13/07/2026
I have been quietly sitting and starting to feel ready to come back to work, with a smaller workload to start and hopefully 🤞 will be able to take more on later in the year.
While on my time off, my dad asked me to do a very special task, help clean up the house I grew up in which he owned and had rented out the last 12 years after the tenants moved out and dad decided it was time to put it on the market. I spent 13 years here and it holds a lot of memories for me. I have not been in this house since then.
Now here is a small collection of what I walked into, 4 weeks post surgery for me and a week before my dad had his knee surgery.
Couple of things to note:
1. A lot of stuff is hidden when your furniture, artwork, pots and pans ect are through your house. Hidden dirt is out of sight out of mind!
2. Things age, everything in this house is original, minus some carpet, the stove and shower. It is 34 ish years old. Wear and tear happens. Not all can be fixed.
3. A good clean and a paint adds a lot of value to a house. 🏡
I’m not posting these to judge the tenants - who by the way are super lovely people, with young kids, the house was always tidy and organised! But as I say to everyone, there is a difference between tidy and clean.
Ceiling to floor this house got everything scrubbed, wiped, sprayed and scrubbed again. Lots and lots of buckets, glove changes, blades and cloths used. Normally it would take me about 3 days to do a house like this but due to surgery it took me about a week.
I also got my skills tested with filling holes, sanding and painting, and honestly, I really enjoyed it!
The house is already sold pending the unconditional phase being reached, and I’m so happy another beautiful family gets to make memories in such a special place to me.
Of all the houses I cleaned this one meant so much and the opportunity to clean it (under no time pressure) allowed me to enjoy it one last time 💕🥹
