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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 643 EAN: 9780141018805 ISBN: 0141018801 Label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: September 09, 2004 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Studio: Penguin Books Ltd Accessories:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: In How Clean is Your House Kim Woodburn and Aggie Mackenzie "The Nation's Dream Cleaning Team" continue the mission of their popular Channel 4 television series--to educate, inform and generally browbeat us all into cleaning properly. The double act (dubbed "Trinny and Susannah on Domestos" by one pundit) need little by way of introduction. Kim, who wears pearls and sports the type of ridiculous Beehive-cum-wasp-nest hairstyle that hasn't been seen on the box since Bet Lynch graced the Rovers Return, is the bruiser. To ladle on the 70s TV trivia, Woodburn is Bodie to the finicky wee Scot Mackenzie's Doyle--if The Professionals had been a pair of hygiene-obsessed middle-aged women and forgone the pleasures of driving Ford Capris through cardboard boxes choosing instead to give the u-bend a good going over. Here Kim and Aggie do actually include a series of Crime Files; factoids of horrifying information, usually about "beastly bacteria", which are destined to make you at least question, briefly, the wisdom of opting to leave your dishes soaking overnight after that joyously wine, port and a whisky or seven-for-the-road-fuelled dinner party. "When you let dirty plates sit for a long time the food contributes nutrients for bacteria, so they will rapidly multiply". It's therefore best, they suggest, to "wash all dirty dishes in hot soapy water as soon as possible." (Paper plates are, of course, always an option.) Divided into chapters that cover each room and full of astonishing top tips, such as using a banana skin to dust plants ("the dust" apparently "clings to the skin and the juice nourishes the leaves") it will have you on the way to meeting their notoriously exacting standards. But, a note on the back of the jacket kindly reminds us to give this volume "a dust every now and then" and under no circumstance use it "as a coaster or a dinner tray." --Travis Elborough Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Full of handy tipsI was bought the hardback version by my husband (whom I think was hinting at something)and I have to admit, I was very annoyed at the start by his kind gesture! But...upon actually dipping into the book, I find I thoroughly enjoy reading all the hints and tips and actively clean our home using Kim & Aggies advice. I even buy denture tablets to pop down the loo at night for a sparkling pan! Gloves off to Kim & Aggie Rating:  - mediocre this book was ok but I felt it had too many pictures of "horrible" houses to be any use to the average person who wants to pick up a few good hints and tips .I would highly recommend Anthea's perfect housewife book for the average "messy" person like myself who dont get down to the grime in this book Rating: - I know this is off-topic, but...Sorry, but there is no such word as "factoid". The Greek suffix "-oid" is not a diminutive, as some people seem to think. (What, "fact" was too long a concept for some people? They had to try to make it smaller?) The suffix -oid means "resembling". A spheroid resembles, but is not exactly a sphere. A planetoid resembles, but is not exactly a planet. A factoid, therefore, would be something that resembles, but isn't, a fact. Rating: - Great advice for EVERYONE!Contrary to some other reviews here, I would like to personally vouch for this book as advice for everyone! It has some fantastic little tips and hints on how to keep your house sparkling! Yes it has advice for the really filthy people like on the TV show, but it also has some great little bits of advice for those of us who want to be able to make chores quicker and easier, and dare I say it, more enjoyable, from little simple things you might not think of, such as using two buckets when mopping the kitchen (one with clean water, one to drain out into), and putting cut lemons in the microwave on full power for 3 minutes to loosen dirt and make the microwave smell lovely, both simple little things you might not think of, but which will help your routine, to help for specific little problems, such as how to get fingerprints off walls and how to stop bathroom tiles getting watermarks! So go ahead and give this book a try, it's got lots of solutions, suggestions, as well as general little bits of advice from Kim and Aggie personally, it's certainly helping me on my path to becomng a domestic goddess... or at least it's helping keep my home clean, fresh, and pleasant, in a new easy and enjoyable way after changing my thinking to that of Kim and Aggie! Rating: - Great tipsHow clean is your house? is such a fantastic book to have, as it contains lots of really useful tips and advise on how to keep your house nice and clean. Aggie and Kim don't just use comerical cleaning products, they use things like lemon, white vinegar and newspaper to clean things in the house. If you missed out on the show get a copy of this book, it will change your life! If you watch the show (like me) get a copy as well, as it's nice to have their tips close at hand.  Try searching the Internet for "How Clean is Your House?" or Ebay for "How Clean is Your House?". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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