The hoarder’s home’s mound of Stella cans was being cleared out by a man who described it as “up there” with the worst things he’d ever seen.
It took up the entire interior of Matt Goodman’s lorry to contain the large pile of empties.
When the pandemic first began, he founded his business, appropriately named Clear Trash, and hoards like this one in Plymouth no longer concern him.
To be completely honest, nothing longer surprises us.
According to him, “We come and clear it, and then that is the end of our duty.”
‘Nothing fazes me now, as you can imagine. We do this day in, day out but to be fair this job was impressive, I’ve never seen that many cans. We managed to fill an entire cage tipper with just cans.’
Despite the mass of rubbish, Matt and his team were able to clear the home in one day.
To add to the stench and mess, rotten food and old takeaways were also found in the property, but Matt confirmed 90% of it all was cans.
The future of the property remains in the balance but Matt recommended any new owner to ‘start again’, adding: ‘It needs ripping out.’
He said the roof had been leaking for a number of years and pests like rats and mice had once lived in the home.
‘You can imagine where all the food has been rotting and where the beer cans were there were no carpets so it’s all dripped through the floorboards. The smell is still there because it’s all soaked in.
‘To be fair, it didn’t smell like alcohol. I think because it had been like it for so long it was just the smell of rotting food.’
Matt and the team also offer their cleaning services to vulnerable people, particularly those struggling with their mental health.
He’s also looking to expand into cleaning up crime scenes once he completes a biohazard course.