My across the street where I used to live neighbor was a hoarder. You couldn’t even really walk in there. Then after she died her family sold it for $14,000 to someone who totally redid it and made it beautiful. It took 2 dumpsters - the big construction kind - to empty it out. There was actually a fair bit of good stuff in there. Dirty but good. And a ton of things new in boxes. They were going to toss it all so I started putting aside the good stuff, photo albums, etc. and called her family to come get the things. Many bags of trash too. I had never seen anything like it in my life. Ever. I guess there are good reasons why someone’s house might end up like that but I just can’t imagine how you’d be able to live in something like that.
Intersting is right (haven’t seen the second half yet). This is worse than Miss Betty’s house but not by a whole heck of a lot. Took them 2 or 3 days to empty her house out with 3 guys working on it.
@Kidsandliz where I used to live years ago there was a hoarder house down the street. We all had mailboxes on the front of the houses. They had to have a mailbox on a post out by the street because the house stunk really bad. The husband had a couch and TV in the garage. He’d sit out there all the time. It took years for the city to step in. Turns out the stink was dead animals. They caught one of the family members disposing of animals in a local dumpster. Really sad.
@RiotDemon@sammydog01 Hey thanks
Yeah, that’s probably worth a bit of money. Will need the filter capacitor(s) replaced, at a minimum, to make it work properly.
@PooltoyWolf@sammydog01 that was a different one that I saw. When I was scrubbing through one of them I saw that older one. Maybe that’s what he was talking about and the square thing was just a record player.
Yeah but he owns an antique store so he has a way to profitably get rid of all of it. I think people get overwhelmed trying to get rid of even the good stuff.
@CaptAmehrican I’m not surprised the family sold it. That would of been a nightmare for a family member to go through. He is keeping things like photos and certain papers to give back to the family.
@f00l Watching it I feel sad for the person who was living like that. She couldn’t really even make any more pottery due to no space which is doubly sad. It is a little bit worse than Miss Betty’s house was and as I was trying to salvage the useable things for her family (they were too stressed out to deal with it and yet didn’t really want to walk away but couldn’t cope with it - they had pulled out the quilts they saw that she had made and a few other things and then were overwhelmed - I found more quilts deeper in the mess and as the guys brought things out - they were tossing everything - and found photo albums, a baby book/diary thing she made about her kids, awards she had won at work…) all I could think of was how much she must have struggled and how no one in the neighborhood knew. This show really doesn’t show personal stuff that would be private or embarrassing (I have watched the first 3 so far), the focus is more on interesting finds.
Hoarding is the such a terrible disease, trust me i’ve been there!! It’s like you are trapped and you truly can’t get out of it without major help and even then it doesn’t feel good. After all the crap is finally gone it’s such a freedom of the mind, it’s like talking a bath after being in a mud bog!! I still find myself having valid reasons why I need to hold on to a empty box, it’s crazy! My place never got as bad as the places that you see on the hoarding shows but OMG do I relate to all the feelings!! I actually have a hard time watching the shows when the people are tryin to convince them to get rid of their belongings/trash!!
@turtlegurl Same, except I haven’t been there…yet!
When I was little I felt sorry for the things that were thrown away, the old toys, stuffed animals, etc.
As an adult I watched Brave Little Toaster and I almost cried my eyes out…I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG.
So… I still have misc things my folks gave me when I moved out, my first bedroom dresser, my first guitar with a broken neck, blah blah blah. Not anywhere close to being a hoarder but I can definitely relate.
Now that I’m older I find that the ‘stuff’ helps with my memories… I suppose pics could do the same. I still feel bad when I have to donate or toss it.
Marie Condo can kiss my ass about the JOY stuff. I DO get it, but in my case I have to weigh the sadness against the joy. So far, sadness is winning.
@RiotDemon He said there was snow on it so probably. I bet the neighbors took it. It looked like he was pretty good about tossing stuff and only saving things that had value for the donate pile.
@RiotDemon Oh my gosh she sure lived a long time. I guess she never got to see the house be cleared out and fixed up. In episode 12 they said she was coming out there this weekend. Sad.
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Might be missing some (like where is episode 19?) but here are more in this series. They are auctioning it live later this month on the 19-20th of July.
Auction update (4/16)
Potter house Q&A (4/25)
Episode 16 (4/27)
Auction update (4/29)
Episode 17 (5/2)
Open house (5/12)
The final auction setting up (5/15)
Potter house merchandise (5/17)
Episode 20 (5/29)
Auction the farewell (6/29)
It’s like buying a giant Box of Carrots!
