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Blooming landscapes and balmy
temperatures may lighten the
steps of the winter-weary, but the new season also heralds an event that strikes terror in many a heart: spring cleaning.
Now is the traditional time to air out the musty house and tackle such hardcore chores as window washing, floor scrubbing, wall scouring, cabinet and closet reorganizing, curtain laundering and oven cleaning.
You can go the simplest route by hiring a maid service to do some or all of your dirty work. If you choose to do the job yourself; you can simplify even the most formidable tasks by following tips from the cleaning professionals.
“The thing that they need to do first is organization. And what organization usually means to me is to go through your closets and your entire house basically... and get rid of things through charity or maybe the homeless,” says Judi Purdy, president of the Maid Brigade of Loudoun County, one of several local offices of the national maid service franchise.
“Definitely get rid of things that you haven’t used probably within the last six months to a year.”
Purdy says that the Maid Brigade will pick up things from houses at which
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