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CLINICAL CLEANLINESS AND COSINESS CAN COEXIST


Glossy photos of cosy, romantic getaways used to sell your B&B but with the advent of TripAdvisor and other sites of its ilk it’s all too easy for a cleaning faux pas to have long-lasting consequences.


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uxury B&Bs offer an idyl- lic charm and the promise of home-from-home comforts. While holiday makers may


more naturally gravitate to B&Bs for a romantic getaway, many commuters are enjoying the personal touch too. But, at least when it comes to cleaning, these enormous hotels have a huge advantage over the humble B&B – miles of straight corridors, lifts between floors, identical rooms and lots of hard flooring. In contrast,


keeping a bespoke, often character property pristine and inviting poses all manner of cleaning challenges. B&Bs


include many different


functional areas with differing clean- ing needs - while hygiene may be crit- ical in the out-of-sight kitchen - front of house needs to deliver appealing levels of cleanliness from the kerb- side, beyond the front door, through corridors, onto landings and in to the all-important guest bedrooms and bathrooms.


Steam cleaning is a relatively new kid on the block, and while domes- tic machines are now prevalent, the benefits of their tougher, commercial counterparts are not so widely known. Steam cleaners are excellent multi- taskers for cleaning hard floors, tiles, stainless steel, chrome, kitchen appli- ances, bathroom fixtures and glass. They leave surfaces hygienically clean; Kärcher’s SG 4/4 steam cleaner is cer- tified to kill 99.999% bacteria, without the need for chemicals, which for us- ers and guest alike is great news, no more unpleasant odours from aggres- sive cleaning agents. Steam restores original finishes and surface textures and reduces slip hazards on floor sur- faces. With commercial models being no bigger than a standard vacuum cleaner, they are easy to manoeuvre in en suites and compact kitchens. Steam can even be used to rejuvenate


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