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"I was a hoarder - now I earn £50k helping others with clutter-filled homes"

2024-09-10 8,945 Dailymotion

A self-proclaimed 'hoarder' spends her days transforming other hoarders' messy and clutter-filled homes.<br /><br />Lisa Curtis, 53, grew up with a fondness of 'collecting' things - which she later realised would be classed as 'hoarding'.<br /><br />When her dad, Keith Robinson, 65, died in 2013 - she discovered his house was bursting full because he was also a hoarder.<br /><br />She spent months sifting through his belongings choosing what to keep, donate, sell and discard - clearing the property on weekends over around six months.<br /><br />She then turned her attention to her own three-bed home - stacked full of random collections - and managed to get rid of thousands of items.<br /><br />She began taking requests for decluttering help from friends and colleagues and in 2017 the side-hustle became her full-time job - which sees her make around £50k a year.<br /><br />Now the mum-of-three spends every day walking into hoarders' homes to help them tackle their habits.<br /><br />Some of Lisa's most difficult projects have seen her tackle huge collections of sex toys, rat-infested chairs and even a client who stored his poo in boxes.<br /><br />But Lisa, @motherclutteruk on Tiktok, said she finds the job rewarding as she can "make a difference" to lives.

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