Do you have multiple cupboards filled with partially used containers of household cleaning products? If so, you are not alone. Madison Avenue has trained us to believe we need to buy specialized cleaning solutions for every single job in the house when that is simply not true. General-purpose cleaners are...
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Category Archives: Concierge Services
Downsizing and Collectibles: The Art of Prioritization
Most of us are familiar with the concept of prioritization. For our entire adult lives we have to prioritize tasks at work, responsibilities at home, and so forth. There is simply not enough time in the day to get everything done. Likewise, those same principles of prioritization can come in...
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5 Ways to Go Beyond Broom Cleaning a Sold Home
Vacating a home that you sold usually involves at least a small amount of cleaning. The standard rule of thumb is to leave a vacated house what is known as ‘broom clean’. My Divine Concierge has helped countless clients broom clean their sold homes on the way out the door...
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Options for Clearing Out a Vacated Home
Your parents have finally reached the point at which they can no longer live alone. Or perhaps they have passed on. In either case, you are left with a vacant home that needs to be cleared out before it can be sold. You have a big job ahead of you....
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Shopping for Seniors: Personal Concierge or In-Store Shoppers?
At My Divine Concierge, one of our favorite categories of services is the senior services category. These are services we offer for older clients who have trouble getting out of the house and/or doing things around the house. Take grocery shopping for example. What was once a routine task decades...
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Great Ways to Keep Busy AND Accomplish Something This Winter
The 2017-2018 holiday season has finally come to a close. Now we dig in and muddle our way through until the spring rains of April. Between now and then, a lot of us will have plenty of free time on our hands. This is especially true for seniors and shut-ins...
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Preparing to Prepare Your House for Sale
Conventional wisdom says that spring is the best time to put a house on the market. So here we are in January, just 10 weeks or so until the official start of spring. What are your plans? If you are thinking about listing in March or April, there will be...
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Self-Storage: Things to Think About Before You Rent
We are big fans of self-storage at My Divine Concierge. Self-storage is a great option for helping relieve your house of clutter if you are unfortunate enough to live in a dwelling that is extremely space-limited. And by the way, not having enough storage space is pretty common in the...
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Senior Safety: 5 Important Winter Tips
We work with a lot of seniors who benefit from the concierge services we provide. We help with house cleaning, running errands, and getting clients to medical appointments. And it’s our pleasure to do so. Through the years, we have learned that the winter season can be especially stressful for...
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When Errands Drive You Crazy, Count the Cost
Running errands is a part of life. And even though we have reduced the number of errands we have to run outside the house through online means, we have not eliminated them completely. And we probably never will. So rather than allowing errands to drive us crazy, wouldn’t it be...
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