![Because of a problem with hoarding, the owner of this Coeur d'Alene home, slept in the bathtub. Photo taken Friday while Quality Estate Sale worked to clean the home out.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2022/04/22/hoarders_bathroom_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Because of a problem with hoarding, the owner of this Coeur d'Alene home, slept in the bathtub. Photo taken Friday while Quality Estate Sale worked to clean the home out.
April 23, 2022
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April 30, 2022 1 a.m.
The hoarder next door
CDA man lived in extreme hoard for decades without detection
Unbeknownst to neighbors, a 72-year-old man that will only be identified as “John,” was living in a hoard. For decades John lived quietly off Best Ave. in a central part of town, and no one knew the conditions inside his home.