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Ron Alford. Founder of Disaster Masters The environment of a clutterer or messie may resemble the environment of a hoarder.

However, clutterers and messies have few, if any irrational fears parting with things.

The term “Disposophobia” describes the entire spectrum of these rational and irrational fears pertaining as it pertains to our ability to get rid of stuff. — Ron Alford, founder of Disaster Masters®

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Vice Magazine

Vice Magazine

At 8 AM on a sunny Tuesday morning I am on my way to a crisis site on East End Avenue at 82nd Street. The call had come in an hour or so earlier…

Bless This Mess

New York Times

New York Times

He met Ron Alford, otherwise known as the Disaster Master, for his prowess in clearing the homes of extreme cases. Mr. Alford prefers the term “disposophobia” to describe the engine of hoarding, and he invited Mr. Yourgrau to tag along when he and his team cleared out the apartment of a hoarder…

A Hoarder’s Tale of Redemption

FHM Magazine

FHM Magazine

We kept everything of value to the client. Often, however, clients ask for a ball of cat hair but forget about legal papers. They can’t make value judgements. I do that for them…

The Clutter Buster!

MSNBC

MSNBC

Ron Alford of Disaster Masters® is featured on the MSNBC show Captured.

MSNBC Captured

New Yorker

New Yorker

Alford had recently returned from an emergency decluttering mission in San Francisco. “A guy’s wife left him,” he explained. “She moved out of the house because the bed couldn’t be used, you know, for its intended purpose.” Now, thanks to Ron, the couple was back together.…

Squished

The Plan

The Plan

Between 2003 and 2005 Michael Schmelling photographed a number of residences in the accompaniment of Disaster Masters®, a New York-based company that specializes in cleaning homes and counseling hoarders. Facing eviction, health hazards, and family interventions, the owners of these homes were unable or unwilling to get rid of the things they had accumulated. …

The Plan

Social Worker Today

Social Worker Today

“I had never seen anything like it,” recalls the 13-year police veteran. “The house was thoroughly packed—stuffed—with clothing items in every room, from floor almost to ceiling. We could only open the front door far enough to squeeze in…”

Inside the World of the Compulsive Hoarder

Time Out New York

Time Out New York

“We carted out a 30-yard dumpster full of those bottles,” he days. “But is that hoarding? No, it’s cluttering.”…

Never can say good-bye

Elle

Elle

Alford’s initial goal for the day is to come up with an estimate for Julie’s cleanup, but he’s also interested in “fixing her brain,” as he tells me later…

The Closet Case

BBC Life of Grime

BBC

Although most of can cope with a bit of mess, in our homes. When it gets out of hand you need help from Ron Alford…

A Life Of Grime New York

MSNBC Caught on Camera

MSNBC

Out of control hoarding. You think, “Wow! Why am I doing this?”…

Caught on Camera: Hoarding

Never Enough

Documentary

Michele Gitlin has 700 sweaters. In touch with the pain as well as the pleasure of over-collecting, she calls Ron Alford, the “Disaster Master,” for help. Ron, a de-cluttering expert who coined the term “disposophobia” and believes that “clutter begins in the head, and ends up on the floor,” determines that Michele is indeed a hoarder…

Never Enough

Packrat

Documentary

Kris Montag introduces the owner of Disaster Masters, a company specializing in crisis management for hoarders whose collections have created serious health and safety problems in their homes.…

Packrat

CBS This Morning

CBS This Morning

Our next guest says nothing shocks him anymore. Ron Alford is a self proclaimed Disaster Master. He’s here to share some incredible stories and some tips…

CBS This Morning

Gothamist

Gothamist

How did he get so much into a 10 by 10 space without an organization system from Hold Everything or the Container Store?…

Disposophobia