Basement Debris and Condition Assessment

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Descend into the basement to assess its conditions. The speaker points out that this particular basement is filled to the brim with wet, rotting clothes, papers, and other debris, emitting a foul odor. Such conditions not only necessitate extensive manual cleanup but also raise concerns about mold, pests, and structural integrity due to water damage. The speaker notes that manually cleaning this is unfeasible and suggests a revised plan: removing the upper floors first, then using an excavator with a thumb attachment to pull everything out of the basement. This step drastically changes the labor and equipment costs.

Goal: Evaluate basement conditions to determine the best approach for debris removal and factor in associated costs.

Tools and materials

Flashlight — To navigate and inspect the dark, cluttered basement
Protective Suit — To protect skin and clothing from contaminants
Respirator Mask — To protect against airborne particles, mold spores, and foul odors

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people it's probably filled with lead and Asbestos and again this has to be removed by a very okay we're walking in obviously this place has been abandoned we've got a bed here um what else do we have we've got dressers TVs uh I mean it's it's filled with Furniture looks it looks like somebody just packed up and walked out and trust me you'll find this now you're going to you're going to find these as you're doing your job you're going to find you come across places like this and you're going to be tempted to go through and you're going to go hey look there's that awesome bike yeah and then you're going to grab it for yourself and you know what your house is going to look like this house by the time you're done trust me it's not anything you want to do you've got to resist the temptation to grab and snatch and you're going to try to sell this stuff later I've been down that road guys what happens is you'd run out of time you're busy doing Excavating jobs demolition Landscaping you're making money and your house fills up with all the crap you've pulled out of other people's homes and you know what you have to end up throwing it away anyway so just get rid of it the first time in fact I am so what I have to do is I get so tempted to keep some of this crap that I I I walk away when it comes to doing these demos I just leave plain and simple now that has nothing to do with bidding take a look at what we're getting into down here in in this basement this thing is filled to the rim with clothes just nasty the smell down here is just un flipping believable and we've got to get guys down here to clean all of this stuff out before we can demo anything I mean it just goes around the corner and continues on it's just filled with stuff everywhere you look look so how do you bid this that's the question how do you bid this well what you're going to do is you're going to take an inventory like I'm doing right now I'm not down in this stinky basement cuz this is fun I'm actually trying to calculate how much stuff I've got to handle one of the things you've also got to take into consideration how much stuff you don't know about like paint bucket and on and basically hazardous

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