# AWE job packet: dehoardtech.com /index Generated 2026-09-12 07:16 UTC. Everything the designer needs is in this file plus preserve.html. ## The job Redesign the page at https://dehoardtech.com/ to the house design bar, keeping every fact and every working link, so it reads as a page made for this subject and nobody else's. Deliver ONE self-contained HTML file to `/var/www/dehoardtech.com/awe-preview/index.html`, then run `awe.py check dehoardtech.com`. ## Site identity (from the live page) - Title: DeHoardTech — Extreme tech de-hoarding & rescue cleanouts - Description: DeHoardTech rescues tech spaces gone past clutter into hoarding: buried offices, server-room hardware hoards, e-waste, and paper avalanches. No judgment, real recycling, drives wiped. - Site sections that exist: KB, act, case-studies, lessons, prompts, resources, video - Pages on site: 10 ## What the audit found (Des estimate 70, base 70) - 1 em dashes in copy; the network rule is none. - 8 uppercase label styles; ALL-CAPS eyebrows are a template tell. - 2 links end in an arrow. - No FAQ page; a real FAQ earns AI-search visibility and Des points. - No sources page; cite what the site claims. - No form on the page; the reader has no way to act. ## Current fonts Inter, Oswald ## Internal links on the page (keep every one of these working) - ! DeHoard Tech (/) - Videos (/video/) - Lessons (/lessons/) - Resources (/resources/) - Knowledge base (/KB/) - Case studies (/case-studies/) - Watch the transformations (/video/) - ! DeHoard Tech (/) - Videos (/video/) - Lessons (/lessons/) - Resources (/resources/) - Knowledge base (/KB/) - Case studies (/case-studies/) - Sitemap (/sitemap.html) - Prompts (/prompts/) ## Blocks that must be carried over verbatim (see preserve.html) canonical ## The page's current copy (source of truth for facts; rewrite freely, invent nothing) DeHoardTech — Extreme tech de-hoarding & rescue cleanouts ! DeHoard Tech Videos Lessons Resources Knowledge base Case studies Contact Get a rescue plan When it's gone way past clutter Some tech spaces don't need tidying . They need a rescue. DeHoardTech takes on the extreme end, the offices, labs, and server rooms buried under years of hardware, cable, and paper to a genuinely pathological degree. The rooms that are too far gone for a Saturday and a label maker. We bring the crew, the plan, and zero judgment. Get a rescue plan → Watch the transformations Milder mess? Our sister site DeclutterTech handles everyday cluttered offices. What we take on The jobs other crews walk away from. Buried offices Desks and floors you can't see, paths worn between piles, years of "I'll deal with it later." We dig it out and rebuild it into a room you can work in. Server & hardware hoards Racks packed with dead gear, a decade of decommissioned machines, cable by the mile. Inventoried, wiped, retired, and made safe. E-waste at scale When "spare parts" became a warehouse. We sort the valuable from the scrap and route the rest to real recycling, drives wiped first, always. Paper avalanches Filing that lost the war years ago. Shred, scan, or archive, and we find the deed, the passport, and the check hiding in the middle. Whole-property projects Multiple rooms, containers, outbuildings. We phase it so life keeps running while the mountain comes down. The hardest cases If it's the kind of room you'd never show anyone, you're exactly who we're for. We've seen worse, and we start with a plan, not a reaction. How the rescue works Four moves, from disaster to done. 01 · Assess A discreet walkthrough. We gauge the real scale, the hazards, and what has to be protected before anything moves. 02 · Triage A written plan and fixed quote. Keep, wipe, recycle, shred, decided up front so nothing important vanishes in the rush. 03 · Extract Crew on site. We clear it in phases, wipe every drive, and haul with real recyclers. Daily check-ins, no surprises. 04 · Restore Cleaned, sanitized where needed, and set back up so the space stays usable, not a room that refills in a month. When you're ready Send one photo. That's the whole first step. No commitment, no lecture. Show us the worst corner and we'll tell you what a rescue actually looks like. help@dehoardtech.com ! DeHoard Tech Videos Lessons Resources Knowledge base Case studies Contact Sitemap Prompts © 2026 DeHoardTech, extreme tech de-hoarding. Part of the WholeTech network. DeHoardTech is an independent project. Embedded videos belong to their respective creators and are shown for reference and education; we are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to A&E Networks, the series Hoarders , or any creator featured here. Elsewhere on our network Clinics in Austin & beyond Clinics: the firms in the sector, what their websites get right and wrong, the concepts, questions and developments that define the field. Part of the WholeTech network. Take a look → ## Knowledge base (KB/index.html) Knowledge Base â DeHoardTech ! DeHoard Tech Videos Resources Knowledge base Case studies Contact Get a rescue plan Knowledge base The questions people are afraid to ask Type a keyword, the list filters instantly. Plain in-page search, no server, no tracking. An AI answer box is on the way; see the groundwork . Is my place too far gone to fix? No. We start every job with a plan, not a verdict. Rooms that look impossible come apart faster than you'd think once a crew and a sequence are on them. The only room we can't help is the one nobody ever calls about. I'm mortified. Will you judge me? No, and we mean it. We work the extreme end for a living, so there's genuinely nothing you can show us that we haven't seen. The embarrassment fades the minute someone else is carrying it out with you. What happens to my old drives and computers? Every drive is wiped or