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Odors rise with the temperature. Odors intensify in the warm summer months, garbage or fragrant flowers blooming in a garden can be easy notice on warm days.
A deep house cleaning can help to avoid the bad smell to stick to the walls, sofa and furniture.
The combination of heat plus humidity allows bacteria to grow and smells travel farther, said Victoria Henshaw, who researches urban smells throughout the world.
“The air becomes a smelly soup that we all breathe in,” Henshaw said.
It’s the worst heat wave of the summer season and people across the US are working hard to stay cool. NBC’s Melissa Mollet reports.
Unfortunately, rotten aromas trump pleasant scents when it’s hot, allowing the odor of pollution to travel further and overpower fruity smells or freshly cut grass.
Humid air traps smells and causes them to linger longer than they usually would, said Avert Gilbert, a smell psychologist. He said it’s not just an intensification of already-present odors like urine and garbage that makes summer’s stinkier.
“Stores open up, restaurants open their doors,” he said, “There’s just more smells pouring into the streets than on a brisk fall day or a cold winter.”
That means when the fish market owner dumps the ice into the drain, it’s going to fill the air more in the summer than on a cooler, fall day.
Certain smells can fill a room, like cinnamon or popcorn.
“If someone’s mulling wine in your kitchen, it will fill the whole house,” Gilbert said. “If you walk by a movie theater, the smell of popcorn surrounds you.”
Henshaw takes people on smell walks all across the world, where she said people are more willing to smell things they would normally turn their noses up to.
“With great gusto, people will go up and sniff the trash,” she said.
Human’s sense of smell evolves over their lifetimes. In fact, as babies, humans gravitate toward the smell of feces because it is something they are familiar with, Henshaw said. It isn’t until babies get older that they realize it’s not a good smell, she said.
Since smell is part of our olfactory senses, many people associate certain smells with people or areas. Henshaw said humans have the ability to remember a smell for more than 60 years.
“Our mind just takes us back to that space and time,” she said. “That’s why smell has such an association with certain cities.”
“It smells like a petting zoo carefully adorned with hot, wet garbage and the subtle hint of pee pee,” said New Yorker Stefania Orru of the city’s intense summer smells.
The city’s smells aren’t going anywhere soon, so Henshaw said she recommends embracing the smells and getting used to them. That, or buying a scented handkerchief drenched with your favorite perfume.
Ana’s Cleaning Services Frequent Question Asked & Policies
– The First Time…
Upon inspection of your home, the Ana’s Cleaning Services manager will assign two costs: one for the first time Cleaning and one for the normal cleanings.
First time cleanings usually take all day and their purpose is to bring your home “up to speed” so that the normal Cleanings go on smoothly from that point on.
– Do you provide the Cleaning Products?
The first time we do provide the products (unless the client prefers certain products) but after we are done we will leave a list of what products we will need for the next cleaning
– What is your cleaning schedule changes policy?
Weekly and Biweekly cleaning customers have to contact us no less then 48 prior to their next cleaning if the customers fail to do that they will have to pay for the cleaning.
– Monthly Cleaning Customers
Unlike Weekly & Biweekly customers, monthly customers will receive a phone call 1 day prior to their next scheduled cleaning. You can request any weekday before your next cleaning date, which would be 4 weeks (28 days) from your last cleaning.
Monthly customers are not allowed to SKIP a cleaning due to the length of time between cleanings. If a Monthly customer needs to reschedule, the day must be rescheduled to the same week of scheduled service. If there is a deviation from this, we will charge $45/hr to return your home to our standard of clean, and we will do our best estimate how many hours it should take to return your home to that standard
– What is your cleaning service schedule cancellation policy ?
All Skips & Reschedules should be brought to the attention of our Manger within “48business hours” of your cleaning. For example, if you are calling to cancel a Monday cleaning, please call by Thursday morning.
If 48 business hours is not provided to us, or we are unable to access your home at the time of cleaning, you will be required to pay the entire cost of the missed cleaning.
– What if I can’t be at home to “greet” the teams every time I have service?
There are two options available:
1. You may leave the key(s) in a designated, pre-arranged location on your property. Please notify us upon doing so.
2. We will be able to keep a copy of your building / apartment key on file at our Main Office.
– What type payment methods are excepted?
Cash checks or pay pal. if your check doesn’t have funds you will be charged a certain rate.
– Do you have a referral program?
We encourage word-of-mouth referrals and offer a $10 credit towards anyone’s account who refers someone that becomes one of our regular customers.
* Please make sure that the person you are referring mentions your name at the time of Initial Estimate.
– What do you mean by “Cleaning Crew” (aka: “The Girls”)?
Typically, our residential cleaning crew consists of two women, each of which has been thoroughly trained to clean your home in the most productive & timely fashion.
Office & commercial cleanings sometimes require more team members, however this varies from job to job.
– Will I always have the same Cleaning Crew?
We understands how important it is to have someone knowledgeable frequent your home. For a majority of situations, provided you stay on the regular schedule, you will see the same faces week after week. Occasionally, however, schedule changes may require us to send a different team. It is advised that if you have any specific cleaning requests, they should be brought to the attention of our manager . This will insure that all of your specific needs are met, regardless of who services your home.
– The girls did another great job! How can I tip them?
You are more than welcome to provide a gratuity to the girls, however it is asked that this be left separately from your service payment and in cash, preferably in an envelope labeled: “For the Girls”. Any tips added onto the regular cost of cleaning will NOT be processed.
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• Establishing clinics through community-led, participatory processes which respond to community needs and which leverage existing local-level resources and assets;
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Anshen + Allen Architects to Design C2C Pilot Clinic
On April 23rd, 2009, C2C began working with the global healthcare design team at Anshen + Allen’s Boston office, to design the first C2C pilot clinic. Anshen + Allen will work on a pro bono basis on C2C’s prototype container design. Anshen + Allen brings award-winning international experience in healthcare design to the C2C pilot.
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On March 16th, 2009, an interview with C2C Executive Director was featured on Misstropolis.com, an online lifestyle magazine.
C2C Design Forum at the MIT Museum
On February 20th, 2009, C2C convened a design forum at the MIT Museum. The objective of the forum was to bring together architects, public health professionals, and social innovators to explore design and layout options for the C2C pilot clinic.
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Everything looked wonderful, always!
Thank you all so much — you’re a godsend.
Maggie, Holliston, MA.
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The cleaners who came last week were wonderful. They were extremely professional cleaners and did a great job. Things were crazy here since we had just returned from the hospital after my husband injured himself. They were very patient with our crazy situation. It has been a complicated couple of weeks.
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Muldoon, Natick, MA
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I wanted to write again, this time to say THANKS! The house was cleaned yesterday and it looks fantastic!
Jackman, Norton MA.
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Ana have been working for me several years. I have had people clean my home for over 30 years and they are the best.
Susan Setta, Natick, MA
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She and her assistant did a very thorough job on my mother-in-law’s home (which had not had a deep cleaning in probably years). They were very friendly and professional. They moved everything to clean and then put everything back.
Wonderful – highly recommend.
Sharon K. Shewsbury, MA.
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Anna and her helper are both very pleasant and thorough. Anna understood exactly what I wanted done and urged me to check everything out when she was done. She speaks English and brings all her own materials.
Elaine, Belmont, MA.
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"If you need something done that does not fall within the realm of housecleaning, we can help you with that too. We are all about servicing you and making your life easier, after all that is what we are here for."
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