Hennepin County
Hoarding and biohazard cleanup in Long Lake, Minnesota.
Discreet cleanup for Long Lake homes and estate properties — hoarding, gross filth, odor removal, and after-death care, including homes being readied for a listing. Call anytime.
Long Lake is a small city on the Highway 12 corridor west of the Twin Cities, surrounded by Orono and a short drive from Wayzata and the north arm of Lake Minnetonka, and Biohazard Cleanup MN covers it as part of our regular service area. Hoarding cleanup is what we are called for most, with estate clearing, gross filth remediation, and after-death care close behind.
A large share of Long Lake calls arrive with a date attached. A home is going on the market, an estate is being settled, or a closing is six weeks out and somebody has finally opened the basement door. In this part of the west metro the property is often the largest asset a family has, so the questions we get here are not only about the cleanup. They are about what has to be told, and to whom.
Services in Long Lake
Hoarding cleanup leads — the rest follows as needed.
Hoarding and squalor account for most of our west Hennepin County calls. Where a death, an active biohazard, or a full estate clearance is involved as well, the same crew handles all of it.
- Hoarding Cleanup Flagship Compassionate, judgment-free clearing of hoarded homes — one room at a time. View details
- Animal Hoarding Cleanup Safe cleanup of homes affected by animal waste, odor, and contamination. View details
- Unattended Death Cleanup Careful, discreet cleanup after a death that went undiscovered. View details
- Crime Scene Cleanup Thorough biohazard cleanup and restoration after a crime. View details
- Blood & Bodily Fluid Cleanup Proper decontamination of blood and bodily-fluid spills. View details
- Suicide Cleanup Gentle, private cleanup so families never have to face the scene. View details
- Gross Filth & Squalor Cleaning Deep cleaning and sanitizing of severely neglected living spaces. View details
- Estate Cleanouts Full property clearing when a home also needs biohazard care. View details
What Minnesota actually asks a seller to disclose
What Minnesota actually asks a seller to disclose surprises most
families, and it usually surprises them in a good way. Two separate
statutes govern this, and they draw a line between what happened in a
house and what is currently wrong with it.
That distinction is worth understanding before you spend money, because
it tells you exactly what remediation is for. You are not cleaning a
house to erase its history. You are cleaning it so there is no present
condition left to declare.
Minnesota disclosure — the two halves
Minn. Stat. § 513.55
Material facts have to be disclosed
A Minnesota seller generally has to disclose in writing the material facts they know of that could significantly and adversely affect an ordinary buyer’s use and enjoyment of the property. A live odor, a stain that keeps returning, pest damage, or an untreated contamination is the kind of thing that lands in this category — because it is a condition of the property, and it is still there.
Minn. Stat. § 513.56, subd. 4
A death is treated differently
Minnesota law provides that a seller is not required to disclose that a property was the site of a suicide, an accidental death, or a natural death, or that it is perceived to be haunted. What happened in a house and what is currently wrong with a house are separate questions under the statute, and only the second is a condition to be fixed.
This is general information, not legal advice, and statutes change. Confirm how both apply to your sale with your agent or a real estate attorney. What we can tell you with certainty is what physical condition is left in the property once the work is finished.
Call (612) 493-2982Why documentation is worth as much as the cleaning
Documentation is worth as much as the cleaning when a property is
changing hands, because everyone downstream of you asks the same
question in a different form. A buyer asks what that smell was. An
inspector asks what is under the flooring. An appraiser asks about
condition, and an underwriter asks what was done about it.
One written record answers all four. Biohazard Cleanup MN photographs
the property before and after, gives you an itemized written estimate,
and documents which materials were removed, which were treated, and
which were left alone. That file goes to your agent, your attorney, or
your adjuster without you having to reconstruct anything from memory.
What a Long Lake cleanup involves
A Long Lake cleanup involves sorting first, then cleaning, then
verification — and the sorting is not rushed just because a closing
date exists. Documents, photographs, keepsakes, cash, jewelry, and
titles are set aside for the family or the executor rather than cleared
into a load, because in an estate those items are often the point of
the whole exercise.
Then surfaces underneath are cleaned and decontaminated, pests and mold
are treated where present, affected materials are removed rather than
sealed over, and odor is neutralized at its source. Many cleanups of
this kind are covered in whole or in part by homeowner's insurance
depending on the cause and the policy. See
estate cleanouts
for property being settled,
unattended death cleanup
where a death is involved, and
what happens after an unattended death in Minnesota
for the sequence families are walked through first. Our
hoarding cleanup
page covers the method in full.
Coverage & response
Serving Long Lake, Orono, and the Highway 12 communities.
Response time
Biohazard Cleanup MN takes calls anytime and a real person picks up. Same-day or next-day visits to Long Lake are usually possible, and anything involving a death or an active biohazard moves to the front of the schedule.
Who calls us here
Executors and personal representatives, listing agents preparing a property, adult children clearing a parent's home, and homeowners who need a situation resolved quietly before a date on the calendar.
Nearby communities
We cover all of Hennepin County and the six other metro counties. The nearest communities with their own pages are linked here.
Maple Plain, MNLoretto, MNSaint Bonifacius, MN All Hennepin County & metro areas
Frequently asked
Long Lake questions, answered honestly.
Do I have to tell buyers that someone died in the house?
Minnesota law generally says no. Minn. Stat. § 513.56, subd. 4 provides that a seller is not required to disclose that a property was the site of a suicide, accidental death, or natural death, or that it is perceived to be haunted. What is treated differently is the physical condition left behind — an odor, a stain, or an untreated contamination is a material fact about the property under Minn. Stat. § 513.55, which is precisely why getting it properly remediated matters. This is general information rather than legal advice, so confirm how it applies to your sale with your agent or a real estate attorney. Call (612) 493-2982 if you want to talk through what is actually left in the house.
Can you work before a listing without the neighbors or the agent’s clients knowing?
Yes, and around Long Lake that is most of what we are asked for. Vehicles carry no signage, crews wear plain clothing to and from the property, loads leave covered, and we schedule around showings, open houses, and whatever the agent has in the calendar. Biohazard Cleanup MN can also work early mornings or across a weekend when a street is quieter. Nothing we leave behind identifies the property or what was done in it.
What will a home inspector actually find if we clean it ourselves?
More than most sellers expect, because an inspector looks under and behind rather than at. Surface cleaning leaves a carpet pad, a subfloor, a wall cavity, or a run of ductwork untouched, and those are exactly the places moisture meters, a flashlight, and a nose end up. Biohazard Cleanup MN removes or treats the affected material itself and documents what was done, so the answer to an inspection question is a written record rather than a guess.
The estate is still in probate. Can we start now?
Usually, though it depends on who currently has authority over the property. Once a personal representative is appointed, they generally direct work of this kind, and we are happy to speak with them, an attorney, or the listing agent directly. Biohazard Cleanup MN provides an itemized written estimate that can go straight into an estate file or an insurance claim, and we can stage a property in phases if a closing date is driving the schedule.
A Long Lake listing, a closing, or an estate — we work to your date.
Describe the property and we will tell you what is involved, what it is likely to cost, and how soon we can be there.