@mfladd exactly!
@mfladd or a FUKO or IRK or BOC.
My across the street where I used to live neighbor was a hoarder. You couldn’t even really walk in there. Then after she died her family sold it for $14,000 to someone who totally redid it and made it beautiful. It took 2 dumpsters - the big construction kind - to empty it out. There was actually a fair bit of good stuff in there. Dirty but good. And a ton of things new in boxes. They were going to toss it all so I started putting aside the good stuff, photo albums, etc. and called her family to come get the things. Many bags of trash too. I had never seen anything like it in my life. Ever. I guess there are good reasons why someone’s house might end up like that but I just can’t imagine how you’d be able to live in something like that.
Intersting is right (haven’t seen the second half yet). This is worse than Miss Betty’s house but not by a whole heck of a lot. Took them 2 or 3 days to empty her house out with 3 guys working on it.
@Kidsandliz where I used to live years ago there was a hoarder house down the street. We all had mailboxes on the front of the houses. They had to have a mailbox on a post out by the street because the house stunk really bad. The husband had a couch and TV in the garage. He’d sit out there all the time. It took years for the city to step in. Turns out the stink was dead animals. They caught one of the family members disposing of animals in a local dumpster. Really sad.
@RiotDemon Now that is sad.
Any old TVs or radios in there?
@PooltoyWolf there was an old radio. I think episode 2 or 3. They couldn’t get it to pick up any stations though.
@RiotDemon Ooh! Most likely needed some work done on it. Much like people that age
@PooltoyWolf most likely. I don’t know if he kept it. It was a giant square thing with a clear lid on a post in the corner.
@RiotDemon Huh, ‘clear lid’ sounds like a turntable.
@PooltoyWolf that’s what I thought too. They only showed it briefly.
@RiotDemon I’ll have to take a look!
@PooltoyWolf @RiotDemon Crosley radio
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 Hey thanks
Yeah, that’s probably worth a bit of money. Will need the filter capacitor(s) replaced, at a minimum, to make it work properly.
@PooltoyWolf @sammydog01 that was a different one that I saw. When I was scrubbing through one of them I saw that older one. Maybe that’s what he was talking about and the square thing was just a record player.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 Huh, could be. I’ll just have to watch and find out!
Yeah but he owns an antique store so he has a way to profitably get rid of all of it. I think people get overwhelmed trying to get rid of even the good stuff.
@CaptAmehrican I’m not surprised the family sold it. That would of been a nightmare for a family member to go through. He is keeping things like photos and certain papers to give back to the family.
@RiotDemon also it was not any random hoarder house but the lady was some sort of famous pottery arts person
@CaptAmehrican yep. I think he knew was going to make loads of money on any pottery he found.
I stayed up way too late last night watching this. Good thing the power never went off at that house. Ewww.
@sammydog01 did you watch them all? The last one, he opened the fridge that probably hasn’t been opened in forty years. Crazy!
@RiotDemon I know- can you imagine if that fridge was off for 40 years?
@sammydog01 It was only off for 3 years, of course there is summer… not just 40 below.
@sammydog01 Oh wait it was just the heat that was off for 3 years and up that far north no need for A/C
@riotdemon - how did you find this to begin with?
@Kidsandliz it was some random recommendation. I watch a lot of weird stuff on YouTube. I think I had seen some other hoarder video weeks ago.
I wonder if the people making the show got any sort of release from the previous owner or that person’s estate.
… Assuming the person’s identity could be worked out by someone watching.
If I watched this sort of thing, I wonder if I would feel somewhat voyeur-creepy.
@f00l Watching it I feel sad for the person who was living like that. She couldn’t really even make any more pottery due to no space which is doubly sad. It is a little bit worse than Miss Betty’s house was and as I was trying to salvage the useable things for her family (they were too stressed out to deal with it and yet didn’t really want to walk away but couldn’t cope with it - they had pulled out the quilts they saw that she had made and a few other things and then were overwhelmed - I found more quilts deeper in the mess and as the guys brought things out - they were tossing everything - and found photo albums, a baby book/diary thing she made about her kids, awards she had won at work…) all I could think of was how much she must have struggled and how no one in the neighborhood knew. This show really doesn’t show personal stuff that would be private or embarrassing (I have watched the first 3 so far), the focus is more on interesting finds.