physically destroyed before anything leaves, with a record of what was handled. Working gear can be resold or donated on your say-so; dead gear goes to certified e-waste recycling, not a landfill. How is this different from junk removal? Junk crews haul everything, fast. We sort first: the heirloom, the check, the passport, and the valuable hardware get found and set aside before the truck fills. You approve the keep pile; the rest goes. How long does an extreme cleanout take? A single buried room is often a few days; a whole property with containers and outbuildings is a phased project over weeks. You get a written timeline before we start, and rush deadlines (inspections, sales) can be accelerated. Can you keep it private? Yes. Unmarked vehicles, discreet scheduling, side-access hauling, and a crew under confidentiality. What's inside the walls stays there. Is it safe? Some of these rooms are rough. We assess hazards first — mold, pests, blocked exits, dead weight on floors — and bring the right gear and referrals. If a space needs a specialist before we proceed, we tell you straight. What about valuables and cash buried in the mess? We expect to find them, because we usually do. Anything that looks valuable, sentimental, or official is separated, logged, and handed to you before disposal. Nothing important leaves without your sign-off. Do you handle the emotional side? We work at a pace you can stand and keep the decisions yours. For the deeper part, we keep referrals to therapists who specialize in hoarding. Clearing the room is step one, not the whole job. What does it cost? Every extreme job is quoted individually after a walkthrough — a fixed price in writing, no hourly meter running while you watch. Send a photo and we'll give you a real range fast. Where do I start when the whole place feels overwhelming? Pick one small, visible zone, a single chair, the kitchen table, one square of floor, and clear only that. Finishing something small breaks the paralysis better than any plan. Then stop for the day if you need to; momentum matters more than speed. How do I help a parent or loved one who hoards without a fight? Lead with the relationship, not the stuff. Ask what they want the room to do for them, and let them make the keep-or-let-go calls, even slow ones. Pressure and surprise cleanouts almost always backfire; patience and respect are what actually move things. Why is it so hard to throw things away, even obvious trash? For many people the objects carry safety, memory, or 'I might need it' worry, so tossing them feels like real loss, not tidying. That is a normal response, not a character flaw. Working with that feeling, in small steps, works far better than forcing past it. What is 'digital hoarding,' and does it count? Yes. Tens of thousands of unsorted photos, a downloads folder you dread, an inbox you cannot face, these create the same stuck, anxious feeling as a full room. The good news is digital clutter is safe to sort in short sittings and easy to back up before you delete anything. I feel too ashamed to let anyone see it. Is that normal? Extremely, and it is usually the biggest barrier, bigger than the clutter itself. The people who do this work are there to help, not to judge, and they have genuinely seen it all. The shame tends to ease the moment one other person is quietly helping you carry it out. How do I decide what to keep when everything feels important? Try categories instead of item-by-item: all the shirts together, all the papers together, so you can see how much there really is. Then keep the best few of each and let the duplicates go. Photograph the sentimental things you cannot store; the memory lives in the photo, not the object. Is it safe to clear a room that has gotten really bad? Sometimes not without help. Heavy piles can shift, and mold, pests, spoiled food, and blocked exits are real hazards. If a room has any of those, bring in people with the right gear rather than tackling it alone, and keep a clear path to the door at all times. What should I do about old computers, drives, and phones in the mess? Set them aside in one box rather than tossing them, they can hold photos, records, and account access you will want. When you are ready, back up anything useful, then wipe each device before it is recycled so your personal data goes with it, not to a stranger. How do I keep a cleared space from filling up again? The relief of an open room is worth protecting with small habits: one thing out for each thing in, and a five-minute reset most days. Watch the entry points, mail, packages, free stuff, where new piles are born. Maintenance is lighter than another full recovery, by a lot. Should I get professional help, and what kind? If clutter is affecting your safety, health, or relationships, it is worth it. A professional organizer who works with hoarding is trained to go at your pace, and a therapist can help with the anxiety underneath. This is a recognized challenge, not a willpower problem, and support genuinely helps. My family wants to just throw it all out. Why is that risky? A forced, all-at-once cleanout can feel traumatic and often leads to re-accumulation within months, because the underlying distress was never addressed. Going at the person's pace, with their consent, is slower but far more likely to last. The goal is a change they can keep, not a clean photo. What is a realistic pace so I don't burn out? Short sessions with clear stopping points beat marathon days that leave you exhausted and discouraged. Twenty focused minutes, or one bag filled, is a real win worth stopping on. Progress you can repeat tomorrow is the kind that adds up. How do I handle papers when I'm afraid to lose something important? Make one 'to review' box and scan anything you