Clean Living LTD is now 14 years old. My predecessors (Steve and Vanessa Wassell) set the business up, and built up a database of clients, regular clients, businesses that they had worked for and a whole host of other premises and customers. They bought a truck-mounted machine; this was fashioned from a ride-on mower engine, pumps and heat converters. It was brilliant and the best thing for miles around. They wanted to have a good ecological ethos, and found a scientist in Birmingham that would create for them a fantastic mineral based cleaning system. It has no smell, no stickiness, cleans amazingly and is organic and ecological. They won local accolade at the Salisbury and South Wilts Chamber of Commerce, winning finalist awards in several categories. In a few short years, wherever they went they were well-known. Walking in the streets of Amesbury and Salisbury was fun for them in that they were always stopped by people that knew them, wanting a chat. In 2008 they decided to sell up and move abroad, just at the time that I was leaving the Army. Lucky me, I was looking for a local small business for sale and I guessed that carpet and upholstery cleaning would suit me… little did I realise what hard work it would be!
