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Organizing and De-Cluttering Services

What is Clutter?

An organized home, a clutter free world, does this sound beyond your grasp?

How serious is the problem in your world?

The basic levels of disorganization. From clutter to squalor.

Level One

If your environment is at a Level One clutter then you are just disorganized with a few rooms or corners of rooms that have things piled up for lack of where to put things. To remedy this situation we need to find permanent homes for these things that are without homes. This may require getting some shelves or some containers or re-organizing a closet or a storage area to accommodate the stuff. We can separate the things into like groups and arrange them to be stored, or be accessible seasonally, or as needed, or regularly. We typically see Level One problems in corners of basements, garages, attics, closets, and spare bedrooms. Or it can be more local to the coffee table, the pile on the dining room table, the pile on the counter by the refrigerator, piles of paperwork on the desk, or accumulated things on a dresser top.

Level Two

A Level Two clutter situation is a Level One that is more intense. The clutter may take up the entire storage room rather than a corner of the room. Or in the main part of the house it may be in the corner of the room in the form of stacks of magazines, newspapers, books, out-grown toys, abandoned hobby materials, etc... The same plan of action will work as for the Level One though. Although it may take a little longer and require more careful planning as to what to do with the things once they are sorted through. At this point a good idea is to try to throw out or donate as much as possible to thin the herds to a more manageable level.

Level Three

Level Three involves turning another corner in the scheme of things. This is the beginning of true squalor. Level Three will include dry trash piled up or thrown about in the house. Not garbage, mind you, just dry trash. We define dry trash as paper, cardboard, plastic bags, anything that should have been thrown away and discarded, but does not contain any source of moisture. Trash will not create odors in the house since there is no moisture exposure. To handle a Level Three situation, the trash must first be gathered and tossed out, then we can treat the remaining clutter as a Level Two situation.

Level Four

A Level Four situation is usually a health hazard. Level Four will include garbage in with the trash. Garbage is defined as trash that contains moisture of any source. Garbage is usually discard from kitchen and bathrooms generally. That would include food products, containers from food, any used paper products such as kleenex, toilet paper, paper towels, feminine products, or any damp paper or cardboard. Garbage will create odors in the house and mold or mildew may be growing. Underlying rugs, floors, and furniture will be ruined if the garbage has sat there for any length of time. A Level Four situation requires the entire contents of the cluttered areas to be discarded. We will often find mold, mildew, and infestations of roaches and maggots in these areas. This is a serious situation and must be dealt with immediately. It will require gloves, face masks, and an exterminator service to be brought in. You may be advised to discard most or all of the house furnishings including upholstered surfaces, drapes and curtains, and carpets.

Level Five

A Level Five situation is one which contains animal or human waste. From pets that refuse to be housebroken, to the infirm or elderly that cannot contain maintain their bodily functions, to the remains from death. Level Five is reached once these waste products have been left and not been cleaned up after. Level Five refers only to the presence of the waste only, with no additional clutter.

Level Six

Level Six is a combination of Level Five compounded by Level Four or Three. That would include animal or human waste along with garbage and/or trash cluttering the home.

Links to useful sites to learn more:

www.flylady.net   

This is a very cute website on how to maintain a clutter free world with a Yahoo Group that you can sign up with to receive daily email reminders consisting of de-cluttering tasks. This is required reading for anyone trying to overcome clutter from Level One on.

www.organizedhome.com

A nice website to assist you in organizing and staying organized once you become organized. Lots of hints and tips. A good place for the Level One or Level Two person to start with.

www.squalorsurvivors.com

This is a support program for those who live in or have lived in true squalor. They have their own rating system but this would amount to our Level Three or higher. There are pictures and heartfelt stories from the survivors themselves. Also some famous - both real and fictional people, who have been through this. This is required reading for anyone dealing with Level Three or higher.

www.disposophobia.com

This is a service located in New York that specializes in heavy duty clear outs and follow up service. They are very expensive though. They require a photo pictorial and charge $150 just to give you an estimate based on those pictures. They do however have some amazing pictures posted on their website. Defiantly Level Three and beyond here. Very blunt and to the point.

How we can help.

We can help you get organized and maintain your newly organized home. We can clean up the squalor and help you maintain a clean home. We are not just an Organizing Service, we are also a housecleaning service and we therefore can assist you in maintaining your new level of organization.

We are unique in this field as we are both an Organizing Service and a House Cleaning Service. What this means to you is this.

Get Organized– As we organize and declutter for you, we do what we call “dust control”. This means that we will dust things off, keep cobwebs in check, and dust out areas as we clear them.

Stay Organized - Once you have been organized, sign up for our regular housecleaning services, which we offer weekly, biweekly, monthly and quarterly. This will allow us to re-organize your home as we come through to do the cleaning. Having been the organizing service, we know where everything belongs, and will keep you neat and tidy.

Please call us today so we can begin to assist you to achieve a more organized, clean, and healthy world.

We are flexible, discreet, bonded and insured. We offer more than just suggestions as to what to do with things, we offer permanent solutions.

Call us today
so you can feel the freedom tomorrow
 that being organized offers you.