A cleaning superfan who scrubbed a grandmother’s dirt-caked bathroom clean was left heartbroken – after she DIED before she was able to see it.<br /><br />Auri Katariina, 30, travels the world cleaning filthy homes for free, often helping out struggling people.<br /><br />She spent five hours cleaning the 87-year-old’s lavatory – which was crammed with six-foot high piles of used adult nappies and empty toilet rolls.<br /><br />The granny, from Finland, had not showered for more than three years and Auri said she was “excited” by the “amazing” challenge.<br /><br />She even found a heart-shaped stone that the grandmother had asked her to try to find in the mess.<br /><br />But a day after completing the job, on 18 May, the granny’s daughter told Auri she had passed away.<br /><br />She didn’t live to see either the stone or the sparkling clean bathroom.<br /><br />Auri posted a video of the clean on her TikTok where it has amassed more than 55m views.<br /><br />Auri, from Tampere, Finland, said: “When I finished I texted photos to the granny’s daughter and she replied saying: ‘You are unbelievable. This can’t be true. I have no words to thank you enough.'<br /><br />“I replied and she said again ‘this is so incredible’ and then the next day she texted me that her mum had passed away.<br /><br />“It was sad for the poor granny.<br /><br />“She had left a note asking if I could look for a heart-shaped stone she had lost.<br /><br />“I found it and was like ‘now the granny will be super happy’ but then she didn’t even get to see it.<br /><br />“It made me so sad.<br /><br />“It felt strange of course but I knew that I had helped her daughter anyway.”<br /><br />She quit her job as a service manager at a cleaning company in the summer of 2021 to pursue her passion of cleaning other people's homes for free.<br /><br />Her expenses are covered by sponsorship, she never charges a penny and she only chooses the dirtiest, grimiest homes belonging to people most in need.<br /><br />She said: “This lady’s daughter in her 40s asked for my help on Facebook.<br /><br />“She had visited her mother at the house and the last time was three years ago.<br /><br />“When she went there she noticed that her mother had not showered or washed her hair in at least three years.<br /><br />“She cut her hair off and didn’t dare to go to the bathroom.<br /><br />“She sent me a couple of pictures of the home and it looked pretty nice but I didn’t know what the bathroom looked like.<br /><br />“When I went there I opened the door and I was like ‘this is amazing’.<br /><br />“I was definitely excited. It was so crazy.<br /><br />“I’m always trying to find new types of stains, dirt and trash and this one was so different to others I’ve done before.<br /><br />“It was maybe the dirtiest bathroom I have ever seen. It was definitely the oddest.<br /><br />“There were piles of used pads and there was orange dust everywhere.<br /><br />“I don’t know what it was and there was also trash and really dirty toothbrushes.<br /><br />“I started by collecting all the pads. I don’t remember how many I used but it was many.<br /><br />“Then I washed all the surfaces, the sink, the toilet, the shower, shower walls and washing machine.<br /><br />“I bought her new toothbrushes, toothpaste and a rug and I also washed the floor.
