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I have such a thing for casement windows. (Although I've always wondered -- how do you clean them on the outside?) And here you have huge, double exposure ones, including one facing trees. One can only dream. I'm guessing this apartment is in Gramercy, around 21st or 22nd street.

I’m a cleaner. I’m fastidious, and I hope no one takes offense to it. I used to think of it as a win-win, but reading the comments, maybe not.

I usually leave well enough alone, but I’ve cleaned the bathroom of a friend who was depressed, and there was mold growing on the walls, which I thought might not be healthy. I cleaned the bathroom of another friend, a busy working mother of a special needs child whose husband was away for a year. She didn’t have much time for housecleaning. I never mention it when I clean, and if my hosts are offended they don’t show it. At most they express surprise and usually tell me I can come back any time. But maybe they’re just being polite, are are privately skeeved?

I won’t usually cross the line to someone else’s unmentionables, but I’ve folded the laundry at a cousin’s house (we’re related after all), and their stuff was in the dryer when I needed to use it. If there’s an in-unit washer-dryer, I try to do the sheets before I leave. I also do the dishes and wipe down the counters.