It has long been recognized by health and hygiene professionals alike, that the cleanliness of a home can have a direct impact upon its inhabitants. Aside from the stress that having a dirty or cluttered home can cause, germs and bacteria cause by a lack of proper cleaning can be directly harmful to our health, and especially to vulnerable individuals such as the very young, elderly or sick.
Clean tools really are the key to a clean home, and if you don’t clean your tools regularly, you could be making your home dirtier, not cleaner! To help you clean your home more effectively and hygienically, here are some simple tips for keeping your tools clean:
Cleaning can be a real chore, but a necessity unless we want to live among filth and grime. However, just because it’s a necessity, doesn’t mean that it should take up much of our time, in fact, most of us want it done and ‘dusted’ as quickly as possible.
Whether your home is large or small, keeping it clean can take up a lot of your time. Even if your cleaning standards aren’t as high as those of others, you’ll still need to spend a significant amount of time each day and week, vacuuming, dusting and generally trying to keep the place clean and tidy. While for some proud home owners, housework is something that they relish and get done without complaint, for others, it’s an absolute bind and something that they will only do because they really must.
In many households, dishwashers are used virtually every day, and sometimes multiple times a day. While they’re a remarkable invention that have undoubtedly made our lives easier, it’s important not to take them for granted. Dishwashers need to be able to clean the dishes properly, and so you must ensure that the machine itself is also kept clean and maintained well.
In a lot of multiple occupancy households, dishwashers are used at least once a day, and while they get our kitchen items shiny and clean, have you ever thought about how much grime and debris passes through them on every cycle?
Just because a certain eco-friendly substance is an effective cleaner for use around the home, doesn’t mean that it can be automatically be mixed with another substance that shares similar properties, or any other cleaning solution, chemical or otherwise; in fact, some combinations can be downright hazardous.
Keeping a clean and healthy home is necessary if we’re to keep ourselves clean and healthy, too, but with harsh chemicals often used, could we be doing more harm than good to ourselves and the environment?
Keeping a clean and healthy home is necessary if we’re to keep ourselves clean and healthy, too, but with harsh chemicals often used, could we be doing more harm than good to ourselves and the environment?
Children can be mucky, messy little tykes, and trying to keep a clean and tidy home with them around, is a feat that many of us simply resign ourselves to never achieving. Spring turns into summer cleaning, which quickly becomes fall cleaning and before you know it the festive season is upon you and the house still hasn’t been cleaned from top to bottom!
Whether you want to keep your home spotlessly clean all of the time, or your business, the best way to achieve it is with regular cleaning, but if you hire a professional cleaning company, a weekly visit might not be enough. Fortunately, most cleaning companies offer bi-weekly services, meaning that you can keep your home or business as clean as it can possibly be, every day of the week. Here are 4 great reasons to start enjoying a cleaner home or business, all of the time, with a bi-weekly cleaning service:
Keeping your kitchen clean can be a real bore, and difficult to stay on top of if you live in a multiple occupancy household, or are a messy cook! With these kitchen cleaning hacks however; you can make light work of your kitchen cleaning duties:
Sometimes, even the tamest of parties can create the biggest of messes, and whatever your reason for hosting a party at your home, these tips can help you clean the place up in next to no time:
Stainless steel appliances are incredibly popular thanks to their heat, rust and damage resistant qualities, and when they’re cleaned properly and maintained well, they can look great sitting on a kitchen countertop. When they become grubby, stained and covered in smears and fingerprints, however, nothing can let a kitchen down more.
Unexpected guests can send you into a panic; you haven’t had time to clean all week and the house is a mess! However, unexpected guests usually give at least a couple of hours’ notice, and fortunately, that’s all the time you need to carry out a last-minute messy home makeover, and here’s how:
You don’t have to be a genius to clean your home, that much is true, but sometimes it does pay to put a little thought into how you do it. Haphazardly cleaning your home in a random fashion usually only means that you don’t get the job done efficiently, and some parts of your home get missed if you’re not methodical. Here are a few steps for cleaning your entire home quickly and efficiently:
From toasters and juicers, to waffle grills and coffee makers, the average person uses a variety of small kitchen appliances on a regular basis, but because they’re used so often, cleaning them sometimes gets forgotten about.
