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Advice please, mother's house getting very uncared for

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MissAdventure Sat 14-Oct-17 09:28:11

You could tell a fib, and say you're going to get in a company to spring clean yours as a one off (or you could actually do it!) then say how great it was, etc.. say they have a special offer on. Buy one, get one free or something. Sneaky, but it might work.

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tonibolt Sat 14-Oct-17 09:24:56

That's a good idea. I think we upset/annoyed her with a suggestion the house wasn't clean, although that wasn't our intention. A 'spring clean' is a different thing altogether.

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MissAdventure Sat 14-Oct-17 09:21:05

Would she accept a one off 'spring clean' in time for Christmas? It might be a way of at least paving the way for a more regular arrangement.

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tonibolt Sat 14-Oct-17 09:16:12

My mother, who is 87 and fiercely independent lives alone. The last eighteen months or so, the house has become gradually grubbier although she does some cleaning. The hall looks like Miss Haversham's banquet with huge festoons of cobwebs (high up though). Kitchen cupboards, doors and woodwork etc are really grubby now. We suggested about 6 months ago she might like a bit of a hand with "heavier" cleaning, - but had to retreat, sharpish! Any ideas how we could approach the subject again? We just want to help.

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