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A website dedicated to mending things in the all areas of the home and garden, mendmy.com offers free repair information on everything you can find in a property.

With absolutely no membership, login in or email details required, mendmy.com is a free portal for finding out and giving out helpful advice and info regarding fixing things. Simply go on to the site, post your query and then wait to see what information you receive back.

Ironing is bad enough without a wrestle getting the ironing board in and out the cupboard every time you do the laundry. Providing a long-awaited answer to the problem, Rayen has created the first folding ironing board. The full sized board folds down to about half its size allowing it to be kept easily under the bed, in a clothes cupboard or in a drawer. The only thing left to fold afterwards is that heap of clothes. Prices for the Rayen folding ironing board start from £24.99 for the mini model and £34.99 for the larger model. Stockists include Tesco’s and Lakeland.

Vacuuming comes pretty low on most people's list of household chores. Ease the pain with the Oreck XL5 upright vacuum cleaner (£359). Lightweight yet powerful, and with a strong filtration system, it uses only a third of the electricity compared to competitor uprights. Until 30 November, Really Useful readers can buy the XL5 for £323.10 including free delivery and a portable Compact Canister for stairs and upholstery worth £99 thrown into the bargain. Just call 0800 869 669 quoting LES711E.

With plans for another NASA space shuttle mission to the moon in 2018, and space tourism an ever more likely possibility this century, it’s time to get a piece of the action. This new Indesit Moon washing machine may not take you into space - but it will get your clothes nice and clean. It features a cutting edge design, user friendly technology and choice of 4 different programmes, and Indesit is giving one (worth £299) away to each of two lucky readers.

A great little find, Day2dayshop.com is based in Jersey and, as a result, can offer UK customers VAT free prices on all products priced under £18 – and there are plenty of those. The site sells all manner of useful things such as Printer Inkjet Cartridges, Batteries and Travel Accessories such as adaptors and travel pillows. Amongst its collection of Vacuum Cleaner Consumables, you can save £1.04 VAT on Miele Original FJM Dustbags, usually £6.99 but without VAT £5.95.

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