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 😁

Milkman. Everything else costs a fortune.

I wouldn't class the milkman as a random service 🥴

@buffyandspikeandfaith ooh! Can you let me know who you used? That’s exactly what we need for one of our sofas.

In London there is a handyman service called Silver Saints, which I have used a lot. They charge by the hour, so I save up a load of tasks and get them done together. They're also very polite and clean up after themselves.

I also found a gutter cleaning company run by two well presented young brothers. I booked them just before Christmas and they gave me a box of chocolates, so they are definitely coming again!

Sure! There’s a video about measuring but if you need help they’re quick to reply by phone/email too

https://www.gbfoamdirect.co.uk/

I have someone come and scoop my dogs’ poop from their yard

I know of a woman who cleans urine crystals out of horses’ penises. All the owners of male horses at the stable sign up and she turns up and deals with them all.

sheathcleaning.co.uk/prices

I saw this done on a vet show one time. Its called sheath cleaning and they remove 'beans' of hardened smegma by hand from the horses penis.
Please don't google it- you can never unsee the photos 😱

looking at the website, prices depending on stylists are:

Decluttering duration: 2 Hours from £115-£125
Duration: 3 Hours from £160-£175
Duration: 4 Hours from £205-£225,

online shops from £35 to £90

3 hours personal shop from £175 to £190 to £210 in London

They work around Bluewater/ Brighton/ Westfield Shepherds , Guildford, Birmingham, Solihull or Kingston

Honestly the team is brilliant!

Can’t help a phobia. Anything wriggly and I have a freak out. I have no issues with spiders etc.

Yes many places in the East Midlands.

Huh?

Your phrase "beans of hardened smegma" is genuinely one of the funniest things I've ever read. I'm absolutely cracking up here.

I won't Google - your written description is more than enough.

Yeah I echo don't google. I am a former keen rider and every now and then videos come up on my local horse facebook page. I have a tough stomach I think... but.. no

Thank you, I did actually read about that so I’ve been careful not to use it too much.

It’s more the case of just knowing it’s there, that’s why I have so many spares because they are on the repeat subscription but not being used.

This thread has been a good reminder to pause the subscription though!

Sounds great, I’m near one of those places listed. Can you add the website or send me a pm? TIA

I absolutely love fresh cotton sheets on my bed. If I’m feeling really fancy, I pay a local ironing lady a fiver to iron them.

I bought my oven from Curry's and have appliance cover with them. The cover also includes an annual clean, but I have to remember to book it each year.

Due to disability I have a cleaner each week who also kindly does extra jobs for me as required (I obviously pay her accordingly), and she cleans my carpets each Spring, although I only have carpet on my stairs, landing and in two of the bedrooms.

I use a posh coffee bean subscription company. I also have an annual chimney sweep and gutter clean. I worked somewhere once in a posh office that had a huge tropical fish tank and they used a fish tank maintenance company.

I just copied this and sent it to my usual handyman/window cleaner as I think it's something he could do. It would be an excellent source of income for him!

Subscription not prescription I think the poster means.

I have a mobile groomer who comes to me very three months to groom my dog. It's well worth the money, although dog doesn't like it. It's not the groomers fault though as he didn't like the previous two either. It just seems to make him very anxious, but he does need to be washed and his coat cut regularly.

I doubt it as I believe the government has insisted on every area having a recycling service.

That's interesting. I was under the impression that the government had made it compulsory that every Council offered a recycling service.