Reply to People who hire everything out- who notices and takes care of deep cleaning/one-offs?

Forum Index » Home Improvement, Design, and Decorating

Reply to "People who hire everything out- who notices and takes care of deep cleaning/one-offs?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My relatives just add the one-offs to the list of chores for the house cleaner to do that week. If there's too much, she can't do it all, and will spread it out over several visits (over several weeks), unless the homeowner wants to do it themselves. Some people do it themselves, because they're not the type to wait around while something curdles, but others are fine living with the problem until it's fixed by someone else  (and disabled or elderly persons are also in that category).

I can't afford to outsource anything, so either it sits undone, or I muster up the courage to do it: this week I cleaned the walls and baseboards that my fluffy dog likes to brush against, because after several months he ends up leaving an oily deposit that contributes to "old house smell". I have a keen sense of smell, like PP, so anything smelly bothers me until it's taken care of.

But I'm not good with clutter. My space is small and the piles of books and papers never go away. I just dust them...
[/quote]

For the dog walls: try a spin mop in a bucket of hot water and a cleaner that cuts oil, like Mr clean or ammonia. Just a quick swipe with the spin mop isn’t as thorough as scrubbing all the baseboards by hand, but you’ll get 80% of the result in like 10% of the effort. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics