AIBU to ask how you keep your house clean??

People with very clean homes and no cleaners do A LOT of cleaning. They may not register it as such because they enjoy it, or its second nature, but I've watched them and seen it, and they are up and at it all the time.
My friend has a beautiful home, but when I stayed with her, I noticed just how much she did. After dinner, rather than just load the dishes and relax, kitchen floor was swept and mopped, oven wiped out, surfaces cleaned. She did all this while chatting, so didn't even consider it part of her cleaning, which is a much more laborious affair involving furniture shifting, done weekly. She also cleans things that to my slovenly eye don't 'need' it, as in preventative before they look dirty, such as dusting every day so no dust is ever there. Which was a revelation to me. Personally I've settled on keeping my stuff to a minimum, avoiding hard to clean things no matter how attractive, and trying to clean up mess I make as I go.

No idea. I feel like I spend an awful lot of time cleaning and tidying and my house is never better than passable. Maybe I’m just shit at it

We don’t have a cleaner but my house always looks good, it’s a newer build, so everything is newish, very minimal and clutter free which obviously helps massively.

I do the dishes and put away after every meal, wipe down sink and worktops too. So the kitchen basically always looks clean.

Hoover most days, doesn’t take too long.

Wipe down bathroom sink if dirty, toilets/shower/bath deep cleaned once a fortnight.

Keep on top of laundry as much as I can, beds are changed once a week on a Sunday.

I like to use a carpet freshener and wax melts/candles to make the house smell fresh and clean too.

The key is to never let it get that bad I think as once it does you need to do a massive tidy/deepclean.

Do you have a window in your bathroom? I have seriously never had mould in any house, but we always leave the bathroom window open, even a small crack will help.

No shoes in the house so not much hoovering needed, we dry swiffy the wooden floors downstairs once a week, mostly cat hair.

Haha I'm having fun imagining lining up both cats + the husband and lint rolling them all in one big batch

See I don't understand how that works. Great for a couple of days after they've been but surely you can't go a fortnight without sweeping and mopping the kitchen floor, hoovering the carpets, wiping the worktops, basins, cleaning the shower.

And everyone on MN knows you need to bleach the toilet 3 times a day 😉

Not to hijack the thread, but how long have you had the Miele? I hate my Dyson and am looking for a new one x

For the bathroom we keep it as dry as possible to avoid mould by keeping windows open, using the ventilator. We dry the surfaces with a squidgee and cloth after showers. And we use Viakal which stinks but works great on timescale.

We have a cordless Dyson which is good for quick clean ups as it's cordless but it's battery life is rubbish. So I wouldn't recommend a Dyson but I'm sure other cordless vacuum cleaners are better on battery.

I use Dettol wet wipes to clean surfaces and a feather duster.

I feel like the above keeps the place generally clean but would love a better method to keep things more clean and tidy..

Would love a cleaner but just can't find one that does things properly 😭

I'm thinking of hiring a cleaner but totally overthinking!
I know family and DH will judge so I'll keep it quiet (so stupid, shouldnt pander but anything for a quiet life and it's my disposable money 😁)
Never had a regular one before. Are you in when they are,? I can imagine feeling like a spare part if so lol

Cleaner. 1-2 hours a week

I do a half arsed job of it 😂

Seriously! It’s much easier to e.g. spend 5 minutes halfheartedly mopping the floor every week, which gets it 80% clean but takes next to no time, than to leave it to build up to a once a month job but have to take an hour to do it because it’s filthy.

The first way takes 20 minutes a month and it’s “clean enough” all the time. The second way takes 60 minutes a month and it’s dirty most of the time.

Often “good enough” really is good enough.

Pay the cleaner

Sharks are great - for a while. I have had 3 replacements under warranty - they have all eventually lost suction with no explanation. Now have a Miele. Superb.

I think a hairy husband hoover would do the trick. Can someone please invent one? In the meantime, perhaps a lint roller for hairy husbands?

I also have a eufy which is fantastic (if only he could climb stairs then he'd be perfect!). Crack open the window after showering to avoid mould. Try to keep all surfaces as uncluttered as possible. Pop stuff in a cupboard rather than on the side of the counter etc.

My house would look so much cleaner if I didn't have 2 long-haired indoor cats + a hairy husband though - within an hour of hoovering there's usually some tracked litter and tufts of fur about the place, but they're worth it (she tells herself whilst rocking to and fro).

Does anyone, however, have advice for handling hairy husbands in bathrooms? His chest/leg hair gets everywhere and it sends me to despair...

Tell me more about the mopping Eufy?! @Bluesuitredtie ?

I have the vacuum-only one. I had assumed mopping functionality was likely a bit gimmicky, but sounds not from your post? I had two Eufy's at one point, one upstairs and one downstairs but one died and I've been looking to replace at some point... most of the downstairs is hard floors so mopping could be handy. How much can she mop?

@Kat256M the Shark I have is the "Anti Hair Wrap Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner [IZ252UKT] 2 Batteries, Up to 80 mins run-time*, Flexology, Pet Model"

I got it from Amazon and the two batteries, with a double-charger* is amazing. It also has a light on the main head, which I thought was daft at first, but it really does help to see little bits on the floor that might otherwise get missed.

*My Bosch had two batteries but you could only charge one at a time.

I have very long hair and I am always baffled by the fact there are NEVER any hairs wrapped around the roller brush. How do they do it?! My Robot hoover needs regular de-hairing but never the Shark.

I’ve recently got a cleaner and can’t believe the difference it has made to the cleanliness of my house and I’m less stressed about having to get everything done at the weekend.

Little & often- do one room a month where I pull out the furniture (only my hubby & I )
I love my shark cordless pet (no pets though), far better than my two cordless Dysons- clean around my new bathroom & en-suite every time we shower or bathe, then dry with window vac & polish up chrome with vinegar & water, micro cloth.
clean around kitchen after tea, sweep around the edges with oxo long handled brush & pan (god send) Mop once a week.
windows when I feel like it- job done

I bought a Bissell Crosswave, so it mops and hoovers. Brilliant for spills, perfect for the porch floor that is always dirty from muddy shoes, wood floors and kitchen. it has been brilliant for me as I lack the willpower and time.

I need to declutter. I am a person who has lots of piles of things with no home for it to go to. If I can declutter and actually take stuff to the charity shop instead of it never leaving the house, I reckon that could be easier.

A lovely cleaner, once a week and she uses my ten odd year old argos basics vacuum. I have a Shark but the £35 cheapie is far better.

I keep the house generally clean and tidy by never stopping 😂🙈 I also have cleaners come once a fortnight.

For those with a cleaner, do you stay home whilst they are in or leave the house and leave them to it? I'd find it restricting having to be home as out most of the day

Samsung cordless vacs (I have one) outscore Sharks on the Which? website tests every time, and much cheaper.