Customer Reviews

Is There Life After Housework

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The recs for professional supplies and vacuums have already saved me at least 50% of my cleaning costs - not to mention improved my time and cleaning. I send this book to new brides.

The author's tongue-in-cheek style coupled with no nonsense and sensible advise takes the drudgery out of housework. I have been able to save so much time and work half as hard to keep the same amount of floor space clean. When we built our new house, I picked up a lot of his suggestions for floor coverings, paint and windows that make cleaning a snap. I have gotten this book for wedding showers, birthdays, and thank-you's -- it makes the perfect gift!

This was a wonderful book about quickly cleaning your house like the professionals do. Mr. Aslett covered weekly cleaning, spring cleaning, painting, carpet cleaning, window cleaning, stain removal and many other cleaning topics too numerous to mention. It had lots of line drawings which were helpful. If I had found this book as a younger person I would have had a much cleaner house in much less time, years ago.

This book is the most useful book on cleaning I have read. The author owns a cleaning business and shares tips on how to very efficiently and effectively both clean and de-clutter your home. He also discusses ways to keep the house from getting dirty to start with. I've used his tips for years now and have just re-read my copy of this and refreshed my memory [and got even more ideas!].

The author also writes very humorously, so it is an easy and fun book to read. Nothing too heavy but full of great ideas and suggestions. He is writing to an older generation perhaps, his ideas about housewives seem a bit out of date, but otherwise it is an enjoyable and extremely helpful book.

This is the only book on house cleaning you will ever need. It lets the homeowner in on the secrets of professional cleaners, and provides clear, commonsense advice on maintaining a home - while maintaining your sanity. I especially enjoyed "cleaning you can ignore" and "if you have a dirty house and just a few minutes". This book would be a great gift for newlyweds.

I always enjoy reading Don Aslett books. He is an excellent writer with a keen ability to keep the reader interested while imparting cleaning and organization wisdom. Having owned and managed businesses I thought I knew quite a few professional secrets, but Don was able to teach me even more secrets and give me the little push I needed to step things up a notch. One thing I find quite funny is that he only mentions wearing shoes while cleaning once in the book, which is so important, even at home. It can save you from slips, plus your feet will not be tired at the end of the day if you wear proper shoes. However he mentions time and time again to use a lambswool duster to remove cobwebs. I found that to be enduring and cute as obviously cobwebs are a pet peeve of his.

This book is ideal for people wishing to do a better job cleaning their house in less time, semi-professional and professional cleaners, as well as those looking to enter the cleaning business. The final chapter is so eloquent and from the heart it made the book worth so much more than just a cleaning book. Filled with humor, wisdom, and tried and true cleaning methods, this book is sure to delight all readers who care about a clean environment.

One thing I should add is that there is a newer edition of this book. For the few extra dollars, I would recommend the newer version for more up to date information.

If you've ever wondered how to remove a stain, clean your carpet, or de-lime your shower, it's because you don't have this book. I bought Aslett's book a few years ago and still keep it handy as a reference guide to cleaning procedures. His recommendations on getting the house to clean itself have saved me hours of housework.

I bought the Kindle edition of this book, and it was absolutely worthless. As another reviewer noted, the charts are so garbled that they are unreadable. Frequently whole sentences are run together into a single word. I wasted so much time trying to decipher the charts and 2-foot-long words it was ridiculous. Don't waste your money or your time.

I bought the Kindle edition, and this material is exactly what I was looking for. Everything I needed to know about the right tools, the right cleaning products, and even a suggested schedule of daily, weekly, semi-weekly etc cleaning feats to perform. I've bought several of Don's products on QVC and have been extremely satisfied with every single one, so I expected no less from his written cleaning guides.

But the Kindle conversion is AWFUL. Charts do not appear anywhere near what they should look like, so snippets of info aren't really associated with any particular item. Entire sentences are run together without a single space between words. So far every place where there's been a word in italics, there is no space between it and the following word. Pictures are repeated. The first letter of a paragraph might show up above a picture with the rest of the word below the picture, or the first letter might be on one page and the rest of the word on another page. Changing font sizes or line lengths on the Kindle doesn't help. This appears to be a very very bad conversion. Of the dozens and dozens and dozens of Kindle books I have, I've only encountered one other one where the conversion was so bad it was next to impossible to read. Now I'll have to pay to buy a second printed copy I guess.

I highly recommend the PRINTED version of this book so far, but avoid the Kindle version.

Great helpful book if you have had trouble getting inspired to clean and keep your home clean. I highly Recommend .