‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate people
‘This is tame’ … Bea Elton in hazmat gear as she starts to clean up a property. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The GuardianView image in fullscreen‘This is tame’ … Bea Elton in hazmat gear as she starts to clean up a property. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The GuardianThe big interviewLife and style‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate peopleShe has built an unlikely career in mould, maggots and excrement, cleaning for those who most need it.
- ▪‘This is tame’ … Bea Elton in hazmat gear as she starts to clean up a property.
- ▪Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The GuardianView image in fullscreen‘This is tame’ … Bea Elton in hazmat gear as she starts to clean up a property.
- ▪Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The GuardianThe big interviewLife and style‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate peopleShe has built an unlikely career in mould, maggots and excr
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‘This is tame’ … Bea Elton in hazmat gear as she starts to clean up a property. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The GuardianView image in fullscreen‘This is tame’ … Bea Elton in hazmat gear as she starts to clean up a property. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The GuardianThe big interviewLife and style‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate peopleShe has built an unlikely career in mould, maggots and excrement, cleaning for those who most need it. It can take months building trust with a stranger, before she and her boyfriend go in and transform everythingEmily RetterMon 13 Jul 2026 00.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on Google‘There might be a dead bird in the box room.
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