April 8, 2024
What is Crisis Cleaning?
What is a crisis clean? Essentially, a Crisis Clean is usually a one-off cleaning of a home that is not safe or healthy for the person living there to return to; where an individual would be at risk due to the conditions they are living in. When is a crisis clean cecessary? Crisis Cleaning is…
February 13, 2024
How To Clean Out A Loved Ones Hoarded Home
Cleaning out a hoarded home At HALO, we get a lot of calls from the loved ones of people with hoarded homes. They are desperate to know what they can do to help their mother, daughter, father, son, sister, brother, best friend, etc… with hoarding disorder. We are constantly asked one question in particular, “How…
January 9, 2024
Beating the Winter Blues
At HALO we know that Blue Monday may be a myth, but the winter blues are not. In 2005, an article published in the UK by a travel company called Sky Travel cited the third Monday in January as being the most depressing day of the year and dubbed it, Blue Monday. Apparently a part-time…
December 4, 2023
New Years Resolution for Hoarders
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of filling my New Years Resolution lists with shoulds. This year HALO wants to encourage our clients, family and friends alike to focus on future accomplishments that give you energy, improve your confidence and self-esteem, are manageable and that improve your wellbeing. My hopeful list of accomplishments…
November 1, 2023
Have Yourself A Minimalist Christmas
Discovering The Joys Of Minimalist Christmas The holidays are full of joy and cheer, peace on Earth, time spent with family and friends, turkey dinners and Christmas Carols. If your family is like mine, you try and strike a balance between being with family to create memories and not breaking the bank on Christmas gifts….
October 2, 2023
The Art Of Swedish Death Cleaning
What is Swedish Death Cleaning? In Sweden, Death Cleaning is called döstädning. The name is a mashup of the Swedish wordsfor death and cleaning. The concept was first created by Swedish author Margareta Magnussonin her 2017 book called The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning; it is a New York TimesBestselling book. Although it might…
September 7, 2023
What To Do If You Discover An Unattended Death
Unattended Death refers to the discovery of the body of a loved one, friend or tenant thatremained undiscovered for days, weeks or even months. People wonder if this happens oftenand, unfortunately, it does. A person is more at risk of dying alone when they live alone or havea medical condition. Discovering an unattended death can…
July 31, 2023
Trauma Cleaning Services
Although HALO hopes to never meet clients under tragic circumstances, there is achance that you may find yourself looking for experts behind trauma cleaning services,like HALO. Other names for Trauma Cleaning include biohazard cleanup, biohazardremediation or biohazard removal. When You Need Trauma Cleaning Services? Situations that require you to hire a trauma cleaner include accidents,…
July 17, 2023
How To Spot A Hoarder House
When people find out that part of our work at HALO is cleaning and repairing hoarder houses,they are intrigued. Many people launch into telling us about the hoarded home in theirneighborhood with boxes and newspapers piled on the front stoop and garbage strewn aroundthe yard. However, the reality is that many houses being lived in…
May 3, 2023
Needle & Drug Cleanups
HALO’s cleanup portfolio is quite diverse. Recently we started sharingabout the different kinds of Trauma Cleanups that we work on; our last blogtalked about Crime Scene Cleanups. Although not always classified as atrauma, Needle and Drug Cleanups are treated with thesame extreme caution and care as cleanups in the trauma category. Myths Of Needle &…
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