Household hacks to make life easier — time to get scrubbing

Kya deLongchamps shares some proven cleaning tricks for the dreaded chores we all avoid

For repellent challenges without your grandmother, try out some out our hacks - using natural, biodegradable solutions, where possible. Picture: iStock

As a teen, I would tease my grandmother over her perpetual damp cloth and canters behind the vacuum cleaner. Clutched in her non-smoking hand (another sacred light) – she didn’t put her wiper down except to do the rosary or make tea, mangling rags in scalding, soapy water with military precision. She glided through our lives on the Hoover upright — ruby lips clamped on a Rothman Blue, and knitted her own dusters.

Well, it turns out that a vacuum, a split fibre, damp micro-fibre cloths, soapy water and a vinegar spray are without doubt the best things to wipe, blot and roll out a house clean. Sorry, Nana. Here are a few hacks for repellent challenges we have to face without our nanas. Try natural, biodegradable answers when possible, but don’t beat yourself over the head with the spin-mop over a well-considered branded buy.