After-loss
You don't have to face the house on your own.
I'm Sancia. I hold a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology. I'll sort the house to your instructions, then clean it, and I'll take the time the family needs.
After a death, the house is often empty, and someone still has to go through it. You can book as family, an executor, or a property manager. I sort only what you ask me to sort, set aside what you want kept, and then deep clean. The date is often set by a sale, a tenancy, or settlement. I follow your instructions, and I keep the work private.
My Master's is why I take this work on. It shapes how I meet a family: no judgement, no rush, and nothing said about the house afterwards. The visit is practical home care. I do not provide grief counselling, therapy, or treatment, and I do not replace your GP, psychologist, or funeral director.
I cover the same suburbs as the rest of DSkip, from Wellington City through the Hutt, Porirua, and the Kapiti Coast. If the address sits on the edge of that map, ask.
How I work
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A conversation first
A call or the form is enough. Say who is booking, who can decide what stays, and whether the house needs to be ready by a date. Photos help if you have them. They are not required. I can work while you are there, or while you are not.
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A clear list
Before anything is moved, you set what must be kept, what is set aside, and what can go. Photos, letters, keepsakes, and paperwork stay when you have asked for them to be kept. Items are donated only to a place you have already named. Nothing leaves the house unless you have said it can.
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The clean
Once the sorting is done, I deep clean and disinfect the home. Kitchen, bathrooms, floors, and surfaces. Appliances, if asked. Odour, where that is part of the job. I move furniture only if you want a room left open and settled.
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Handed back as agreed
The house is finished to the list. I tell you what was kept, what was set aside, and what went. I do not talk about the house afterwards.
What the visit can include
Sorting to the family's instructions
I go through personal items only as far as you have asked. Photos, letters, keepsakes, and paperwork you want kept are set aside. Nothing is thrown out, donated, or taken away unless you have said it can go.
Deep cleaning and disinfection
With the sorting done, I clean the house properly. Kitchen, bathrooms, floors, and surfaces. Appliances, if they are part of the brief. Odour, where the house needs it. The house is then ready for a sale, a tenancy, or settlement.
Rearranging, if they want the rooms settled
Some families want the furniture left where it is. Others want a room made open and easy to walk through. I move furniture only when you ask, so the room looks settled for the next step.
Who usually books
Family
You can book for a house that was lived in by someone else. Say who holds the keys, who can decide what stays, and what you want kept. You only need to say as much about the person who lived there as you want to.
An executor
If you are responsible for the estate, the brief is the same. A list of what must be kept, what can be donated and where, what can be disposed of, and any deadline.
A property manager
If the house is heading to a tenancy or a sale, book the clean against that date. The list of what stays still comes from the family, or from whoever has authority to decide. I follow that list.
If someone is still living in the home and the housework has become too much, that work sits on a different page: How Extreme Clean works.
Enquire
Tell me about the house.
Call 027 275 7389, or send the form. Suburb, who is booking, what the house needs, and any date that matters. Photos are optional. I'll confirm the visit myself.