After facing every deep cleaning challenge known to man in our fixer upper (this is only a slight exaggeration, or at least that’s how I felt at the end of every day), the list of tools for a proper cleaning arsenal became clear. Here’s the list. A note: For everyday cleaning I try to use […]
Cleaning an Abandoned House
If you read my first post, you know that the house we bought had been abandoned for almost 12 years. When I called to schedule a pest control visit during escrow, they asked me what we had. I answered that I assumed we had it all. We bought the house as-is, but that didn’t mean […]
Finding Paradise
If you live in the Bay Area, or know someone who has, you will probably have heard how crazy our real estate market is. It’s expensive. It’s competitive. For years now, it made a lot more sense for my husband and I to rent our home. We even renovated the kitchen in our rental in […]