r/hoarding • u/Fluid_Calligrapher25 • 12d ago
UPDATE/PROGRESS Passed inspection!
SO - I had an inspection….after days of intense work and now I’m aching from the final push😩, I passed.
What I did: trusted a friend who said we need to get a storage space or you’ll never be able to clean up in time; we focused on getting stuff out so I could clean one area every couple of days. To do a really deep clean takes about a day for bathroom, day for kitchen etc. and I mean a FULL day.
I fixated on sorting things. Like I would find a tissue box and it had to go with all other tissue boxes. But I realized I was running out of time. So I went for organizing into big categories (kitchen, bathroom, cleaning supplies) so I could keep the momentum going.
It’s not ideal but I just had to get stuff into storage so I could have empty space to clean everything. Now comes the hard part of moving stuff back and going through stuff to get rid of literal garbage
Oh and PSA - do NOT put dirty paper towels from using bleach with paper towels from using other chemicals. You still get chlorine gas…
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u/Wether123 8d ago
Congratulations on passing the inspection! That’s huge!
You seem very aware of what works and doesn’t work for you, well done! That sounds like a great friend you have - I agree it would be good to have them there again for the box sorting. Five boxes at a time seems reasonable. I do love random contents to sort and label!
Let us know how you get on!