We load continuously and keep the front of the property looking like any other day. For many families this is the single most important thing we do.
We go at her pace, not ours, and nothing leaves without agreement. We can work one room at a time over several visits rather than clearing the house in a day. Where a therapist or case worker is involved, we take direction from them.
There almost always is. We hand-sort rather than shovel, and cash, documents, jewellery and medication are recovered and returned. Over a career you learn where people hide things, and we look there.
Neither does anyone who quotes it over the phone. We walk the property confidentially, assess volume, weight and access, and give you one fixed written number. Tier 1 starts at $4,000; severe properties are quoted individually from $8,000.
No branding on the street, nothing piled where neighbours can see, crews briefed to be quiet and matter-of-fact. We have done this often enough to know that dignity is most of the service.
Cash, jewellery, identity documents, medication, photographs and paperwork are recovered and returned. We sort by hand rather than by shovel, which is slower and is the reason things get found.
Where someone is living in the property, we work at a pace they can tolerate, room by room, over multiple visits if that is what it takes. We take direction from any therapist, case worker or occupational therapist involved.
Blocked hallways, impassable stairwells, doors that no longer open, floors you cannot see. We bring the equipment and the crew numbers to work safely in properties other companies walk away from.
We are registered for non-hazardous waste. Where we find confirmed biohazard — significant animal or human waste, sharps, conditions needing remediation — we stop and bring in a licensed remediation partner. We will tell you rather than quietly load it.
The property comes back cleared and swept, floors visible, rooms usable. Where a deeper clean or restoration is needed afterwards, we hand off to the right trade and co-ordinate the timing.
We walk the property with you, usually about twenty minutes. You get a fixed written price — not a range, not an hourly rate that drifts.
A 30% deposit confirms the booking and holds your crew, vehicle and disposal window. It comes straight off the final invoice.
Property protected, contents sorted donation-first, space handed back swept at minimum. You walk it with us before you pay the balance.
Hoarding cleanouts across Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, with multi-day scheduling available throughout.
Tier 1 hoarding cleanouts — heavy clutter, one or two levels, normal structural access — start at $4,000. Tier 2 and above, meaning severe accumulation, blocked access, multi-level or multi-day projects, start at $8,000 and are quoted individually after a confidential walkthrough. The variables are volume, weight, how far the crew has to carry, how many days it takes, and disposal tonnage. A 30% deposit confirms the booking and comes off the final invoice. Nobody can price a hoarding property honestly over the phone.
Not from us. We arrive in an unmarked vehicle, we put no signage on the street, and we do not stage contents on the lawn or driveway — everything goes from the property into a closed truck. Crews are briefed to be quiet and unremarkable. We also do not photograph hoarding jobs for marketing, ever, which is why the gallery on this page stays empty.
We are registered with Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment as a non-hazardous waste transportation system, which means confirmed biohazardous material is outside what we are permitted to transport. In practice: light surface soiling in an otherwise heavy-clutter property is part of normal work, but significant animal or human waste, sharps, or conditions that need remediation get referred to a licensed remediation contractor. We will say so plainly at the walkthrough rather than discovering it mid-job or quietly loading it.
Sometimes, and sometimes not yet. We will not force a clearing on someone living in their own home, and a cleanout done against the resident’s will tends to be undone within a year. What does work is going slowly: one room, agreed in advance, with the resident present and holding the final say. If a therapist, case worker or occupational therapist is involved we take direction from them. Call us and we will tell you honestly whether we think the job is ready.
A Tier 1 property is usually two to four working days. Tier 2 and above can run a week or more, particularly where access is poor or the work is paced around a resident. We schedule hoarding projects as blocks rather than squeezing them between other jobs, which is part of why the deposit holds the crew.
Usually, yes — and we look. Hoarded properties very often contain cash, identity documents, deeds, bank books, jewellery and medication distributed through the clutter. We hand-sort rather than shovel, and everything of that kind is set aside and returned to the family. This is a large part of why the job costs what it does; speed and recovery are in direct conflict.
Yes. Unit clearing after an eviction or an abandonment is common work for us, and we can provide certificates of insurance, weigh tickets, dated photographs and an itemised invoice for your file. Where a tenancy is still live, we will ask you to confirm you have the legal right to clear the unit before we book it — that protects both of us.
No obligation, no photographs taken for marketing, and nothing said to anyone else. We will tell you honestly what the job involves and what it costs.
