Deep clean, how do you do it and what with?

freyaluck

thriftlady wrote:

I do a shallow clean - very shallow

SNAP

wendym

Thanks, Gingham Ribbon, you have just saved me a waste of money and temper.

I'm not in great physical shape, and am in serious need of a 'bottoming'. I had been wondering about one-off professional help, but I wonder whether anyone else would really set about it properly.

If all the posters who get satisfaction from thorough housework got together and formed a company that covered the UK they'd not only clear all debts, but retire to live on their yachts.

Gingham_Ribbon

I think I was unlucky. If you can get a recommendation locally that might be a good way to go. The manager was mortified and assured me it was not the norm for her company. She offered to do it right free of charge. So at least their complaints system is handled properly.

tawnyowls

wendym wrote:

I think 'bottoming' means getting right to the bottom of a room, so under things and behind things, taking a toothbrush to the skirting boards....it's actually a rather good description, now I think about it.

If anyone's ever read the Miss Read books, her housekeeper gave her house a good bottoming twice a year - washed curtains, beat carpets, cleared all the cupboards, etc. Makes me tired just thinking about it. Mind you, I cleaned the utility room at the weekend - washed tops of the cupboards as well as the usual doors), skirting boards, under the WM, paintwork on the doors, bleached horrible Asterite sink and got stains out (eventually!), and cleaned all the various things on the counter top (SC, BM etc), including their flexes, which were disgusting! Very pleased with myself afterwards, but it took nearly 2 hours, for a very small room, and I didn't even clean out the cupboards.

wendym

I dream of having a utility room.

I have a small kitchen and no garage, so I'm kind of stuck.

blessings3

Not very OS but I have a ''lady that does'' well 2 ladies for 2 hours a week best £20 I spend a week except for the wine budget - I work from home and have a routine that keeps on top of the dirt - fly ladying to get rid of the clutter and my loverly ladies do the ''bottoming '' for me that I never get a chance to do but feal gulity about -

I donnt tell many people as live in a rural community that is generally very OS but must say I fret much less about people comming round

wendym

I like your style, and your financial priorities!

Imelda

So, how often do you do one of these then?

I have been in my flat over a year and I think I have only moved the sofa 3 times (it's too heavy for me to do on my own- honest!). The kitchen and bathroom get done "fully" once a month, ie, oven and fridge cleaned, cupboards emptied and cleaned, and all the tiles washed in the bathroom. It's actually "spring clean saturday" this weekend. Other than that they get a once over as and when I think it needs doing, I have seen the Fly lady website and to be honest, I am scared, very scared.
So is this ok or should I be expecting a visit from Kim and Aggie?

tawnyowls

wendym wrote:

I dream of having a utility room.

I have a small kitchen and no garage, so I'm kind of stuck.

It is fab. Not as good as our old one, though, which was the back half of the garage (someone else's conversion), and was fitted out wth a worktop with space underneath for WM and TD, shelves above for folded clothes, a rail for hanging ones, and space to leave the ironing board out all the time. Bliss! No need to put the IB away, no clothes hanging around waiting to be put somewhere else, and as it didn't connect with anywhere else other than the garage & the kitchen, all the mess could be hidden by just closing the door.

One day ...

DebtphobicDeirdre

Blessings3, you are my kind of woman1! I'm the same- Ihave a lady who is from Bosnia originally and now lives in Manchester. I pay her £10 per hour -which is quite a lot up here. When she has been I come home and the house is magically tidied and clean. She even loves my big dog! There are many things I would go without but Samiya is not one of them,nor is my nightly glass or two of red wine which I consider to be medicinal. Valpollicello in a box from Sainsbury's is good value @ £11.99 for 3L Tasty little number from the Italian Lakes.