"You have to have a strong heart".
You tend to have your heart on the edge of your lips when you slip behind Christophe through the sea of waste that flows from the first floor into the living room of the house.
Plastic bottles - probably "filled with urine" -, empty alcohol bottles and cigarette packs roll under his feet as he makes his way into the living room, wearing an "odor and dust" mask. snug fit over his nose and mouth.
More than an hour of cleaning will be necessary to see the tiles that make up the floor.
The site is titanic, but Christophe is confident.
This Tuesday, November 16, or the next day at the latest, the accommodation will be as clean as a penny.
An extreme challenge for an “extreme cleaner”, as he likes to define himself.
A little over seven years ago, this Marseillais set up his cleaning company specializing in Diogenes syndrome.
A way of life characterized by excessive neglect of personal hygiene, place of life and a propensity for the accumulation of "unnecessary things".
For example, "plastic bottles, cotton swabs or toilet paper", illustrates Christophe.
To afford his services, you have to pay between 1,000 and 3,000 euros, depending on the extent of "damage".
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But "once in two", it is after a death that Christophe intervenes.
“These people are so ashamed of their homes that no one comes to see them and they die inside.
And it is after a few weeks that we are contacted to ask us to come and clean.
These are sad stories, ”he breathes.
“We are absolutely not here to judge, to say to ourselves: but how did she manage to live like that?
", Insists the" cleaner "several times.
He is there to “help families” by doing the work “that no one else is willing to do”.
