Once you've been in this business as long as I have it's going to take something really bizarre to ruffle your feathers.
Worst case for me was an old house I had contracted to clean out with soggy carpet throughout plus an over bearing animal piss ( cat urine ) that would gag a maggot. The urine in the air so thick it created a haze you could chew on.
Taking that first step into the house you had an instant reaction where all you wanted to do was vomit, all I could do was turn and go back outside for fresh air after the third or fourth entry you kinda get used to the over bearing smell but not the taste in your mouth.
In a situation like this its best the breath through your mouth with a wet rag over to mask the smell then after an hour or so was able to discard the rag and get on with the job.
I've worked as a plumber and would rather climb into a septic tank to retrieve a submersible pump than do another house of horrors.
Burn your cloths after as the cat piss is not coming out.
The woman had lived here for over 20 years with a house full of cats to make things worse she was a hoarder boxes piled to the ceiling in every room yea all smelling of cat piss.
We did get an 8 place setting of Royal Albert White Dogwood China with every size platter and both sizes of tea pots like the full set which did clean up nicely. This China set was like brand new with out so much as a chip or any wear showing on the gold trim.
The most unfortunate part is that my daughter collects Old Country Rose's from the same maker - Royal Albert.
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