Random services people use

[wand3rer]

Hi everyone! 😊

After seeing another thread where lots of people mentioned being signed up for a bin cleaning service (which I’d never even heard of before), I got curious.

What other services do people use? Aside from the usual ones like general cleaning, window cleaning, gardening, ironing, magazine subscriptions, or even cooking subscriptions, are there any useful services you swear by?

I have to admit, I don’t use any of those myself, but the bin cleaning idea is definitely making me think 😁

On the penultimate day of our holiday I always give all our dirty clothes to the hotel's laundry service. Everything comes back freshly washed, ironed and folded (even knickers) and ready to put in the suitcase.

Always pay for Fast Track through airport check in. We fly often and it's brilliant.

Would people know if it wasn’t their own tortoise that was returned?

And would the tortoise know?

Eat your Books website subscription- you tell it what cookbooks you own and it creates one massive searchable index of your collection.

That’s like asking ‘would you know if it wasn’t your own dog?’ 😂

Tortoises are all different - different sizes, different breeds, different shell markings etc.

It might be a waste of money for you, but it isn't a waste of money for everyone. Nobody's suggesting it's compulsory!

We had ours cleaned once after a grim maggot incident and it made such a noticeable difference to the smell that we kept getting it done. It costs £3 a time so hardly breaking the bank and we don't have to walk past a nasty whiff on our own drive every day, so it's not a waste of our money. But we're all different.

We have a subscription box of snacks from other countries each month. Always a surprise and the kids really enjoy it.

That sounds amazing! There are people near me who do this but the cost is quite high £350 to do a 3 hr wardrobe decluttering and £350 for 3hr shopping trip

Where is yours based? I'm in SW London

Someone in our local town Facebook runs a business where they will come and pick your dogs poo from your garden....

I imagine you need them every day....or if they come like once a week that's a lot of poo sitting around on the lawn waiting to be picked up! grim!

Charcoal is supposed to be good at trapping bad smells. You could get some charcoal bags and stick them inside the dog poo bin maybe? Inside the lid perhaps. Lots here

Someone I know used a rabbit-bonding service. One of their two pet rabbits died, so they got a new one to keep the surviving one company, did the slow and careful introduction as recommended, but original bunny still hated new bunny. The rabbit-bonder took the two of them away, used her mysterious rabbit-bonding skills to convince them to like each other, and returned them as a happy pair of best pals a week or so later.

Didn’t have dog walkers ‘ back in my day’ but that has ‘ blown up ‘around my way especially for anyone wanting to earn a bit of money and take their own dog out too.
Doggy borders are big too. People don’t always want kennels.
It’s nice to see milkmen around again, they seemed to disappear once , but are back round our way again!

Any company that you would recommend? Love this idea as a monthly treat

I just got my car cleaned at the local valet place and it smelled cheesy 🙈

I was so upset as it looked so lovely and clean but we had to keep the windows open for a week! 😂

We have a housekeeper, and on top of cleaning she organises the kitchen cupboards, does laundry/ironing, takes the dogs out, dog/cat sits overnight, and generally does everything that needs doing in the house.
I have a gardener every two weeks who cuts the grass and hedges, plus pressure washes the patio and paths twice a year.
we’ve just found a reliable handyman and will be having him an hour a month going forward so all the jobs get done
Cars get washed and cleaned by a regular visit from a detailed.
Window cleaner every 5 weeks
repeat prescriptions are automated.
We have a private gp who comes to the house and all blood tests, vaccinations and so on are done with them.

We have a smoked salmon subscription (the Pished Fish) and in the past had a cheese subscription.

DS16 has Skin + Me for acne. His skin is amazing now, and I’m planning to subscribe as well instead of buying expensive branded face creams and getting distracted by K beauty items as soon as I’ve finished my existing products.

I used to use a mobile car valet. Can’t do it now as no room but when I had a driveway I had him come every six weeks to do the car inside and out. I found him when I was selling my car and it needed a proper clean and he (cleverly) suggested I get him regularly (for my next car). With young kids and two dogs it was great. Fun fact: turned out he had a band in the 80s and had a couple big hits in Japan! Their manager stole all their money though. There are YouTube’s of a couple concerts. You’d never know it to look at him now (a bit how Ricky Gervais was a stunner when younger but you wouldn’t think of him as a pretty boy now).

@comeondover The sell it service is a local person who set it up to earn extra cash. She is doing a brilliant trade and has given up her part time job just to do this. It has saved me time but also I often cba to sell things. This gives me an incentive!

@mondaytosunday Cone on now, you know the rules! What was the band????

I definitely do need that! Unfortunately, there are not many residential options. The one I found near me charges £35 per visit 😬

Seona Dancing 😎 It was huge in the Philippines!

Yeah but i want to know what band @mondaytosunday's guy was in!

I used to be addicted to Sudafed..
If you get to the point where it’s causing more issues it’s possible to come off, I use the saline one now. Not saying you are addicted.. but just incase it does go that way.

Not a service as such but I used a company to do new foam for my sofa and it’s brilliant
it was getting saggy and unsupportive and it feels like new again. Very helpful people too

I love who gives a crap ☺️ The kids use the paper for crafts.