We deliver happiness through home cleaning and other home and lifestyle services. We offer simple flat pricing based on the size of the home given the number of bedrooms and square footage. Unfortunately, at this time we don’t do any partial cleanings. Please note, a “Deep Clean” is required for the first cleaning.
While chemical cleaning products are effective at killing germs and viruses on most surfaces in the home, they can be damaging both to the environment, and our health. So, what can you use to get your home clean that doesn’t involve chemicals?
While there’s no accounting for some people who choose to rock up on your doorstep without so much as a prior phone call, and little you can do to make your house presentable having had absolutely no notice of their impending arrival, other types of last-minute guests can easily be catered for when it comes to welcoming them into a clean home.
Wet weather can wreak havoc on our nice, clean homes, and soon have us tearing our hair out as fresh muddy pawprints and dirt find their way inside – and in next to no time, throughout the entire house.
Ovens can be a real drag to clean, but leave them dirty, and soon whatever you cook in it will taste tainted, not to mention the fact that the oven will be a real eyesore in your kitchen.
Fortunately, getting your grubby oven spotlessly clean doesn’t have to involve the use of harsh chemicals that are both bad for our health, and that of the environment, and are inexpensive, too.
There’s nothing more attractive in a home than a beautiful, clean tiled floor, but when dirty, stained grouting becomes a problem, it can quickly spoil the look of it.
There will come a time in all our lives, when we need to get our homes clean and tidy, fast! It may be that we’ve had an unexpected guest arrival announcement, or perhaps some guests have just left, and you need to get the place spick and span before the next set arrive. Whatever the reason for needing a speedy clean up, here are some quick tips that should help you get the place shipshape and spotless (or thereabouts!) in next to no time:
Cleaning can be a real bore, and while there are some of us who enjoy it and find satisfaction in getting knee deep in dirt and grime, most of us hate it and look for ways to make it easier, or eliminate the need for it altogether! Hiring a professional cleaning company is the simplest way of eliminating cleaning from your schedule, but if this isn’t an option for you, you could try some of these thrifty cleaning tips to make the job that bit easier and more time and cost effective:
Let’s face it, cleaning stinks enough without the use of harsh, pongy chemicals! But what alternatives are there to ensure that our homes can be cleaned effectively and hygienically?
It can be all too easy to overlook the lighting fixtures in our homes during cleaning, but if you haven’t taken a good look at the lights in your home lately, you can bet they’re in need of a good clean.
While spring cleaning is an important task that many of us strive to undertake each year, fall cleaning is equally important. Once the weather starts cooling down and we move our social gatherings and family get togethers inside of the home, we want to make sure that we’re all clean and tidy. The holidays will soon be here, and nothing can dampen our festive spirits more than a dusty, dirty home.
Sometimes it’s the simplest and least thought about cleaning tricks that can be the most useful, and often we discover them completely at random. Many of us, when we’re looking to clean something that typically doesn’t cleaned so often, such as our rubber soled shoes, we turn to good old Google for the answers we need, and sometimes find a whole bunch of valuable tips that if successful, we quickly set about sharing with others.
Aside from placing an open tub of baking soda in the fridge to absorb offensive odors, there are plenty of other ways to use this wonderful little product to your advantage around the home:
Are you planning a bathroom renovation or remodel and want the space to be as easy to clean as possible? Well, with the following tips, you could achieve exactly that:
Pets are cherished by many, and while we may be happy to share our hearts and homes with them, we may not be quite so thrilled about the mess they can make, and the smells they can leave behind!
Whether your kitchen cabinets are made of wood or are painted white, we’ve got a solution for keeping them spotlessly clean. However, if your kitchen cabinets are covered in cooking stains and goodness knows what else, it might be quicker – and a whole lot easier! – to hire a cleaning service to come in and clean them for you.
Just because you’ve reached your senior years, doesn’t automatically mean that life gets easier and a cleaning doesn’t have to be done; if only that were true! However, you should be able to enjoy your life as you approach retirement and cleaning should be made as easy as possible. Here are a few cleaning tips to make life easier if you’re a senior:
For anyone with a property that they rent out to paying guests on vacation, this can be a profitable business venture or side hustle, but it doesn’t come without its responsibilities.
