Time to spring into annual house cleaning

Sept. 15, 2014, 4 a.m.

SPRING has arrived and the warmer temperatures are slowly waking people from their winter hibernation.

SPRING has arrived and the warmer temperatures are slowly waking people from their winter hibernation.

QUEEN OF CLEAN: Tara Elliott, of Elliott's Complete Cleaning, shares her tips for an effective spring clean. Photo: Geoff ONeill 080914GOB01

But there is one thing you might want to do before throwing your doors open to all and sundry.

Spring cleaning developed into an annual ritual for the reason that houses have a tendency to get deceptively dirty over winter.

Mould materialises from nowhere on window sills, furniture gets encased in thick seams of dust and rooms develop a dampness that is difficult to shake.

Tamworth woman Tara Elliott, who runs Elliotts Complete Cleaning with her husband Steve, told The Leader spring was one of her busiest times of the year.

She said every year the business was inundated with people wanting their homes professionally cleaned to remove the last vestiges of winter.

People open their curtains and see just how dusty and dirty everything has become over winter, she said.

See the rest here:
Time to spring into annual house cleaning