Living With a Hoarder
Guidance for partners, families and housemates sharing a home with a hoarder — boundaries, safety and everyday life. 7 articles in this category.
How to Deal With a Hoarder
Practical, humane approaches to dealing with a hoarder in your life — as family, neighbour or landlord — without making things worse.
Updated 2026-07-20How to Live With a Hoarder
How to share a home with a hoarder — protecting your own space, mental health and safety while maintaining the relationship.
Updated 2026-07-20How to Cope With a Hoarder
Coping strategies for family members and friends of hoarders — practical tools for managing the emotional and daily impact.
Updated 2026-07-20How to Deal With a Hoarder Family Member
How to navigate the specific dynamics of hoarding within a family — siblings, parents, adult children — and how to work together as a family.
Updated 2026-07-20How to Deal With a Hoarder Parent
Specific guidance for adult children of hoarding parents — role reversal, emotional history, ageing considerations and safeguarding.
Updated 2026-07-20How to Deal With a Hoarder Spouse
Guidance for partners and spouses of hoarders — protecting the relationship, negotiating the home, and knowing when to consider separation.
Updated 2026-07-20What Not to Say to a Hoarder
Common phrases that damage conversations with hoarders — what to avoid and what to say instead.
Updated 2026-07-20
About the author
Mariusz Baran
Mariusz Baran is the owner of Hoarders Cleaners, We Clear Everything London Ltd and House and Office Clearance Ltd, providing clearance and cleaning services across Greater London. He specialises in hoarding clean-ups, house and probate clearances, waste removal and secure disposal, working discreetly with families, landlords and councils.