The first snowdrops are out, the daffodils are pushing through, the fields blare with the sound of newborn lambs. After a long dark winter, it’s also the traditional time of year that people are looking to move house. Whether you’re a home buyer, a landlord or a letting agent, after many months of lockdown, this can be an anxious time for all concerned.
For the buyer or tenant, when you’ve spent weeks on your own turf, it can feel worrying to go to pastures new. After all, we’ve all grown accustomed to not stepping foot inside another household, and it’s been forbidden to go anywhere that’s outside of your social bubble. And suddenly, you have the key to your new house or flat, one that doesn’t yet feel like your own.
How safe can it be, to live inside a stranger’s four walls, after over a year of COVID-19? You wear a mask inside every other space, from the local supermarket to the post office. Yet, here you are, moving your furniture, your children, all your worldly possessions, into a place that, until recently, belonged to someone else. As if moving house isn’t stressful enough!
Don’t worry, this feeling is normal.
For many of us, the prospect of coming out of lockdown when debate is still ongoing about the science supporting it can be a real concern. We all know that uncertainty can breed anxiety. With 62% of people in the UK feeling stressed or anxious due to COVID-19, it’s no wonder that the traditionally stressful time of moving gives rise to even more worry.
Landlords and agencies are having to be more vigilant than ever and pay extra attention to hygiene when letting properties.
A recent new customer survey by Oakeys Cleaning Ltd found that 40% more clients are wanting a full deep clean when moving into or letting new properties. And the key reason?
Peace of mind.
Did you know how many things you touch just making a cup of tea?
Touch points include: the mug handle, the cupboard door handle to get the mug, another to reach for the teabags, a drawer handle for that teaspoon, oh, and don’t forget the fridge that was part of the kitchen contents. Not to mention the cold water tap, the socket switch, and I guess you turned the light on as you came in?
With scary statistics like a single cough producing up to 3,000 droplets, a home buyer’s main fear is that surfaces in their new home are likely to be contaminated; not a pleasant thought, in the midst of a pandemic.
Studies have shown that the coronavirus is still detectable on cardboard for up to 24 hours, whereas it can survive on plastic, stainless steel and countertops as a functional and infectious virus for up to three days (72 hours), the general rule for hard, shiny surfaces. Although the virus does degrade over time, we’ve all been told to avoid touching surfaces in shared spaces and to wash our hands regularly.
It’s no wonder that we’re feeling anxious about moving into someone else’s home.
Luckily, Oakeys Cleaning Ltd offers a deep cleaning service that can help.
Whether you’ve bought a house to move into, or you’re a landlord looking to sanitise between tenants, Oakeys Cleaning Ltd is able to offer expert COVID-19 cleaning and decontamination services throughout Bexhill-on-Sea and any surrounding areas – for that one-off emergency deep clean.
Nobody wants to move in to find grubby handprints, cooker hood grease and cobwebs. At Oakeys Cleaning Ltd, we make sure that all appliances, cupboards and lighting, phones, thermostats and plug sockets are sanitised, giving you complete peace of mind in your new home.
And for those landlords and letting agents out there, you can rest assured that you’re doing everything you can to put tenants’ minds at rest with the knowledge that their new home has been deep cleansed by professional, end of tenancy cleaners.
Our small team of friendly specialists provides a full COVID-19 deep clean and sanitising programme which includes all touch points, surfaces, equipment and floors. This cleaning service will be tailored to suit your exact site requirements.
Our full, deep cleaning service includes everything from steam-cleaning the oven and freezer to acid cleaning the bathroom; sanitising handles and switches to cleaning woodwork and the inside of window frames. Once your property has had the Oakeys spring-clean, you can be sure that your new interior, whether it’s your own home or you’re getting it ready for tenants, is sparkling fresh and Covid-free.
All products used are not only environmentally friendly but NHS approved, using anti-microbial disinfectant to EN1650 specifications (as seen on BBC News). Our fully-trained infection control team will make sure that your site receives the correct levels of infection control using specialist equipment and chemicals.
Not everybody wants the full deep clean, especially if you are definitely, absolutely not keeping the throwback swirly carpet and that dodgy cooker that’s never seen sourdough starter, let alone baked lockdown soda bread.
We at Oakeys Cleaning Ltd understand that you want to put your own stamp on your new pad, and that’s why we offer a free survey first, so that you can let us know exactly what you’d like to include on your checklist.
Now you can put the kettle on, safe in the knowledge that everything from the kitchen tap to the socket switch has been professionally sanitised. Time to put your feet up, admire your new space, and decide on that paint colour. Elephant breath or donkey grey, anyone?
There’s only the unpacking to tackle now…
At Oakeys Cleaning Ltd, we understand the importance of peace of mind when moving house.
If you’d like more information about our deep cleaning service, whether as a home buyer or a landlord, then please give us a call on 07731915015, email us at oakeyscleaningltd@aol.com or visit our website oakeyscleaning.co.uk for friendly, professional advice.