You’ve asked Kim and Aggie all sorts of questions about how to keep your homes clean – and, much more regularly, about the filth in other people’s homes. Here are just a few of the very best questions...
Kim: To this day, I don't understand how people can have such appalling homes and invite us in! I'm awfully glad they do though! We manage to make a difference in quite a few of their lives.
Aggie: No I don't really understand it myself either, it's a weird one really. These people are desperate to get themselves out of the holes they are in and they want us to help them. We've never turned a house down - the dirtier the better!
Kim: Some say ‘Look I'm in a terrible state, I need your help, it's embarrassing but only you can help us.’ And they are all nice people, so Aggs and I don't mind. We clean them up good and proper.
Aggie: No! You must be joking! Sometimes we don't see the place until we go in there on camera and the director will be all annoyed because they had tidied up. And we’ll walk in and say, 'They've tidied up????!'
Kim: You couldn't make it up, let's face it. It's absolutely not set up in any way, it's unbelievable.
Kim: I DO clean my own house, I always have. The only time I would ever get a cleaner is if when I get older my health fails. So I do clean my own house and don't be so cheeky!
Aggie: Since I had my first child and have gone back to work I have got a cleaner on and off of some sorts. It's a HE as well! He keeps everything in check - he's our au pair too. I have two messy boys so it's a great help.
Kim: But please remember to be fair to Aggie - I have never had any children, so that is why it is easier for me, if I had two kiddies then I would probably get a cleaner too.
Kim: I was professionally cleaning houses from 1984. I got tips from friends and books and family members. So over the years, without realising it, and because I was always interested in the subject I accumulated knowledge. Here's a tip though... When you read a cleaning tip in a book - try that tip yourself before passing it on! Never believe all you read!
Aggie : I learnt lots from my Mum and from working at Good Housekeeping.
Kim: If your carpet smells of cats and dogs YOU are the dirty one not the animal! Dry the animals if they have been out in the rain and brush them and leave them in the kitchen until they are dry. Don't let them in the lounge if they are soaking wet
Aggie: If the carpet is smelly, though use a mixture of white distilled vinegar and warm water and take it over the areas on a cloth that will neutralise the smells. Open the windows too - get air into the place.
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