The glass door of your shower cubicle can get grubby quickly, with the remnants of shampoo, soaps and shower gels collecting on it and leaving deposits that make it look dirty. If you live in a hard water area, then you’ll also be familiar with limescale deposits that build up and leave marks on the glass.
Dirty floors in a home can quickly become an eyesore, not to mention the fact that they can play host to harmful germs and bacteria. However, they can also be a bit of a chore to clean, and many of us put off doing it because of the effort it requires.
For many, cleaning services are viewed as anything but essential; something only the very wealthy, famous or lazy would spend their money on. But the reality is really quite different.
There’s nothing like the relaxing sensation of immersing yourself in a hot, steamy, bubbly tub, especially after a hard day at work, or if the kids have driven you crazy! However, bathtubs are notorious for attracting dirt and grime, mold, and filth, along with lasting stains created by hard water and rust.
Keeping your bathroom clean doesn’t have to cost the Earth – in more ways than one – and with these budget busting tips for cleaning your bathroom using natural products, you can help save money, and the planet.
Of course, spring cleaning doesn’t have to happen only in the springtime, and if you’re a senior person looking to tackle some long overdue cleaning tasks in your home, no matter what the season, here are some handy tips:
When your kids are little, getting them to help you clean around the home might be easy, especially as they are eward focused and often enjoy mimicking what their parents are doing. But as your kids get older, this can become a lot more challenging.
The more cleaning and tidying tasks you can complete each day, the easier your house will be to clean in the long run, and the better you and the other inhabitants of your home will feel. These tasks don’t have to take long or even involve much effort, but you’ll be surprised what a difference they can make:
Spring has well and truly sprung and it’s time to dig out the dusters and unveil the vacuum cleaner! Don an old set of clothes, gather together your cleaning materials and get ready to clean with these top tips for spring cleaning:
Cleaning isn’t much fun, and while doing it is a necessity, there’s no way that it should take up too much of our time. We have some no fuss cleaning tips that we’re certain will limit the time you spend cleaning, and give you more time to do the things you love most, not to mention cost you a whole lot less than many shop bought cleaning products :
Depending on how many people are using your kitchen, and how messy they are, kitchen cleaning can be an arduous task. But, with a little planning and use of the following tips, it doesn’t have to be quite such a chore:
The kitchen is the one room in our homes that is used the most often, and it’s also the one that can get the grimiest and smelliest, too. Because it is used so often, it can never seem like the right time to blitz it and get it properly clean, meals are always being prepared and in busy households, kids are coming and going to the fridge for snacks and refreshments etc. But there are things that you can do daily to keep it clean, without having to empty cupboards and ban anyone from entering the room!
Getting other members of your household involved in cleaning the home can make life a whole lot easier for everyone and can certainly lift the weight from your shoulders. Here are a few tips and tricks to get the whole family to help clean the home:
Even if your home doesn’t have multiple occupants, it will still need to be cleaned regularly to keep it sanitary and hygienic, and the longer you leave your bathroom uncleaned, the bigger the task will be.
Cleaning your bathroom can be an arduous task and one that most of us don’t relish, however there are a few things that you can do to make the process a little quicker and easier:
While some parents choose to wait until their kids are older to get them involved with household chores, others prefer to start them young. Whatever your preference, here are some ideas for appropriate chores that your kids can help you with, whatever their age:
Bathrooms; they’re one of the most frequently used rooms in the home, and yet they are often the most overlooked when it comes to cleaning. Perhaps it’s because we know that it will often involve a fair bit of elbow grease, and in busy households, there may be precious little time when the room is unoccupied for long enough to clean it properly!
The most effective way to keep your home clean and tidy for longer, is to quickly clean rooms according to a schedule. For example, Mondays might be the day you clean the bathroom, while Wednesdays is kitchen cleaning day, and you’ll soon find that if you stick to a routine and don’t neglect it, each space in your home will stay cleaner, for longer.