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Original poster

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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PianPianPiano · 16/12/2023 21:35

Once a week when the cleaner comes. And will get the cordless out from time to time when needed (usually after ds has traipsed those black rubber bits everywhere from playing football on Astro Xmas Hmm)

Children and cats in our house.

Menomeno · 16/12/2023 21:34

Once a week, but it’s just the two of us now. I did downstairs every day when the kids were young.

GoodOldEmmaNess · 16/12/2023 21:33

Can't understand how hoovering the whole house only takes the OP ten minutes, or why it would take longer if you did it only once a week instead of daily. Surely it takes the same amount of time regardless of whether the machine is picking up a little or a lot?

WonderLife · 16/12/2023 21:32

I'd say between once a day and once a fortnight is normal.

I do downstairs maybe twice a week and upstairs once a fortnight.

Towerofsong · 16/12/2023 21:30

Once a week unless I've done something to create mess. I live alone, no pets.

dizzydizzydizzy · 16/12/2023 21:29

Depends how big the house is and how many people live in it.
When I was growing up, we vacuumed the hallway every day, under the dining table every 2 or 3 days and and the rest of the house probably once a week.

Alargeoneplease89 · 16/12/2023 21:27

Everyday .. only takes 10 minutes

ReadingSoManyThreads · 16/12/2023 21:26

Our living room needs doing daily it doesn't actually get done daily though. Bedrooms weekly, sometimes fortnightly as they don't get bad like the living room does.

Candycurrantbun · 16/12/2023 21:26

I cba to get the hoover out every night after work. I do sweep the kitchen floor every couple of days though.

ChocolateTVandbaby · 16/12/2023 21:25

Daily downstairs and weekly upstairs

TeenLifeMum · 16/12/2023 21:24

Once a week, then I grab the cordless if someone makes a mess.

TortoisePlayingMinecraft · 16/12/2023 21:24

Once a week here when the cleaner comes. We have small children so we sweep under the table most days and hoover up any messes that are made. No pets.

Original poster
fallingapart2 · 16/12/2023 21:23

Surely, for those people that do it once a fortnight it must take ages? To deep clean to that level, all the dust and shed hair, both human and pet?
If you do it daily it takes about ten minutes max. I use a cordless Dyson and just run it round every room quickly, doing the odd under the bed or behind this chest of drawers if it hasn't been done in a few weeks. I don't break and sweat and it's not a big deal. But if I left it a week the carpets would be minging with sock fluff and dust and crumbs and dropped bits of crap. I can't imagine not doing it daily, but DP insists that I'm OCD about it. 🤷‍♀️

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HydrateYourself86 · 16/12/2023 21:22

3-4 times a week.

Ratfinkstinkypink · 16/12/2023 21:22

Downstairs daily, upstairs at least once a week.

CharlottePimpernel · 16/12/2023 21:21

Daily, because I live in a very small flat with a dog and a five year old child, and it gets filthy.

stargirl1701 · 16/12/2023 21:19

Once a week before we had a dog. Now daily.

AuntyMabelandPippin · 16/12/2023 21:18

When I had 4 small DC I hoovered at least twice a week, and daily in the kitchen where they ate.

Now, it's once a week, unless it's Autumn, (bloody leaves) or there's a mess.

Desecratedcoconut · 16/12/2023 21:17

Kitchen: practically daily
Living room & bedrooms, twice a week
Stairs, begrudgingly every other week.

TheWanderingWoman · 16/12/2023 21:17

I do it daily but it would probably be less if I didn't have dogs.

EvilElsa · 16/12/2023 21:16

UsingChangeofName · 16/12/2023 21:12

I'm with your partner.
When my cleaner comes, she does the rooms she does (which isn't all the rooms in the house) once a week.
Before I was lucky enough to have a cleaner, I could easily go 2 - 3 weeks (would be sweeping the kitchen most days).

Daily is bonkers.

I think 2-3 weeks is bonkers! Just shows how different we all are.

Candycurrantbun · 16/12/2023 21:15

Downstairs every couple of weeks. Upstairs about once a month.

Bluevelvetsofa · 16/12/2023 21:13

Most days.

mumda · 16/12/2023 21:13

Stayed at a friend's when I was 16 and her parents went away. Could we vacuum the lounge daily?

No.

UsingChangeofName · 16/12/2023 21:12

I'm with your partner.
When my cleaner comes, she does the rooms she does (which isn't all the rooms in the house) once a week.
Before I was lucky enough to have a cleaner, I could easily go 2 - 3 weeks (would be sweeping the kitchen most days).

Daily is bonkers.

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