We're all probably a little guilty of being a bit untidy from time to time. Whether that be leaving our takeaway boxes until the next morning to clear, or leaving the dirty dishes on the side to put in the dishwasher the next day. But it's unlikely that if someone came round during this period, they'd be reduced to tears.
But that's what happened to one cleaner when she went to deep-clean a flat in a one-bedroom apartment in Droylsden, Greater Manchester. She said the task at hand was so extreme that it "repeatedly reduced her to tears."
Self-employed cleaner Rayann McMullan spotted a landlord's Facebook post pleading for someone to clear out rubbish left in a Manchester flat by a former tenant.
Although used to rolling her sleeves up and doing deep-cleaning work, Rayann's jaw dropped when she stepped inside this flat.
The "pizza obsessed" hoarder's house was stuffed to bursting with hundreds of takeaway boxes - and even bottles of urine.
The 25-year-old says it took two days to clear out the flat and she cried multiple times at the prospect of tackling the jam-packed bedroom.
Clearing the pizza boxes took four hours alone, and Rayann says she was forced to leave a Jenga-like stack behind as there were too many to keep making repeat trips down the stairs.
The mum-of-three claims she was 'scarred' by the experience and now gets 'flashbacks' whenever she sees a pizza box.
Rayann, from Collyhurst, Manchester, said: "I got really excited when I was offered the job and then the landlord sent me a video.
"So I thought, 'right okay, that is a different job to what I would normally do'. When I got down to doing the dirty part, and all of the clear-out, I thought, 'oh no, what have I got myself into?'
"It was really, really bad. I thought I wasn't going to be able to do it alone. There was stale food everywhere, and thousands and thousands of pizza boxes.
"When I got to the bedroom part I thought, 'oh my God'. I kept looking at it and going to start, I kept stopping and starting.
"I can't tell you how many times I started crying because I didn't want to do it. That job has scarred me, all I can picture in my head is pizza boxes. Whenever I see a pizza box now it's like, 'oh no, flashbacks'."
Despite the traumatic experience, Rayann was delighted with her final result, claiming that since the big clean she's been inundated with job offers from clients who have seen the impressive transformation.
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