Incredible home makeover for woman who was 'afraid of bin bags'

Jimmy Nsubuga
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The woman's home was described as the dirtiest in the UK. (Kennedy)
The woman's bedroom before the makeover. (Kennedy)

A woman who turned her bedsit into one of “the UK's dirtiest homes” due to her “phobia of bin bags" has seen it transformed in an incredible makeover.

Her one-bedroom property in Portsmouth is now unrecognisable after being cleaned by professional grime buster Joe Cole.

The 43-year-old spent three days clearing food waste and packaging for the “embarrassed” woman, whose identity is being protected

Shocking images show the living room and bedroom piled halfway to the ceiling with rubbish - so deep the bed can't even be seen.

It is believed the rubbish built up over two years.

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The bedroom after it was cleaned (Kennedy)
The bedroom after it was cleaned (Kennedy)

Cole was stunned when he and staff at clearance firm JGD Pro Solutions had to “fight their way into” the home.

The bathroom floor was covered with packaging and the kitchen units were crammed with clutter, appearing to leave no room to prepare food.

Cole claims the woman admitted she had a “phobia of black bin bags”, so couldn't clean up the mess herself.

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The bathroom was a mess before. (Kennedy)
The bathroom was a mess before. (Kennedy)
The bathroom is now spick and span. (Kennedy)
The bathroom is now spick and span. (Kennedy) (Kennedy News and Media)

After the impressive clean-up, which involved shifting rubbish around 4ft deep, the business owner said his customer cried with joy as she'd “got her home back”.

Cole carried out the clean-up in March last year and posted a video of the transformation to TikTok, where he branded the house the “dirtiest in the UK.”

Cole said: "Usually people aren't embarrassed about their property being like that but this girl was.

"Her bed was completely covered and she was sleeping in the middle of the room. There was a nest in the middle and she slept in that.

"It must have been building up for about two years over lockdown.

The kitchen used to look like this. (Kennedy)
The kitchen used to look like this. (Kennedy)
The kitchen is unrecognisable after the clean up. (Kennedy)
The kitchen is unrecognisable after the clean up. (Kennedy)

Cole added: "The rubbish was halfway up the wall in the lounge and then a quarter of the way up in the hallway and in the bathroom and kitchen.

"I had to fight my way into the house.

"There was packaging and food waste everywhere, she'd have had to climb over it to get to her nest in the middle."

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