Charlotte makes £2,600 a week cleaning hoarders' homes - 'the grubbier the better'

Meet the woman who makes up to £2.6k-a-week cleaning hoarders' homes – and says “the dirtier the better”. Charlotte Bosanquet, 20, grew up cleaning her parents' bathroom and found a passion for transforming grubby homes.

Charlotte studied social and criminal justice at university but took a gap year to clean homes full time and now makes up to £2.6k a week doing what she loves best. She often tackles homes with rubbish stacked so high it reaches the ceiling – and tries to clean these for free or at a low price.

She loves being able to help people and finds cleaning “therapeutic”. Charlotte, who owns care cleaning services, from Sydney, Australia, said: “I always say the dirtier the better.

“I make a big difference in people’s lives. There is a big misunderstanding with why homes get the way they do.

“I’m not going to judge them. Hoarding isn’t laziness.”

Charlotte had been working for a cleaning company alongside her studies before she lost her job after getting stuck in Fiji for a month in January 2022. She decided to go it alone in February 2022 and, after building up successful clientele, she took a gap year to launch her business.

Now Charlotte gets stuck in helping hoarders clear their rubbish – which can sometimes take her days or months to complete. She said: “There are three stages.

“They take the obvious rubbish, make a keep pile and a donate pile. We go section by section.”

Charlotte is currently cleaning a house with 17 years' worth of junk – piled up so high it reaches the ceiling. She said: “This one is huge.

“We’ve just got started. It’s going to be a good one.”

Charlotte finds all sorts in hoarder homes – including unused appliances still in their boxes. She said: “People don’t realise how many valuables are in the piles.

“We’ve found new microwaves and dishwashers – still in their packaging. We’ve also found dead rats.

Charlotte works with clients to clean up years worth of accumulated junk. See SWNS story SWSMcleaner. Meet the woman who makes up to £2.6k-a-week cleaning hoarders homes – and says “the dirtier the better”. Charlotte Bosanquet, 20, grew up cleaning her parents bathroom and found a passion for transforming people’s homes. The previous social and criminal justice university student took a gap year to clean homes full time and now makes up to £2.6k a week. (© Charlotte Bosanquet / SWNS)

“One we found a coin that turned out to be worth £21k under the carpet. It was very exciting.”

Charlotte loves being able to transform people’s lives as well their homes. She said: “I find it very therapeutic.

“It’s rewarding. One week we could make £2.5k.

“But it’s more about the passion and helping people. I try to help as much as possible.”