Are you planning to put your home up for sale or rent? In order to get the best possible price and the quickest turnaround you need to make sure your home will appeal to potential buyers and renters from the moment they walk through your door. Painting and de-cluttering is always a good idea but to ensure your home's features and layout will truly be appreciated don't overlook what could be a silent deal breaker - odour. You may not even notice it anymore but it could have potential buyers or renters turning away. If you're a smoker, pet … [Read more...]

Of all your five senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch) the sense of smell seems to have the most lasting impact on your memory. In fact, people can recall smells with 65 percent accuracy after a year while after just three months visual recall sinks to 50 percent. Your sense of smell can have a huge impact on your decisions from what to eat, a home or car to buy to a person you want to be close to. This may be due to the fact that you don't actually smell with your nose but your brain, which links positive or negative emotions to … [Read more...]

The wonderful aroma of fresh food cooking can make your mouth water. However, the lingering smell of that meal the next day or the day after is another story altogether. The odours created when cooking with spices or greasy food can permeate surfaces throughout your home from the walls to the flooring, fabrics and furniture. If you're trying to sell or rent your home, the last thing you want is for potential buyers or renters to be turned off by cooking odours. Do you like to deep fry your foods? Then you've probably noticed how grease from … [Read more...]

Do you have an odour issue in your home? Smoking, fires, skunks, pets and cooking can all cause persistent unwanted odours that can permeate your home despite your best efforts at cleaning. Odours are caused by molecules that become embedded on surfaces of a wide variety of contents in your home. That's why simply cleaning the floors and walls isn't enough to truly eradicate odours. These molecules attach themselves to everything from flooring to window coverings, walls, furniture, clothing and even books and electronics and once they get … [Read more...]