Clean houses and landlords

May 16, 2001

In a message dated 5/16/01 6:19:55 PM Central Daylight Time,

> To the working moms out there, how are you managing your time? I work

> 40 + hours a week, do in home therapy three times a week, have our

> own floortime thing going in the evenings too. I cant find time for

> housework except after he is in bed and by then I am ready to drop

> too. I ask because I must have a very clean house from now on, the

> landlord came over and was very displeased with the dust on the

> ceiling fan{ least of my worrys } but apparently first on his list. I

> have now spent 12 hours deep cleaning the house{and cussing the

> landlord} LOL, but in order to keep it that way I need some time

> managment advice. Thanks to anyone who responds. Lis aF

I am not a working mom, but I can tell you that even as a stay at home mom my

house is never clean. I want to open up a typical day care that is therapy

based- ABA, OT, Speech all done at school rather than home so that by the the

time parents get home they can spend time with their kids instead of the kids

being in therapy.

As far as your landlord goes, this is what I do- legally Landlords

have to give reasonable notice before entering your house- Tell your landlord

you want reasonable (usually 24 hours) notice and then don't worry about

cleaning the things you never get to until you know he is coming over. I also

keep a trash bag and a laundry basket in each room so I can speed through. If

your child is getting SSi then there are some legal issues regarding your

son's disability status- your landlord would have to have a really good

reason to evict you and it cannot be based on anything having to do with

your child's disability, which you could argue that dusting is, but you can

always ask fro respite care from your funding source or ARC, they might be

able to come over once a week for you to do some deep cleaning. Good Luck, Peg

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