It’s not a job for the faint-hearted. Decades of rubbish piled high, dead rats (and live ones), human waste… In the 17 years Fionna Gotts has been running a waste removal and house clearance company in Auckland, she’s seen some pretty horrific sights.
“The worst one I ever saw was in Ponsonby. It was overrun with rats, the bathroom floor had rotted, you couldn’t use the toilet and there was waste everywhere,” she recalls. “I’ve also seen a house so full of rubbish,
