What To Do When You've Lost the House Cleaning Wars
Posted by Vicki Zerbee on Fri, May 13, 2011 @ 10:03 PM
How long has this been going on? The immortal words of George and Ira Gershwin should be resounding in your head as you begin to take stock of the situation your house is in when regular cleanings have been forgotten.
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Let's face it, there just are not enough hours in a day to complete all our chores and errands. And if you work full time, have children, a family, social obligations, and any number of other demands on your time, are you really spending the time needed on your house cleaning?
A large number of people freely admit that their house cleaning activities consist of a brief vacuum to pick up the most unruly dust bunnies, a damp mop of the kitchen floor to wipe off the coffee dribbles (the dog cleans up the crumbs), and the replacement of the 1000 Flushes toilet bowl cleaner. Seriously?
Have you looked closely at your floors, carpets, windows, mirrors, counters and appliances? What is that grime that has built up all over everything? That, my dear friend, is the result of not doing thorough house cleaning on a regular basis.
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You are not alone in getting to this point of not knowing where to start, nor having the energy or time to do even a little bit of the work. There are two real options (letting the grime and clutter continue to pile up is not one of them) that you could consider.
The first option, of course, is to do the major cleaning yourself. You could start with one room at a time, and work your way down from the top of the walls to the floor. This will require a fair amount of effort and elbow grease as you scrub down your walls, wash the baseboards, clean the lighting fixtures, shine the mirrors, wash the windows (inside and out), dust the mantle, then steam vacuum the carpet. Oh, did you leave all your furniture in the way?
Now, remember, every room needs to be gone through and scrubbed to remove the buildup from the weeks or months that you haven't really cleaned in those rooms. I've heard of some people that have had to get out the scrub brushes to get the grime up off surfaces. Does this sound like something you'd really like to spend your next day off doing?
Okay. There is a way to get past this major project, retain your sanity, and end up with a sparkling clean house without the sore muscles to prove it. Start looking for a maid service in San Diego to come out and give you an idea how they could make your life a whole lot easier.
House cleaning services are not just for those every day, weekly regular cleaning jobs, but they have a lot of training and tools that allow them to come in and do a full, deep cleaning of your home. A team of professionally trained cleaners will come to your home with the most up-to-date industrial strength tools and products and make a very quick project of getting your home clean and smelling fresh. The combined effort of the team of cleaners will double and even triple the elbow grease that goes into getting a home sparkling clean.
So rather than spending countless hours trying to get your house back to the shiny clean that you wish for, take a look at hiring a maid service in San Diego to scrub your home clean. And then, you can not only sit back and relax, but have the time to pursue many more satisfying and enjoyable activities.