Let’s assume you clean your property, and you do it well. You polish things up every now and then, and you give all guest-facing areas, rooms and public areas the ol’ spring clean.

All good? Almost... you’re deodorising the rooms too, right?

Yes, many cleaners have built-in deodorising. But as a last touch, when the housekeeper cleans the room, you might want to try having them deodorise the room.

For carpeting, start with a non-chlorinated deodoriser, something that can absorb liquids of all disgusting varieties (eek!) quickly and easily. Good deodorising products that are worth the money, gel the offending liquid and destroy any and all associated odours.

Such products come in chlorinated and non-chlorinated varieties and, again, make sure you do not use chlorinated deodorisers on carpeting.

You might also want to look for carpet and room deodorisers as alternatives to baking soda-based products. Yes, grandmother used baking soda, and it worked pretty well; but grandma wasn’t charging the money you are for her rooms. At least she wasn’t charging you (as far as we know anyway).

In addition to gelling and eliminating liquid odours, good room deodorisers also deal with smoke (yeah, they promised they wouldn’t smoke in the room; no idea where that smell comes from), mould, mildew, food and other nuisances. Check labels carefully to ascertain if they’re safe for carpeted or uncarpeted areas.

Some deodorisers are pretty low-impact but still effective and appreciated by guests. As a nice finishing touch to a room clean, if there isn’t any obvious yuck on the carpet, just sprinkle some on and vacuum - it even works to help get rid of that vacuum odour too.

Finally, adding scent could be a nice finishing touch. If you haven’t used a scented deodoriser (some of them aren’t the most pleasant), check out dedicated room perfumes or try designing your own scent, part of a new(ish) trend called “scent marketing”.