Sophie Graham

The dreaded after party clean-up is usually undertaken with a sore head. If you’re a Mary Poppins type, merely donning a pair of Marigolds is likely to make you feel livelier and more purposeful; if not, read on.

It’s often said that moving house is one of the most stressful things we’ll ever do. There’s the organisation, packing, de-cluttering as well as all the legal technicalities. So when we do move into our dream abode, we want to make sure it is clean, and we also want to leave behind a clean house for newcomers to enjoy.

All of us desire our house to be immaculate and glittering. Since house cleaning is not exactly a recreational activity, it’s good to know some tips that help to optimize both your time and results.

You wake up groggy, head thumping, look round at an array of empty bottles, food crushed into the carpet and a suspiciously sticky kitchen floor. The smell of stale smoke permeates every last coat and cushions. Bundles of blankets lie strewn across the floor where people have slept where they fell. It starts to hit you: You have to clean.

Spring often coincides with the realisation that the condition of your home has fallen a good way below the pristine standards you originally set for yourself . The darkness of winter helped to conceal the deteriorating conditions of the skirting boards, finger marked walls and doors.

If you’re one of the few students who reads the entirety of their housing contract before signing away, then you’ll already know that there’s a lot of things your student housing company do not want you to do.

Our professional cleaning company often carries out cleaning jobs for tenants who want to be absolutely sure that they will be repaid their initial deposit in full at the end of their tenancy.

For us, a spring clean is the equivalent of a detox. It is that time of year when you need winters debris and dust removed: the curtains must come down and be cleaned; windows washed; bugs vacuumed away.

The entire concept of cleaning is not everybody’s cup of tea and this is common knowledge. Busy lifestyles combined with the constant need for more hours in the day often result in people neglecting their day to day cleaning duties. This is understandable if for example your career involves long hours and limited time actually spent at home.

After an eternal chilly winter finally subsides and the sun eventually decides to rear its long awaited self, we naturally take that opportunity to begin the season afresh by going into spring cleaning mode by deeply cleaning and organising our living space. According to sources, the practice of Spring cleaning can be traced back to several different cultures who may have began the practice in preparation for certain religious or cultural events for example, the ancient Jewish who ensured their homes were thoroughly cleaned and prepared after the harsh Winter months for the coming of the passover festival.

Officially, it is spring. In some parts of the country, it is even quite hot nowadays. Nevertheless, do not get carried away: spring is not summer. However, it could be a good opportunity to take care of your home, by doing what it is called a spring cleaning. Spring cleaning consists in a full cleaning of a house, from top to bottom. In order to accomplish this important mission, some basic principles have to be followed.

Doritos on the table, orderves stuck in the sides of the couch and plastic bottles lay lifeless on the floor. It’s that time of the season, friends tell a friend for that ‘After Party Clean.’ Now first things first, in order to get your homely abode looking like when you first moved in, start from the back. Yes. Move the couch, wall-units, and the dining table used to host the finger-food for your guests, to the middle of the living room. That way you can hoover the hidden dirt and dust anything else in-between.

For the single hard-working individual housework can be difficult, the house or flat can seem like an un-scalable mountain of dust and discarded clothes. Its hard to know where to start. Shall we dust the shelves, hoover the floor, or thump the cushions back into shape? Or shall we just go out again to the nearest restaurant or pub, forget about the housework, neglect the dishes, think about hiring a cleaner?
Decisions, decisions, decisions!

Daily housework is something that goes unnoticed until you don’t do it. Ensuring no dirty dishes are in the sink, the bed is made and rooms remain uncluttered will go a long way to keeping your housework unnoticed although going unnoticed is not always a good thing as germs prove. Therefore a regular cleaning strategy is necessary and a quick and effective one can be worked into anyone’s busy timetable.

Now the clocks have gone forward its officially the start of spring and for many of us that means a whole load of cleaning is higher up on our agenda.

Cleaning can be fun – if, like any other job, you are organized and have the right tools. This type of cleaning routine is for those who are short of time. It is effective because it follows a specific order.

Now that the winter blues can be put aside for a few months, its time to end the hibernation. This, of course, means that your home must be ready to receive. Whether you’re having the in-laws down to see the grandchildren, catching up with friends over sunny barbecues or simply offering an open-door policy, you will be judged!

When Spring arrives, it’s nice to have a clean, fresh and airy house that makes you proud. Cleaning isn’t a fun activity but if you put some of the following tips in place, you could make it less of a chore and a bit interesting for you and the family.

Do you ever feel as though the household chores are getting harder and more time-consuming? All these adverts that guarantee to banish bacteria and obliterate stains can often fall short of their promises, something only discoverable after you’ve parted with too much of your hard-earned cash.

Moving house brings with it many stresses. Packing boxes, finding a good delivery company and leaving the property in the condition it was in when you moved in. Yes, for many of us the end of tenancy clean can take up a lot of time and energy as we try to get the full tenancy deposit back.