Use this guide if cleaning only happens in panicked bursts before visitors, or the same jobs keep getting missed. Have a notepad or spreadsheet, a rough idea of your weekly timetable and, if you live with others, a few minutes to agree the plan together.
Step by step
List jobs by how often they really need doing
Write every cleaning job you can think of, then sort them into daily, weekly, monthly and seasonal. Daily jobs are usually quick resets: washing up, wiping kitchen surfaces and a ten-minute tidy. Weekly jobs include bathrooms, floors, bedding and bins. Monthly or seasonal jobs include the oven, fridge, windows, extractor filters and behind furniture. Being honest about frequency stops you trying to do everything every week.
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