Any more housekeeping essentials i should know about ?

[Dearpeople]

I have just (i know im late ) discovered ecloths ! I ordered cloths and a mop online and im impressed so far .
what have you discovered and loved? what housekeeping revelations have you come across ?
I love cleanliness , order and minimalism in my house but ds2 and dh put paid to that most of the time !

Sugar soap for cleaning the kitchen - it's a great degreaser with no horrible chemical smell.

White vinegar for cleaning windows and mirrors.

A ceiling clothes airer - keeps the floor space free of floor-standing airers and clothes dry quicker

a dishwasher

a wet microfibre cloth gets my stainless gleaming like new, and you can chuck them in the washing machine afterwards. I got 3 for 99p from Home Bargains.

Veet for your hairy plughole - sounds rude but it works!

a spatula obviously

A Roomba!

my hairy plughole oh how very rude

will have to go look what a roomba is !

Plug in air freshners are one of mine. Not exactly revolutionary but effective.

Flash magic eraser.

Zoflora in with the laundry. I love the smell and it kills all the bacteria.

Dilute Zoflora in a little spray bottle (pump top). Use with an e cloth for silicon free dusting and a nice fragrance to boot.

Open windows daily for a fresh smell .

I'm a recent convert to microcloths too. Bicarb of soda seems to clean everything, it's better than cif on stainless steel sink. And vinegar on taps. All things I'd heard before but didn't really believe until I'd tried it.

wipe the radiators with fabric softener, or stuff a couple of tumble drier sheets down the back of it. Your house is laundry fresh!

Cream cleaner on the cooker hood.

Window cleaner for gloss cabinets.

Steam cleaner for just about everywhere that gets greasy/sticky or is tricky to get at (cooker hood, dishwasher and fridge/freezer door seals, edges of hard floors) also windows.

Vileda squirty mop for quick daily floor mopping, no need for a bucket.

Magic eraser block for fingerprints, stickymarks, all the little jobs that it's not worth getting the steamcleaner out for.

Whoknows please can you give more details about your 'squirty mop'?

Magic eraser for scuff marks, grout cleaning all sorts of jobs.

squirty mop. I keep mine filled with Method floor cleaner that is used neat (and smells gorgeous), so you just squeeze and mop, it's brilliant.

Fold a set of bed linen and store it in one of its pillowcases

Stainless steel pans looking a bit meh and tarnished? Soak them in a sink full of hot water and laundry detergent powder. Wash thoroughly afterwards.

Whoknows thanks for that info, hand on heart - is it really, truly as easy to use as shown in the demo?

What is so good about micro cloths. We have some, they just seem like cloths but squidgier

Chottie - yes it is as easy as that, I've had mine for several years now. It doesn't do right into corners very well, doesn't clean them very efficiently because the head flexes up a bit at the ends as you press down in the middle, but I guess that's the same with other flat head mops. Edges are ok as you turn it sideways.

Microfibre cloths absorb far more grot and dirt than normal cloths, I can clean my entire car with a couple of damp e-cloths and no bucket. That's the outside of my car.

A damp micro fibre cloth with just water on gets my six year old stainless steel sink look like brand new.