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Spring cleaning - Tips to get your house spik & span with kids in tow

'Tis the season for that special home spruce-up.  Ellie Gwilliam offers tips on how to do it with kids in tow.  Be realistic Without sounding defeatist, before you start your spring-cleaning it would be wise to lower your expectations. When your …

Clean but not too clean

If the housework's getting you down take comfort from research showing a bit of grubbiness is good for you.  Scientists are now telling us to beware of a sterile environment as it could be making us sick. According to the popular hygiene …

How healthy is your home?

A healthy home is a combination of many elements. Organisational expert Michelle Denholm highlights the keys to enhancing your household's functionality and wellbeing. Cleanliness Without a doubt, a clean home aids good health. Cleaning helps …

Speed cleaning - housework in a jiffy

Housework can be daunting, especially with limited time and small children following you around "helping"! Check out our top tips for speedy cleaning and tick some jobs off your list in record time!   Schedule your regular cleaning tasksThere is a …

No more weeping windows

A warm, dry home is a healthy home, with fewer days off, trips to the doctor or winter-time misery. We breed 'em tough in Godzone. When the temperature gauge drops below 8ºC we think it might be time to put on a cardie. And as for the kids, …