Sandra (Episode)

**"Sandra"** is the sixth and final episode of the ninth season of Hoarders. This episode follows what most consider the most difficult hoarder ever to be featured on the show, a woman named Sandra. Sandra has hoarded a mansion with her hoard and lives in a van outside due to eviction. She is a former famed interior designer and refuses to leave the hoarded property despite the bank selling it. The new owners who recently bought the mansion are giving her time to clean it out in an effort to get her and her hoard off of their property.

## Official Description

"Former famed interior designer, Sandra, has hoarded out every square inch of the historic mansion she lost to foreclosure. However, she refuses to leave the manor in spite of the fact the bank has sold it to a new couple. The new owners are now facing a crisis of conscience trying to figure out how to compassionately evict Sandra from the property and dispose of her hoard."

## Top Episode

* This is one of the **six** episodes voted to be in the ***Top Episodes***, a category for episodes that were voted the best, most exciting, or most memorable by this wiki's founder.

## The Cleaning Process

* Day 1
* Day 2
* Day 3
* Day 4

Day 1 of the process begins with the new owners giving Matt Paxton a tour of the home and Sandra giving Dr. Zasio a tour of the home. Dr. Zasio struggles to navigate through the home. She trips over many items and eventually gets lost. They find out that Sandra has three warehouses that she plans to move her hoard to which leads to a confrontation. After everything is settled many garbage trucks arrive at the home. There are also over one thirty-five people cleaning out the house, which is the must ever on the show. Sandra begins to argue to keep practically every item that is being taken from the home. Matt, Dr. Zasio, Michael, and Sandra agree that everything she wants to keep will be put in a pile and it is Sandra's job to find someone to transport it to a warehouse. If she does not it will get thrown out. Auctioneers soon arrive to determine what can be sold and what can't. Sandra begins to argue with every single item that she sees no matter what condition it is in. Dr. Zasio and Matt can see Sandra has no plans for the stuff she is deciding to keep.

Day 2 of the process begins with unexpected news to the new homeowners. The news is that Sandra is planning to continue her legal battle for possession of the house. Michael considers ending the entire process if she does. They confront her about this only to argue with her. They speak with their attorney and Matt tries to get Sandra to see that she does not own her stuff any longer. Dr. Zasio privately talks to Michael about Sandra's denial and tells him he needs to put his foot down and make one of two decisions. Let Sandra touch and feel everything or whatever Matt says goes. She tells him the arguing is setting everything back and if he wants the house he is going to have to make some decisions himself as we see Sandra is continuing to keep practically everything. Michael goes to talk to Sandra and confirms that they are all doing this for her. He is trying to convince her to trust them in making decisions for her. Matt makes a deal that with each room she gets five minutes to find what she wants to keep and then everything else is trashed. She ultimately agrees to the plan.

Day 3 of the process begins with Sandra digging through the dumpsters for stuff she wants to keep. Matt fears that since the cleaning crew does not see her in their they will throw something in and critically injure or even kill her. Matt devises a plan with Sandra and her brothers. He tells them to stand in front of the door and keep her out and under control. She ends up manipulating them and having them picking things up and putting them away. She begins to scoop up everything on the floor and everything she owns wanting to keep it. Dr. Zasio talks to Sandra about her concerns. She believes that Sandra is going backwards and not even looking at the things she is keeping. Sandra begins to argue about her mascara she found and other items in her hoard with her brothers, Dr, Zasio, and Matt. Sandra, her brothers, and Dr. Zasio begin to discuss her denial about the worth of some of her items. The Dr. Zasio and Sandra's brothers talk privately. Michael and Eric begin to show more concern and passion for Sandra. Michael, Eric, and Dr. Zasio get geared up to explore a tunnel they found while clearing out trash and items from the hoard. The passage is described as dark, wet, and "covered in mold I have never seen before" according to Dr. Zasio. They find more items Sandra has hoarded in the passage. Matt and Sandra get into a heated argument. Sandra will not let the cleanup crew work and is stopping them. Matt says he is quitting and Sandra continues to argue to keep some items.

The fourth and final day of the process begins with Sandra and the crew she assembled taking the things she deciding to keep from the yard and placing it right on the property line. Matt notices some of these items are ones he saw in the dumpster the day before. Sandra has stayed up all night pulling out what she could from the yard. A sheriff arrives responding to neighbors complainants of the items cluttering the street. Sandra explains the plain to the sheriff. The sheriff gives her a time limit and if it is not gone by then it will be forcefully taken. Dr. Zasio breaks down because she feels that she is not helping Sandra. She feels that Sandra is getting worse and she is losing sight of what brought them there. Michael, Eric, Dr. Zasio, and Matt confront Sandra about the items from the dumpster and she continually denies it. Sandra and her crew race against the clock to salvage more items. everyone begins realizing that the items will not be removed by the time limit. Sandra's friend, Luther, and her brothers make a final attempt to reason with her. Code enforcement arrives and reminds Sandra of the time limit. She gets angry about being reminded many times. She continues to keep what she wants to keep and kicks Luther out of the process. She eventually forgives him. Sandra then has trouble getting her borrowed pickup truck started which she needs to move items. Eventually a city crew arrives to clear the street.Sandra misunderstood and thought they has until five but actually it has to be cleared by five. This causing Sandra to get excessively angry. She is told she has 20 minutes to clear the street. Everyone begins questioning where these items are going to go. Matt and Sandra's brothers begin to think she does not have permission at the warehouse. When ten minutes remain Sandra is told what she gets is what she gets and she has to leave. Everyone pitches in to save what they can. They get the truck started and Sandra drives off with the hoard that she has left.