“The one thing you don’t to lose inside of a hoarder house is your keys.” I feel for that guy.
@sammydog01 Yeah seriously. Or in the snow either.
Hoarding is the such a terrible disease, trust me i’ve been there!! It’s like you are trapped and you truly can’t get out of it without major help and even then it doesn’t feel good. After all the crap is finally gone it’s such a freedom of the mind, it’s like talking a bath after being in a mud bog!! I still find myself having valid reasons why I need to hold on to a empty box, it’s crazy! My place never got as bad as the places that you see on the hoarding shows but OMG do I relate to all the feelings!! I actually have a hard time watching the shows when the people are tryin to convince them to get rid of their belongings/trash!!
@turtlegurl Same, except I haven’t been there…yet!
When I was little I felt sorry for the things that were thrown away, the old toys, stuffed animals, etc.
As an adult I watched Brave Little Toaster and I almost cried my eyes out…I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG
.
So… I still have misc things my folks gave me when I moved out, my first bedroom dresser, my first guitar with a broken neck, blah blah blah. Not anywhere close to being a hoarder but I can definitely relate.
Now that I’m older I find that the ‘stuff’ helps with my memories… I suppose pics could do the same. I still feel bad when I have to donate or toss it.
Marie Condo can kiss my ass about the JOY stuff. I DO get it, but in my case I have to weigh the sadness against the joy. So far, sadness is winning.
Here is part 5
And here is what he is doing with the vintage clothing out of the house
@Kidsandliz just watched these this morning. OMG does he have a lot of clothes.
Ok so I am procrastinating instead of reviewing 2 symposiums… (I will regret this later).
here is part 6
I’m annoyed at the donation people not picking up the stuff. I guess they are afraid it’s going to be water damaged?
@RiotDemon He said there was snow on it so probably. I bet the neighbors took it. It looked like he was pretty good about tossing stuff and only saving things that had value for the donate pile.
@sammydog01 I guess the people got confused and thought they could walk into the house looking for stuff as well.
@RiotDemon Or they’re just super friendly? Or nosy?
@sammydog01 I’m assuming friendly since he said he could easily go for a drink with the locals if he wanted.
When I lived in Norway it was commonplace for the neighbors to show up in the afternoon for a coffee.
@RiotDemon My next door neighbor showed up every day at cocktail time. Back when before dinner drinks were a thing.
@sammydog01 I’m lucky (?) if my neighbors say hello.
@RiotDemon I don’t know their names. I suck at neighboring. Maybe I should move to Canada?
@sammydog01 you better start practicing how to say sorry and eat more maple syrup.
Meet the potter:
@RiotDemon Nice. Thanks for posting this.
Kitchen planning:
@RiotDemon Yeah I just found that now… not 33 minutes after you posted it.
Starting the kitchen. Some plumbing. Insulation.
@RiotDemon Good thing there are no ghosts there.
Lots more work being done.
@RiotDemon This is part 10
@RiotDemon Somehow I was surprised at how low that guy’s singing voice is. Like Johnny Cash low.
@sammydog01 I like how the restaurant put him on the board like it was guaranteed that he was going to sing that night.
pt 9
@riotdemon here are some more
Part 11
Part 12
Misc one sandwiched between 9 and 10
Mary, the Potter, has passed away at 102 years old.
@RiotDemon Oh my gosh she sure lived a long time. I guess she never got to see the house be cleared out and fixed up. In episode 12 they said she was coming out there this weekend. Sad.
@Kidsandliz yep. Her funeral will be held the weekend she was supposed to go.
Mary’s funeral ride.
Tiling.
Yard. Kitchen.
Closer to the end.
@RiotDemon Ooh, thanks. I need to get caught up.
@RiotDemon Man, I’ve really enjoyed this series
I followed that carpenter guy Josh on Instagram. He does finger painting and it’s amazing. Myhandsgallery
@Riotdemon @sammydog01 @compunaut
Two more
@riotdemon
Might be missing some (like where is episode 19?) but here are more in this series. They are auctioning it live later this month on the 19-20th of July.
Auction update (4/16)
Potter house Q&A (4/25)
Episode 16 (4/27)
Auction update (4/29)
Episode 17 (5/2)
Open house (5/12)
The final auction setting up (5/15)
Potter house merchandise (5/17)
Episode 20 (5/29)
Auction the farewell (6/29)
Here’s an update 10/14
There is the one that goes before the one I just posted
And we missed part 16 somehow