I bought a new hoover. A cordless Dyson. From Amazon.
I was going to wait a while but after lugging the old Dyson up two flights of stairs I thought sod it, I'm getting one now.
I was a little concerned about only have 20 minutes useage time but most of the reviews for it are good and no one really complains about the useage time. And whilst I was hoovering today I timed how long the hoover was actually turned on for (as opposed to being turned on and off whilst I move things) and 20 minutes is fine for the downstairs and stairs. I could probably do the first floor landing in that time too.
I don't tend to hoover the bathroom very often as there are too many nooks and crannies so I tend to sweep it before steaming it. The girls hoover their own bedrooms (in theory anyway). And our bedroom hardly ever gets hoovered as the stairs our so steep up to the attic you take your life into your hands carrying the hoover up there (as I did today).
When the new cordless comes I can leave the old Dyson in our bedroom, tucked away in the back section of the room out of sight, so I can hoover up there without any hassle.
I haven't mentioned it to Mick I was thinking I could just sneak it in and then I realised that it will need mounting to a wall somewhere to charge - I have no idea where. Oops!