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11 Wonderful and Easy Tricks to Clean Silver at Home

Silver jewellery and silver cutlery tend to lose their shine over time and even to get black. This is tarnish – a result of chemical reaction between silver and sulphur in the air. Most silver jewellery and accessories today are plated with very thin layer of rhodium to protect the metal and make it brighter and shinier. However, this thin protective coat wears off making it easy for silver items to blacken. Actually, silver items react not only with sulphur in the air. Perfumes, cosmetics, hair spray, hand cream, oils from skin and even some foods – can get [...]

December 11th, 2015|Blog|
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How to Boost Your Property Value When Selling? Part II

Last week we’ve shared a few tips to help you boost your home’s value when selling. We took some ideas from a survey, made by Populus - one of the leading UK market research companies. They asked what are the things that would make potential buyers to reduce or even – withdraw their offer when buying a property. Some of the factors like weak mobile phone signal are not under the seller’s control, while others, related to condition of the house can be fixed. Small renovations, good lighting and clearing the space are just some of the things you can [...]

December 1st, 2015|Blog|
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How to Boost the Value of Your Property When Selling? (Part 1)

Last week we ran into very curious article. Sellingup.com – a website for tips on selling property with maximum profit asked Populus - one of the UK’s leading research agencies to discover what are the things that are most likely to put off potential customers when selling your home. Some of the things that can chase potential buyers away – like noisy neighbours, or poor mobile network coverage are beyond seller’s control. But other things that can repulse buyers or make them want serious price reductions – like the condition of your property are completely reparable. Read how to deal [...]

November 24th, 2015|Blog|
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7 Green and Easy Green Recipes to Clean an Iron

3 weeks ago we’ve shared nice tricks for cleaning a spot on the upholstery using iron. But what if the iron also needs to be cleaned? Dirty or scorched iron is an unpleasant problem – no matter if you burned a garment and there are pieces left on the metal plate, or there are mineral spots on it. When the bottom of the iron is not perfectly clean the risk of burning your cloths rises. This is why we picked 7 of the most efficient methods for DIY cleaning the iron. Clean a Scorched Iron The burn spots on [...]

July 29th, 2015|Blog|
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How to Remove Stains from Upholstery with Iron

If there is something most people hate to do it may be cleaning a stain, especially if it is on sofa, armchair, or other item, that is impossible to cram in the laundry machine. It is just awful when you have to deal with a food or beverage spill on the freshly cleaned sofa, right? But if you are familiar with Murphy’s law you already know that a stain occurs MOSTLY when the upholstery has just been cleaned. However, our cleaning experts shared a little secret: there is a way to spot-clean a stain without having to treat the whole [...]

July 8th, 2015|Blog|
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7 Steps For Impeccably Clean Windows

Summer is great time to go on holiday or just spend your vacation at home. But also it is the perfect moment of the year for some chores. Even if you did your Spring cleaning like a pro, there are a few chores that are best to be done in the hottest time of the year. Thorough window cleaning is one of the best (and easiest) summer chores. Follow the tips below to enjoy sparkly clean windows. Get Your Cleaning Supplies We’ve asked the house cleaning specialists to make a list of the right tools you’ll need to clean perfectly [...]

July 1st, 2015|Blog|
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6 Tricks for Removing Pet Hair from Furniture and Clothes

Lint rollers are the best tool to use when removing hair, fluffs and lint from clothes. However most rollers have very short life and quickly become useless, especially when you have to deal with pet hair. Some dog and cat breeds like Siamese cats and Doberman dogs have really short thick fur, which is really difficult to remove once it gets deep into fabric’ fibres. […]

June 23rd, 2015|Blog|
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Clean Your Home Before Leaving on Vacation

Highways Agencys Images are protected by copyright. This Image cannot be used without a license agreement. You must comply with the license applicable to the reproduction of this Image. Terms and Conditions at www.photos.highways.gov.uk There is nothing worse than coming from a great holiday to a dirty and messy place. Whether you will be out of town for a few days or a few weeks, if you prepare our home in advance you will enjoy a smooth return. KTMA Ltd. experts shared a detailed checklist of the tasks that have to be done if you want your [...]

June 1st, 2015|Blog|
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10 Spring Cleaning Tips From the Pros

Professional cleaners master the art of fast and efficient cleaning – they don’t cut ends, don’t waste time – just do the job – and do it great! If you want to tackle with spring cleaning chores the easiest way, then take advantage of tips from our best professionals Schedule Every Cleaning Task Assign exact cleaning date. Schedule every step of the whole process, right down to the second. Stick to your spring cleaning checklist until you get the work done. Pick Comfortable Clothes The better you feel the faster you’ll be done with all chores. Take example from professional [...]

March 7th, 2015|Blog|
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Curtain Cleaning Tricks and Tips

Over time all types of drapes absorb dust, dirt and foul odours. Here we’ve gathered some tricks and tips for easy curtain cleaning. It is best to include this chore to your weekly home cleaning routine. Vacuum your curtains using soft brush nozzle to remove dust, hair and dirt. It takes no more than 15 minutes. As other fast cleanups it’s a fast way to make your place look nice and tidy without much effort. Steam Cleaning for Heavy Curtains Hand or machine washing heavy curtains is a bad idea because the drying process will be too long and the fabric [...]

February 3rd, 2015|Blog|
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