Garage packed with boxes and lawn equipment behind a brick ranch house in Florissant, MO, with items pulled onto the driveway

Florissant, north St. Louis County

St. Louis Hoarding Cleanup: Cleanouts in Florissant, MO

Whole-house cleanouts in the largest city in St. Louis County, where an occupied house costs twice as much to inspect.

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St. Louis Hoarding Cleanup connects owners, families and investors in Florissant with local cleanout crews for hoarded houses, estates and rentals. Florissant is the largest city in St. Louis County, about 51,300 people by the latest Census estimate, an old French settlement whose postwar subdivisions of brick ranch houses now make up most of its housing.

A whole-house cleanout typically costs $2,000 to $6,000; in Florissant an occupancy inspection of a vacant single-family house is $75 and an occupied one is $150, and every visit past the two included costs $50.

$2,000 to $6,000 for a typical whole house

A hoarder house cleanout in Florissant typically runs $2,000 to $6,000, at the $1 to $2 per square foot published cost guides give. Many Florissant ranch houses are around 1,000 to 1,500 square feet with a full basement and a one or two-car garage, which puts a typical job toward the lower and middle of that range.

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Signs a Florissant house has filled up

The car lives in the driveway because the garage is full
The basement stairs are lined with boxes
Bedrooms in a three-bedroom ranch have become storage rooms
The back patio or carport holds furniture from the house

What Florissant charges, and who pays

Florissant requires an occupancy inspection and permit before anyone moves into a house. For a single-family house the application is $75 if the house is vacant and $150 if it is occupied at the time of inspection, and either fee includes two scheduled inspections. The permit itself is $50 to issue, and each extra inspection is $50.

A house can be sold as-is without an inspection, but then the buyer has to get and pay for the inspection and permit before anyone moves in. That route works for investors. A family selling a parent's house to an owner-occupant usually does better clearing it, passing the inspection and listing it empty. The page on selling a hoarder house covers the order of work.

Old Town and the postwar streets

Old Town Florissant, around rue St. Francois and St. Ferdinand Shrine, has the oldest houses, some built of brick and stone in the 1800s. Most of the city came later, in the 1950s and 1960s, when thousands of ranch houses went up for families moving out of the city. Those houses are the typical Florissant cleanout: one floor, a full basement and a garage, each of them full.

The basement and garage usually hold half the volume, so a hoarder house cleanout here plans for them from the start.

Not sure how big the job is? Describe the rooms and what is in them, and get a straight answer on what it usually takes.

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Hazardous waste close to home

One of the two regional household hazardous waste sites is in Florissant, on Seven Hills Drive. It takes residents of St. Louis County, St. Louis City and Jefferson County by reservation, free for the first 50 pounds. Old paint and chemicals from a Florissant garage often go there, while appliances go to recycling and furniture in good condition to donation.

Questions people ask

How much does a hoarder house cleanout cost in Florissant?

Typically $2,000 to $6,000, and many Florissant ranch houses fall toward the lower and middle of that range.

What does the Florissant occupancy inspection cost?

For a single-family house, $75 if vacant and $150 if occupied, including two inspections, plus $50 for the permit and $50 for any extra inspection.

What are the signs a Florissant house needs a full cleanout?

A full garage, boxes on the basement stairs, bedrooms used as storage and furniture on the patio.

Can a house in Florissant be sold without an inspection?

Yes, as-is, but the buyer must then get the inspection and permit before anyone moves in.

Where do old paint and chemicals go?

To the regional household hazardous waste site on Seven Hills Drive, by reservation.

Common jobs here

Hoarder house cleanout

Clearing a hoarded house to the floors, with the papers, photographs and valuables found and kept along the way.
Cleanout before a sale

Getting a hoarded house empty enough to inspect, photograph and sell, before the closing date sets the pace.
Hoarder garage cleanout

Clearing a garage that has not held a car in years, with the hazardous material sorted out before it goes anywhere.

Talk it through before anyone carries anything out

Say how many rooms are affected, whether there is a deadline, and whether anything in the house needs to be kept. You will hear what the job usually involves, what it tends to cost, and how long it tends to take.