must legally or truly keep, then shred the rest as you confirm it. Most 'important' paper is a lookup away online. A labeled digital copy is safer than a pile you cannot search anyway. Is hoarding the same as being messy or a collector? No. A collection is curated and enjoyed; mess is temporary. Hoarding is when saving and difficulty letting go build up until spaces cannot be used as intended and daily life is affected. Naming it accurately, without shame, is the first step toward the right help. How does technology make this easier rather than harder? Photos preserve the memory so the object can go. Backups make deleting digital clutter feel safe. Reminders keep the small resets happening, and shared lists let a helper and the person stay on the same page. Used gently, tech lowers the stakes on every hard decision. No matches. Try a simpler word, or just ask us directly . ! DeHoard Tech Videos Resources Knowledge base Case studies Contact Sitemap Prompts © 2026 DeHoardTech, extreme tech de-hoarding. Part of the WholeTech network. DeHoardTech is an independent project. Embedded videos belong to their respective creators and are shown for reference and education; we are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to A&E Networks, the series Hoarders , or any creator featured here. ## The design bar # The house design bar (AWE) Every page AWE ships is judged against this. It is the frontend-design skill's standard plus the network's own rules. Read it before designing; re-read it before shipping. ## Ground the design in the subject Identify the subject, the audience, and the page's primary job before drawing anything. The industry, its materials and its vernacular are where distinctive choices come from. Build with the site's real content and knowledge base, never lorem ipsum, never invented claims the site cannot back. ## Principles - The hero opens with the most characteristic thing in the subject's world, in the most appropriate form: a headline, an image, a demo, a live moment. The "big number, small label, gradient accent" hero is the default; only use it if it is truly the best option. - Typography carries the personality. One family, or two clearly distinct families. Choose them for this brief, not the families you reach for on every project. Set a real type scale with intentional weights and spacing. Body line length under 80 characters; serif body gets a little more line-height. - Avoid the commonest tells of a generated page: a single accented word in a headline; ALL-CAPS labels; unnecessary eyebrow labels above content; numbered 01/02/03 markers on content that is not a sequence; arrows appended to links. - Visual structure is information. Borders, rules, numbering and dividers encode something about the content; they are not decoration. - Motion: one orchestrated moment at most. No fade-and-slide on every section. Motion that answers a person's action is welcome. - Copy is design content. Plain verbs, sentence case, active voice, no filler. A button says what happens: "Book a walkthrough", not "Submit". ## The looks that read as AI defaults (do not spend freedom on these) 1. Warm cream background near #F4F1EA with a high-contrast serif display and a terracotta accent near #D97757. 2. Near-black background with a single acid-green or vermilion accent. 3. Broadsheet layout: hairline rules, zero radius, dense newspaper columns. 4. The SaaS card kit: identical rounded cards, one radius everywhere, the same soft grey shadow under each, gradient washes as decoration. 5. Template chrome: tracked-out ALL-CAPS eyebrows, meta strings joined with middle dots, "WORD — fragment" labels, tinted near-black (#0B0B0B) as black, monospace for small labels, "→" on link text. If the brief pins a direction, follow it. Where it leaves an axis free, do not spend that freedom on one of these. ## Network rules (non-negotiable) - No em dashes anywhere in copy. Use a comma, a colon, or a new sentence. - Keep what the network needs on every page: the AdSense tag and ads.txt, analytics snippets, the WholeTech promo bar and wt-stack script if the page had them, canonical, robots, sitemap entry, the IndexNow key file. - Keep the site's existing internal links working (nav targets, KB, act, case studies, lessons, prompts, resources, videos, enquire). New pages may add links; they may not drop them. - Responsive to 360px wide, visible keyboard focus, reduced motion respected, contrast at least 4.5:1 for body text, alt text on every meaningful image. - One HTML file per page, self-contained CSS in a single style block (plus Google Fonts link if used), no build step, no external JS frameworks. - Ship only to owned domains, only through the ship step, only after a preview. ## Process (plan, review, build, critique) 1. Plan: a compact token system: 4 to 6 named colors, the typefaces and their roles, a one-sentence layout concept with an ASCII wireframe, and 3 to 5 principles that make this page unlike any other. 2. Review the plan against the brief. Anything that reads like the generic default for a page of this kind gets revised, and the change is written down. 3. Build to the plan. Watch CSS specificity; avoid selectors that cancel each other on section spacing. 4. Critique: remove one accessory. Then run `awe.py check` and fix what it flags. ## What the Des score rewards (wholetech.com/alldomains) Designed webfont family beyond Inter, Space Grotesk, JetBrains Mono, Roboto, Open Sans (or a serif family in the CSS) scores 70; WT-Skins kit 55; stock fonts 30; the generic dark AI template 11. Section richness adds points: sources page with 10+ cited links, a videos page with 6+ embeds, a live page, news items, a FAQ with 4+ entries, a form. Real traffic adds the rest. Design for the reader, and the score follows.