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National Skilled Trades Day 2025

It takes real skill to complete home services. Working across hundreds of houses each year, tradespeople need to be perfectly professional, dependable and adaptable. But so often, the hard work of tradespeople goes unnoticed & underappreciated. We're lucky to work with the very best tradespeople around. Whether that's our 5*…

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National Cleaning Week 2022 (27th March - 2nd April)

National Cleaning Week was founded by ISSA—The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association. The national week encourages the public to complete some much-needed spring cleaning, while also recognising the efforts of frontline cleaning professionals in keeping homes, commercial properties and public spaces clean. Not to mention the benefits of cleaning on the environment,…

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Today is World Plumbing Day

Plumbing is essential to our way of life Most of us only think about our plumbing when something’s going wrong. Like when our drains are clogged or a pipe has burst. We don’t tend to spend too much time thinking about all of the positive impacts that plumbing has on…

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Thrills & Spills: How to clean Pancake Day mess

Here’s what you’ll need Washing up liquid Clean microfibre cloths A blunt object – like a spatula, dough scraper or an old debit card A carpet cleaning product Laundry detergent (If you’ve got it to hand) Stain removing laundry detergent (If you’ve got it to hand) How to remove pancake…

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Introducing 5* waste removal services

You can now book 5* waste removal & rubbish clearance services with Housekeep. We’re working with trusted, local waste removal professionals who can deliver all kinds of waste removal services. Just like all of the professionals we work with, these waste removal specialists are vetted & experienced - so you…

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Today is World Handyman Day

We're using World Handyman Day 2021 as an opportunity to celebrate the amazing work completed by handypeople everywhere. Whether it's fitting shelves, mounting tellies or completing minor plumbing work – there's seemingly no limit to the number of tasks that a good handyperson can help with. But their work isn't…

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Click, Click, Clean: Introducing the Housekeep app

We’ve just launched a brand new Housekeep app for customers. Our mobile app makes it even easier to manage your bookings on-the-go. Whether you're booking your first job, updating your access instructions, rescheduling cleans or chatting to your Housekeeper - our app puts you in full control of your cleaning.…

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Clean Your Refrigerator Day: top tips for a clean, hygienic fridge

Today is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day November 15th is the annual Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. This day is designed to encourage us to give our fridges some love ahead of the inevitable holiday season cook-athons. That means emptying your fridge of any out-of-date produce, as well as…

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Thank Your Cleaner Day

Today is ‘Thank your cleaner day’ 2021! We wanted to take the opportunity to thank the amazing Housekeepers who work with us here at Housekeep, as well as cleaners all over the world. We know first-hand how hard cleaners work to ensure that the homes, workplaces & public spaces we…

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Today is National Professional House Cleaners Day

September 17th is National Professional House Cleaners Day! The national day celebrates professional cleaners everywhere, recognising their contribution to creating a cleaner world. Professional house cleaners help people all over the world - and their hard work keeps homes happy and healthy. In fact, clean houses are scientifically proven to…

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National Tradesmen Day

Today is National Tradesmen Day! National Tradesmen Day was founded back in 2011 to celebrate the brilliant work that tradespeople do - from plumbers, to electricians, to mechanics, and everything in between. The world relies on skilled tradespeople - both inside and outside of the house. Whether they’re fixing leaks,…

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How to iron a shirt

Method First, lay your shirt on the board and spray a generous amount of steam over the shirt. If the shirt is relatively fresh from the wash (a few hours after the wash is ideal), you may not need to add as much moisture. Once the shirt is damp, lift…

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