Professional cleaner warns five items can make your house smell

Not everyone is bothered by whether their house smells of fresh linen and flowers, but nobody wants a foul-smelling home. Thankfully, a professional cleaner has shared five lesser-known blunders that could be making your home smell.

From shower mats to fabric chairs, the cleaning guru identified several common culprits that could cause a nasty whiff. The advice was posted by content creator @angieonaadventure, who regularly shares tips with her 40,000 TikTok followers.

Angie titled her post: "5 things people don't realise make their house stink from a professional cleaner." Revealing her first tip, the expert said: "Shoes by the door. If worn often, the sweat and moisture could cause an off smell. I recommend a shoe spray."

Angie continued: "Shower mats. Over time, they grow mould after getting wet often. Even washing won't help so best to replace. I would get a stone one."

For her third point, she shared: "Dog beds. Vacuum often and wash them if you can. Get one where you can remove the fabric." Angie added: "Trash can. Sometimes you have spills you don't realise. Wipe the whole trash can every so often to make sure it stays fresh.

"Taking cotton pads with essential oils and throwing them at the bottom helps." She concluded: "Cloth chairs. Really old fabric keeps smells. A fabric/room spray is just a temporary fix."

In her caption, Angie wrote: "Fallen victim of all these things. The amount of people who have a fear of having a bad-smelling house is real." Her post proved very popular, and it gained over 250,000 likes in a few days.

One commenter said: "People who have cloth seating including couches never get them steamed cleaned. I don't get it." A second wrote: "The stone bath mat also saves you money in the long run. it dries really fast, and to clean it you just sand it down a little bit.

"It was expensive up front but I've had mine over 2 years now and it's still in perfect condition, meanwhile who knows how many bath mats I would've bought by now as they collect mould over time." A third added: "I've been putting a few drops of my oil for my diffuser on the bottom of the trash can every other time I take it out."

Elsewhere, in another video, the expert shared the five things she would put in her home as a professional cleaner to make it 'low maintenance.' Angie explained: "Rounded radius corner sink. My favourite sinks to clean. No corners to scrape. Natural coloured cabinets.

"They never look obviously dirty. Patterned tile in the kitchen. Never looks dirty. Good for people who like extending their cleaning routine. Simple light features. Less dust settles on these types. Cafe appliances. So easy to clean, no streaking." The video was very popular and earned over 460,000 likes.

One commenter said: "I think the worst thing is that my kitchen has big white tiles. You will ALWAYS know when it's dirty." However, someone wrote: "But it would also bother me not being able to physically see the dirt removed from a surface if it looks the same dirty or clean."