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To ask how often you think the average house is vacuum cleaned?

309 replies

fallingapart2 · 16/12/2023 19:55

How often? Settle a debate on what constitutes 'normal' and what's excessive please.

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CuntRYMusicStar · 16/12/2023 20:30

I hoover daily as we have a dog and youngish children. I also have a robot which does an extra lap of the living room in the afternoon.

My house is not spotless but I hate having dog hair on the carpet.

JaffavsCookie · 16/12/2023 20:29

Every time the cleaner comes, so mostly every week, but if she misses a week then fortnightly. However our kids are long since grown up and we both spend long hours out of the house so little mess.

NY152 · 16/12/2023 20:29

Once a day, have little kids dropping food everywhere. Only the downstairs though.

Original poster
fallingapart2 · 16/12/2023 20:28

@gamerchick

The reason I didn't 'start' is because I was told by the other party not to pose the question in a leading way, so as to avoid any bias. 🙄
I hoover the entire house daily, as we have four youngish children and pets. Apparently this is 'nuts' and should be done once a week. But I know that if I left it a couple of days it would look dirty and my anxiety would be through the roof.

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betterangels · 16/12/2023 20:28

PamelaParis · 16/12/2023 19:58

Once a fortnight if you're me. So probably once a week for normal people.

I was going to say this.

maddiemookins16mum · 16/12/2023 20:27

Twice a week here. More if needed, but rarely. I do brush the kitchen floor daily.

caringcarer · 16/12/2023 20:24

Ditto g room twice a week, rest of house once a week and spare bedrooms hardly ever.

qazxc · 16/12/2023 20:22

Living room kitchen, bathroom everyday or every other day. Bedrooms once a week.

happygertie · 16/12/2023 20:21

Every other day , if I didn't work then maybe everyday, but I have two shedding dogs.

Merryoldgoat · 16/12/2023 20:21

Weekly all through.

Kitchen and living room have hard floors so swept through the week too.

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 16/12/2023 20:20

Once a week normal .

Mumsnet - twice a day.

marquislafayette · 16/12/2023 20:20

I think it can depend on the room and the floor

Downstairs is light coloured laminate and ‘heavy traffic’ area so needs doing daily or every two days

Stairs, hall and bedrooms is Grey carpet and you can never really tell when it needs to be vacuumed as dirt doesn’t show so I do it weekly. Old carpets were beige and needed vacuuming constantly.

Rocknrolla21 · 16/12/2023 20:17

RatatouillePie · 16/12/2023 20:01

Every day!

(But we have two dogs and I hate dog hair on carpets. I'm assuming most people with dogs will vacuum daily)

Same for me. Two dogs. I cheat with my eufy. But between my eufy and my proper hoover I’ll average 3 times every two days

PurBal · 16/12/2023 20:16

Once a week but high traffic areas more often (possibly daily)

Nochoiceleft · 16/12/2023 20:16

Downstairs daily. Very hairy dog.
Upstairs less often.

Whothatbe · 16/12/2023 20:15

Once a day, minimum. Once big hoover and the cordless is out regularly. Black shiney tiles. 2 kids. Nightmare.

gamerchick · 16/12/2023 20:15

fallingapart2 · 16/12/2023 19:55

How often? Settle a debate on what constitutes 'normal' and what's excessive please.

Why didn't you start? How often do you think it should be done?

Sceptre86 · 16/12/2023 20:14

I think the average house is probably once a week or something like that. We have 3 kids but no pets and I hoover the whole house daily. I sometimes hoover the kitchen and living room twice a day. I work part time. My youngest is a toddler prone to dropping food and none of the kids will keep slippers on, they all roam about either barefoot or at best in socks.

Gloriousgardener11 · 16/12/2023 20:14

Whole house once a week but heavy traffic areas get an additional vacuum depending on how many people are coming and going.

Torganer · 16/12/2023 20:13

We have a cleaner so everything gets a proper vacuum and mop once a week. Sometimes put the robo vac round once a week and then any random spill from cats or toddler.

Nevermind31 · 16/12/2023 20:12

the cleaner does a proper hoover every week. We sweep the kitchen as needed. But we generally spend a lot of time out of the house.

ActDottie · 16/12/2023 20:12

I hoover every day. Not every room but kitchen and hallway because we have dogs!!! For other rooms hoovering is weekly. I imagine weekly is the norm.

AgentProvocateur · 16/12/2023 20:12

Once a fortnight when the cleaner comes, but I don’t have children or pets in the house.

Teebles007 · 16/12/2023 20:11

Weekly/ fortnightly. No kids, no pets.

CattingAbout · 16/12/2023 20:11

Downstairs weekly, upstairs fortnightly. We are all out of the house pretty much full time in the week though, so it doesn't get as messy as if we were all at home

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