Random services people use

I love having my repeat prescriptions delivered- they send me a reminder when it’s time to reorder, follow the link, order what’s needed and then the gp approves and within a day or two it’s in my letterbox. So much easier than having to remember to order and then collect!

Weird one, but one hotel abroad had a ‘ pillow menu’
Our bed pillows seemed fine, so didn’t use it or look into what other pillows they could have sent up instead.
Dh stayed in a business hotel ( for work ) where they would put up the hammock for you outside and left a nice chocolate on the pillow for you each evening.

Also yes to roof moss scraping and treatment

Edited to add: DH has a professional AV calibrator for his home theatre system (10+ speakers in the room including in the ceiling and subwoofers, drop down projector screen, etc.)

Bin cleaning for the green bin is essential for me. Otherwise there is horrible decaying wet green gunk left in there from lawn clippings, leaves, food waste, etc.

We subscribe to Gousto for weekly meal kit deliveries and have a lawn treatment service that apply moss killer, weed killer, lawn feed as needed. They can also treat specific pests and recently top dressed and re seeded our lawn.

I heard about one novel service from a friend in Germany who has a pet tortoise: this man would come round and pick up people’s pet tortoises as winter approached, wrap them in newspaper and store them in a fridge (presumably he has one specifically for this purpose), returning them in spring after hibernation.

A bit like a sourdough hotel I guess.

I’ve seen roof cleaners in my area, but I’ve also heard it can make it all worse , but it does look fantastic when it’s all done!
I’ve heard about Christmas tree decorators and years ago ‘ singing telegrams ‘ was a thing too! Although you don’t hear of those anymore..

Gutter vacuum once a year. Something I'd never considered in 20 years but now live in quite a tree dense area.

Also had roof scraped of moss when moved in but his should last a few years

It’s a bit niche but tossing it out here in case it comes in handy.

There’s a private service in the airports in Jamaica that fast track you through customs and immigration. They pick you up at the airplane door, help with your bags, help with paperwork, and then walk you through their own lines in customs and immigration to get checked in to the country. On the way out of the country it’s similar. You have to book in advance for their entry service so that it doesn’t become a situation where everyone has it.

Also in the US we have a gov’t program to become a known traveler (TSA Precheck and Global Entry) that speeds up your time in security checkpoints and customs/immigration. On top of that there is a paid service called Clear that works with the government programs to get through security checkpoints quicker. I have both. You really need it if you fly through Atlanta airport regularly.

Best service in the world and very reasonable.

Dog washing A van round here goes to people's houses and bathes their dogs

We have a grass cutter. He doesn't call himself a gardener because he just cuts the grass. He charges £10 a time. Generally he comes twice a month, but it's weather dependent. If we get rain/sun/rain/sun that causes the grass to grow quick he'll come sooner, if it's constantly sodden he leaves it longer. He lives locally so can keep an eye out.

It's lazy admittedly, but never having to think of cutting the grass is just ideal.

We have an extra bin collection done by a local firm ever since our council went to 3weekly general waste collection. Also have a 4 monthly contract with company to empty, clean and refill the swim spa as did it once myself and never again!! The cars get valeted once a month which is well worth the money as they stay looking brand new.

I had a friend who had a local ‘ handyman’ on speed dial to assemble all her furniture, a trampoline all those jobs her own Dh couldn’t do or even attempt himself and she didn’t want to do it either.
I have the oven cleaned once a year and green / food wheelie bin cleaned once a month.
Ds2 has sent out washing for a service wash , it wasn’t cheap and he only used it once!
Friends went to a swanky hotel abroad where someone came round to clean your sunglasses..
Dh has his motorbike properly cleaned once a year and that man takes it apart ( almost ) and it shines.
Takes nearly all day.

We used to have our ovens cleaned but then bought pyrolytic ovens which clean themselves except having to wipe a bit of ash off the bottom. A bargain compared with the cost of an oven cleaning service.

Milkman that delivers milk, cinammon rolls and eggs weekly.

Laundry pick-up and delivery service. I hate having drying washing in my small flat. I iron it myself though, quite like that.

We've never had our bins cleaned and they don't stink

I'm interested in the Eat my books recipe book indexing service, so you can tell it which books you have and search for a recipe using specific ingredients, but I'm too tight to pay $40 a year for it.

Hired a handyman when moving
He was doing stuff like assembling beds, tv stands, putting up light fittings etc
best thing I paid for

I used to get my oven cleaned twice a year but now dh does it.

Yearly oven clean (best £50 I spend all year!) Just before christmas.

Wheelie bin cleaning every 8 weeks (am too stingy for monthly and not sure it needs it that often!)

Used to have the SimplyCook boxes for £9.99 a month which were a bargain and always delicious (*makes mental note to restart these!)

I have a large and rather soggy lawn. I used to spend an absolute fortune on stuff from the garden centre to try and kill the moss and improve the grass. It made very little difference. Now a lovely chap comes 3 times a year to treat it with proper professional stuff like they use on golf courses, it's much much better, costs less than I was spending at the garden centre, and I don't have to do it myself!

Monthly cake subscription - just one box a month, so enough for one weekend. But its so wonderful to have a different pudding once a month.

I don't have any random services, but have joined this thread incase there is something I'm missing out on 😂

I'm not sure this is unusual but I have an ironing service - they collect, iron, and drop off.

I read a post from a woman on here many many years ago who said she had a monthly handyman. He came first thursay of every month (or whatever) and her and her DH would just make a note of things they needed doing as the month progressed, then send him the list a few days before and he would then turm up and do it all. Anything from fixing a fence to repainting a skirting board to hanging pictures. DH and I have agreed that when we win the lottery, we are getting such a service! . I think it's bloody brilliant!

Cup of washing powder in the bottom of the bin. Put food waste in the food waste bin (you're doomed else perhaps, or you have to put all food stinky waste in the freezer and throw in for collection)

The twats who do it round here empty the bin out on to the road leaving debris and dirty water. Yucky.

Oh yes I also get the oven cleaned every few years. It is spotless once they finish and I can sit eating biscuits whilst it gets made shiny. I tried it myself, yuck!