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[quote=Anonymous]I have worked for families on all ends of the cleanliness spectrum. I worked for a family once that literally;  No joke,  they could have /easily/ been on an episode of Hoarders. They had several rooms that couldn't be entered because they were literally completely full from floor to ceiling. Lots of dirty old toys and board games and clothes, but just trash also. Their children were older; they had an 18 year old who had just moved to college and a 13 (almost 14) year old, who I picked up from private school on the other side of town, drove home, prepared dinner, helped with homework, etc.

I remember at one point their son confessed that he could no longer sleep in his room because his mom had just left too much dirty laundry in his room and on top of his bed, so he'd been sleeping on the couch for months. If their kids had been younger I would've definitely called child services. Another factor was that they were friends with another client of mine. It was weird, both parents somehow held down high profile jobs; they made plenty of money. I honestly think they were too embarrassed to even hire help (and I'm sure the hoarding psychological issues didn't help). They also were well regarded by my other client, I think they went out of their way to not have friends over to their house.

I made the mistake of trying to help with cleaning the house and laundry and dishes. I folded their laundry and sorted it into laundry baskets (one for mom one for dad one for son), and clearly labeled with large signs ("clean laundry for Chris," etc). They wouldn't put it away and it would end up just getting dirty sitting out after a week or two. I stayed doing dishes but then they started letting dishes pile up for many days at a time (I worked Tuesday to Friday and I'd come in on Tuesday to find dishes from Friday night and Saturday morning etc). Attempts to clean the house were similarly squashed.

When the school year ended and I moved on they told me (without my saying anything) they were going to take time off and focus on getting their house in order. I sincerely hope they did. [/quote]

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