{"id":8323,"date":"2024-07-03T10:40:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T10:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/ukhp\/?p=8323"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:46:12","slug":"the-enthralling-emotional-inside-story-of-a-house-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/ukhp\/the-enthralling-emotional-inside-story-of-a-house-clearance\/","title":{"rendered":"The enthralling, emotional inside story of a house clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8323\" class=\"elementor elementor-8323\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15700d2 e-con-full ukhp-post-hero e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"15700d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f5aca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"16f5aca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f46d36 e-con-full ukhp-post-meta e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f46d36\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e774db9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e774db9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-233463e ukhp-crumb  elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"233463e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-breadcrumbs__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/ukhp\">Home<\/a> <span class=\"eael-breadcrumb-separator\">\/<\/span> <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c7495 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3c7495\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c3665d ukhp-post-cat  elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c3665d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">News<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6bfc39 ukhp-post-date elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6bfc39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3 July 2024<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-463e28a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"463e28a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69f2fa2 ukhp-post-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69f2fa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The enthralling, emotional inside story of a house clearance<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a797a5 ukhp-post-standfirst elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a797a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brendan O&#8217;Shea founded house clearance business Just Clear in 2012 with one van. His team now clears 15 to 20 probate properties a day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be89b89 e-con-full ukhp-post-featured e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"be89b89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c66b8c ukhp-post-featured elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c66b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/ukhp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Treasure-Hunters-768x542.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8325\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/ukhp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Treasure-Hunters-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/ukhp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Treasure-Hunters-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/ukhp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Treasure-Hunters.png 1018w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f1abeb ukhp-article e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f1abeb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b52ccc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b52ccc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2ec2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d2ec2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brendan O&#8217;Shea founded <a href=\"https:\/\/justclear.com\/\">Just Clear<\/a> in south-west London in 2012 with a single van. His business now runs eight vans from its original yard, has franchises across England and Wales, and is opening in Scotland. The team clears 15 to 20 probate properties a day, with probate work accounting for more than half of the business. A Guardian feature by Emily Retter follows him and his team into an elderly music lover&#8217;s home, cleared after his death around Christmas.<\/p><p>O&#8217;Shea recalls his first hoarding clearance, entering through a window because the doors had not opened in more than twenty years. Inside were forty-two tonnes of newspapers, rodents, fleas and human waste stored in bottles and jars. He tells the Guardian he now sees more hoarding since the pandemic, particularly food stockpiling, and describes second-generation hoards where a parent&#8217;s collecting has continued through a child.<\/p><p>Dr Stuart Whomsley, describes hoarding as a defensive wall of objects built against emotional pain. 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The article credits the World Health Organization with recognising hoarding as a psychiatric condition in 2018.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6f28fd elementor-align-center ukhp-btn-primary elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d6f28fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/article\/2024\/jul\/03\/treasure-hunters-the-enthralling-emotional-inside-story-of-a-house-clearance\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read the BBC Article Here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brendan O&#8217;Shea founded house clearance business Just Clear in 2012 with one van. 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