Category: Tricks of the Trade

Wool or Polypropylene? How to Identify What Your Rental’s Carpet Is Actually Made Of

A letting agent on Upper Street sent me a check-out report last March describing the second bedroom as “100% wool

There is a particular moment, perhaps four hours after a carpet has been cleaned, when everything looks essentially finished. The

There is a particular kind of tension that lives in the communal hallways of London mansion blocks – quieter than

If you live in Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, or anywhere else in the great hard-water belt that covers most of

It started so innocently. A bar of chocolate left on the arm of the sofa. A Magnum that didn’t quite

Yes, curry stains can be removed from dining room carpet. Even tikka masala. Even the bright orange stuff that looks