Help with hoarding

Hoarding disorder is a mental health condition which usually means that someone keeps a lot of items in their home and can struggle with getting rid of them. In serious cases, this can interfere with everyday living too, making it difficult to access and use rooms at home. Lots of items in your home can increase your fire risk, as it provides additional fuel for a fire to burn and spread quickly. If you would struggle to get out of your home in an emergency, it also means that the emergency services would struggle to get in.

It's very important that our trades team can also access your home to carry out repairs and vital safety tests, such as gas and electrical testing. So, if you're struggling with hoarding, we can help and support you with this. Hoarding is nothing to be ashamed of, and we'll never come in and start removing lots of items from your home. We aren't hoarding specialists, but we'll try to support you by working with other agencies in a way that puts your mental health first.

If you want to talk to someone about hoarding, you should make an appointment to see your GP. There are also charities such as OCD-UK and Hoarding UK that might be able to help.

If you'd like to know how we can help support you with hoarding, get in touch with us.