Do you find it's hard to get housecleaning done in an efficient and organized way? You know that the secret to keeping your home looking good is maintenance, but you have a full-time job, along with bringing the kids to dance class and soccer practice, homework to supervise, cooking and grocery shopping to do and your book club—and that's only on Mondays! Stay on top of household maintenance by using checklists for daily, weekly and monthly cleaning that will help you develop an organized routine to get your chores done faster.
Daily Cleaning Checklists
Daily cleaning sounds like an impossible goal for most of us busy people. But what if you had a checklist for tasks that you can accomplish in 30 minutes? It doesn't have to be 30 consecutive minutes—use the little chunks of free time you have during the day and by bedtime you will have done the basic maintenance every house needs to stop grime from accumulating. Use a
daily cleaning checklist to apportion your time: 9 minutes to spot clean the kitchen and take care of the dishes; 3 minutes to wipe up the bathroom; 7 minutes to pick up the bedroom; and 11 minutes to tidy and spot clean the living room. By using your checklist to make sure you don't miss any jobs, you can keep your home looking clean and tidy every day. You won't have to rush around cleaning frantically when the neighbors call to say they're coming over, and you'll have less cleaning to do on the weekends.
Weekly Cleaning Checklists
If you work a 40-hour week, weekends are probably the time that you count on to catch up on a more thorough cleaning. But with all your other weekend activities, sometimes the task of cleaning your entire house seems overwhelming. Using a checklist will help organize your cleaning into a routine that will be easier and quicker. Your
weekly cleaning checklist should be organized room by room. In the bathroom, for instance, your checklist should include items such as mopping the floor, wiping toothpaste off the mirrors, cleaning bathroom fixtures and changing bath towels and mats. In the bedrooms, your list will include tasks like dusting furniture, changing bed linens, vacuuming or mopping floors, and emptying trash cans. In the kitchen, in addition to mopping the floor and cleaning the sink, island and countertops, appliances like the microwave and toaster oven should be wiped down inside and out.
Monthly Checklist
There are some tasks around the house that don't need to be done every day or even every week. But to make sure they don't get overlooked, use a
monthly cleaning checklist to help you remember jobs like washing windows, cleaning the stove, washing the trash area in the kitchen, dusting blinds, vacuuming curtains, and cleaning or changing heating and cooling filters. And the monthly cleaning is the perfect time to do a thorough
cleaning and sanitizing of the refrigerator Don't forget to go through each shelf and section and remove any food that's out of date—no more science experiments in the vegetable crisper!
Checklists for Housecleaners
If free time is going to be hard to come by this year, and your budget permits, consider hiring a housecleaning service to help keep your home looking beautiful. For homeowners with busy lives,
hiring a cleaner can reduce stress significantly. Don't have time to supervise the process? A professional cleaning service will be happy to use your weekly or monthly checklists as instructions so nothing gets overlooked. Add a section for "special instructions" each week or month, so you won't return home from the airport with Aunt Connie only to realize that you forgot to tell the housecleaners to vacuum the guest room.
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