How cleanable is your house?

The house I live in was built in 1948 and I've lived in it since 1992. The original owner was a doctor, a fact I've always prized. This fine old Florida ranch house was first situated on an orange grove that was once adjacent to a dairy farm. It had been a rental property when I bought it. Back then, it was filthy, with dog poop under the wall to wall carpeting(???), no intake filter on the central air unit, and

ancient cedar closets that were poisoning me. But it had 3/4 acres of beautiful yard right in the city--albeit overgrown with intertwining citrus trees. I fell in love but my allergies went haywire. I had some air quality people come in and diagnose the problems and hired someone to rip out the closets and replace with wallboard. We ripped out all carpeting and refinished the original floors ourselves (we were a lot younger back then), etc.

It's pretty likely that your current home is in very