Posted by Kelli Owens on December 1, 2009 at 3:28am
We get the standard eviction assistance order in Harris County. As with all evictions we check the house out the day prior to meeting with the constables. I drive out there, peek through the windows and notice A LOT of furniture. So proceed as usual. We load up a team of 7 and we are at the house 15 minutes early. Pop the lock and we are in. We realized very quickly that we were in DEEP! The moving company walked around shaking their heads and left everything as is. They didn’t want to go through everything to find anything of value to haul off. We go through the house, and count up all chemicals, tires, gas cans, oils, paint and on and on. We have to do this for the bank. THIS house had OVER 65 CU debris inside not counting the attic *we’ll get to the attic soon.
The bank sends us the approval to remove the trash, cut down tree, clean backyard and clean the house. We are off and running. My business partner found a company that would do the haul off for us. (I couldn’t have my crews there because we had just gotten 6 new initial secure and REO orders.) They bid the job, we approved the bid and they start hauling it all away, well most away. They moved a lot in the corner so they could get photos without anything in the rooms. However, what they didn’t realize is that we spot check all work a new contractor does.My crew heads out the next day and removed all the additional debris that was left in the house. Then we ventured into the attic where we found an additional 15 Cubes of debris. All is hauled off. We clean the house top to bottom and start on the backyard.
The backyard was so overgrown with vines we found a motorcycle, role of chain link fence, 2 dog houses and the ac unit buried under the growth.
However we took a house that had you shaking your head is dismay and made it look like it could have potential. There are several things that need to be done to the house but now you can see what it is.Enjoy some of the before and after shots.
Good job explaining the process and the photos are good too!! The biggest mess we ever saw took 8 semi trucks to clean it out. It was owned by an older man who had stuff from the past 35 or more years. What a mess!!
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