diff --git a/mglib/storage.py b/mglib/storage.py
index 5e64cb4..3add56d 100644
--- a/mglib/storage.py
+++ b/mglib/storage.py
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 import os
+import shutil
+
+
+def safe_to_delete(place, safe_extensions):
+    raise Exception(
+        "Trying to recursively delete unsafe path"
+    )
 
 
 class Storage:
     """
-    Storage class which works with DocumentPath and PagePath
+    Default Storage class which works with DocumentPath and PagePath
+    on local host filesystem
     """
 
     def __init__(self, location=None):
+        # by default, this will be something like
+        # settings.MEDIA_ROOT
         self._location = location
 
     @property
@@ -22,12 +32,31 @@ class Storage:
         """
         Receives a mglib.path.DocumentPath instance
         """
-        pass
+        # where original documents and their versions are stored
+        abs_dirname_docs = self.path(
+            doc_path.dirname_docs
+        )
+        # where OCRed information and generated thumbnails
+        # are stored
+        abs_dirname_results = self.path(
+            doc_path.abs_dirname_results
+        )
+        # Before recursively deleting everything in folder
+        # double check that there are only
+        # .pdf, .txt, .hocr, .jpg files.
+        if safe_to_delete(
+            abs_dirname_docs,
+            safe_extensions=['pdf']
+        ):
+            shutil.rmtree(abs_dirname_docs)
+
+        if safe_to_delete(
+            abs_dirname_results,
+            safe_extensions=['txt', 'jpg', 'hocr']
+        ):
+            shutil.rmtree(abs_dirname_results)
 
     def exists(self, _path):
         return os.path.exists(
             self.path(_path)
         )
-
-
-