The Pocket Butler's Guide to Good Housekeeping: Expert Advice on Cleaning, Laundry and Home Maintenance

by Charles MacPherson

Everyone's favourite butler is back! Get your home spic and span with Charles MacPherson's expert tips and tricks for everything from polishing silverware to organizing the garage.

After over 30 years as a professional butler and household manager, Charles MacPherson knows a thing or two about keeping a home clean and organized. He has poured his vast knowledge and expertise into this pocket-sized volume, perfect for easy day-to-day reference or to guide your next marathon cleaning session.

Everything you need to know is here. With step-by-step instructions for cleaning, organizing, and maintaining every room in your home, The Pocket Butler's Guide to Housekeeping comprises information-packed chapters on cleaning, laundry, organization, and more. Wondering how to tackle a fresh stain? Looking for recipes for natural and gentle cleaning products? Want to finally master those crisp hospital corners for making your bed? Look no further than this definitive cleaning caddy companion.

With handy checklists for daily, weekly, monthly, and annual cleaning; a complete guide to laundry symbols and fabric types; advice for hosting guests; and even tips for dealing with pests, damage, and long-term maintenance, this is a volume no home should be without.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

192 pages, Hardcover

Published March 3, 2020

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Pocket Butler's Guide to Good Housekeeping: Expert Advice on Cleaning, Laundry and Home Maintenance, by Charles MacPherson, is an excellent little book on cleaning, organizing and tidying a home, from the perspective of a butler. This books main motto is the less aggressive, the better. By this the author means that the less harsh the cleaning product, the better. One should find the gentlest cleaning agents possible to scrub and clean. This often comes in the form of more natural products - dish soap, vinegar, water and the like. This book was clear, concise and easy to read, and offered excellent cleaning tips for any household. It will help you clean like a pro. I will be purchasing a copy for my home library, as the tips in here are excellent.

[Ari · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it, but it isn't groundbreaking. It is exactly what it says, small in physical size (literal 'pocket' guide), and condensed in content from the author's more lengthy book. The most useful portion to me was guide to (international) laundry symbols. For the price of the book, try to find it used. The binding and printing are excellent, but similar quality books are often sold for half the price of this one. Recommended, sparingly. Spring for this author's longer book (The Butler Speaks) on household management, as it is more useful.

[Diane Hunt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this a a review to see if there was anything I could be doing an easier way than I was. No luck, but it is a good guide for someone who really wants to start housekeeping properly and doing things the right way.

[Connie Curtis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tiny book jam packed with good tips on how to keep a house clean. I read these books hoping to motivate myself to do more. This book makes it sound like house cleaning is a pleasant duty (with which I disagree). Hopefully, someone will be able to use these tips and find joy in cleaning the house.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quick read about house cleaning and home maintenance. Nothing really new or groundbreaking.

[Elaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good tips and interesting facts in an easy-read.

[po's dad · Rating 3 out of 5]

im in danger 

[Riley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short read. Good for practical checklists on staying on top of regular housework.

[Dipra Lahiri · Rating 3 out of 5]

A clean, well organised, comfortable home is the greatest luxury for me. Loads of tips, handy schedules etc. Difficult to put in practice, but good to know.