Hoarder and specialist cleaning jobs

Hoarder cleaning sits at the specialist end of the industry, alongside trauma cleaning, void property clearance and biohazard work. The job combines deep cleaning with clearance, and often with sensitivity: many clears happen with the resident present, working room by room at a pace agreed with them or with social services. It is demanding work that most general cleaners never touch, which is exactly why it pays better.

Employers are specialist firms rather than agencies, and they train. Expect full PPE, procedures for sharps and waste carriage, and a stronger stomach than the average job requires. Adverts appear under several names, so the board below pulls from searches for hoarder cleaning, extreme cleaning and biohazard cleaning together. If you can bring patience and discretion as well as graft, this niche has less competition per vacancy than any mainstream cleaning role.

Also advertised as

Extreme clean, biohazard, trauma clean

Training

Provided by specialist employers, PPE supplied

Pay position

Above general cleaning rates

Who hires

Specialist firms, councils, housing associations