How to plan my cleaning

[fosterlove]

I close on my house next week and I need a plan. I believe that McBenny does a designated room per day, what are others doing to make sure that you are cleaning all areas of the house regularly? I currently just do whatever I feel like doing, and B does the same and it works, but I need to make sure that I stay on top of it when it is just me.

[McBenny]

I think you need to do what your cleaning style is. See other thread.

For me, no one taught me how to run a house etc and so I sat down one day and just made a list of areas etc. That is how I do an area a day. It works for me.

Some people do zones where they dust or clean every surface and do all floors, etc. I have never been able to follow this.

I followed a blog before and the lady shared her cleaning scheduled and I started mine from that.

www.iheartorganizing.com/2010/03/you-asked-squeeky-clean.html

I usually do kitchen around trash day or around the day I usually grocery shop.

I keep small areas for my busy days or the days I want to watch my TV shows like laundry room on Thursday.

[dc2london]

I do a floor a day and all the bathrooms on one day.

I clean out the fridge the day before garbage and recycling pickup.

On Mondays I catch up from the weekend.

On Tuesdays I clean the ground floor (dust, vacuum, Windows, mop the entryway).

On Wednesdays I clean and mop all the bathrooms.

On Thursdays I clean the third floor. Dust, vacuum, wash windows.

On Friday's I deep clean the kitchen. Wipe down the top and sides of the fridge, take everything off the counters and disinfect them. Really scrub the stove. Wash the burner knobs. Clean the garbage disposal.

Daily I wash and put away the dishes, scrub the sink, wipe down the handles on the fridge doors and the microwave, sweep and steam mop the kitchen, vacuum the play room.

Stuff that doesn't need to be done weekly I keep a chart in my bullet journal with a column for each month and a row for each task. I mark down when I do things like dust the baseboards, clean the dishwasher, clean the blinds, wash the comforters, etc. That way I can always look and see when I last did these tasks.

McBenny taught me to wipe down my cabinet doors while waiting for the kettle to boil. On hold with the cable company? Wipe down some base boards while you wait. Need to wash kiddo's favorite pajamas but don't have enough for a full load? Put the throw blankets in the wash. Sneaking housework into little reclaimable moments helps me from getting overwhelmed by one enormous task.

[dc2london]

As for laundry, I do that every day. With 5 people it piles up fast.