A glamorous decluttering expert inspired by Marie Kondo has seen her business boom with clients including WAGS and TOWIE stars.

Rachel Burditt, 40, swoops in to some of the UK’s most cluttered homes and reveals some are the stuff of nightmares.

Mum-of-two Rachel has encountered mountains of chicken poo to month-old takeaway leftovers hidden under sofas - and even a live mouse climbing in her jacket.

She is also brought it to organise celebs’ massive collections of Louboutin shoes and designer handbags, as well as hoarders who can't throw anything away.

Rachel, who lives with banker husband James Burditt, 45, in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, finds her job “very rewarding”.

She loves to see the transformation of a dull and cluttered home to an organised and beautiful one - and said business is booming since the pandemic.

Organisation-loving Rachel said: “I do love my job, but I’ve seen some sights that make my stomach churn.

"I think some people forget I’m a professional organiser, not a cleaner!

“But I’ll never turn down a challenge. Once I’ve walked into a room I won’t leave until it looks perfect. At this point there is nothing I haven’t seen!”

Rachel first began her professional organisation business 'The Declutter Darling' six years ago after being inspired by the likes of Marie Kondo.

After reaching out to potential clients on Facebook groups, she found requests for her £30-per-hour services flooding in.

Rachel, mum to Macy, eight, and Indiana, five, now works part-time alongside looking after her daughters.

Despite loving her job, Rachel confessed she wonders 'what on Earth am I about to walk into?' before entering a house for the first time.

She said: “On one of my first ever jobs for a young couple, they didn’t warn me they had a cat - and pet chickens that were allowed to roam around the house.

“It got even worse when I started finding lumps of chicken poo around the house hidden under piles of clutter - then a pile of days-old cat sick!

“I remembered making a mental note to bring thicker gloves and more hand sanitiser for next time."

In another home, she strongly suspected the house would be dirty and unhygienic when first spotted piles of days-old used pans in the sink.

Her suspicions turned out to be spot-on when she started looking under the sofas in the living room - and pulled out piles of chicken bones leftover from a KFC takeaway.

Rachel said: “Clearly someone had finished their chicken and just dumped the bones on the floor.

“I remember picking it up, and immediately dropping it in total shock and horror.

“Of course, I got on with it and finished the job, but people like that need to make a lifestyle change to see a real impact - you can’t declutter away dirty habits.

“I had a long shower after that day!”

While decluttering an old barn a mouse had climbed up the inside of her clothes.

She recalled feeling ‘a shiver’ on her back, but it had climbed all the way up and was sat on her shoulder before horrified Rachel managed to shoo it away.

“That was definitely a shock!” she said. “Luckily the owner of the barn offered me a glass of wine after."

Rachel explained that some of her biggest challenges come when the client has hoarding tendencies and struggles to say goodbye to anything.

She said these can be either some of her biggest challenges or some of her most rewarding experiences.

She said: “One lady had more than 30 mugs but wouldn’t let me bin one where the handle had broken off.

“People like that are a nightmare - if you want my help, you have to let me help you!”

Rachel said although she doesn’t deal with the most clinically severe hoarders – who often require psychological help – she can help guide people.