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Boring thread of the day - what order do you clean?

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Difficultcustomer · 01/12/2019 09:53

If you clean in one go do you have an order of rooms and then tasks? Do you hoover each room or the whole place? I’m all one floor so can’t even do upstairs then down.

I looked at the Flyladys website, but I know I’ll end up with a blitz weekly instead.

OP posts:
user1494055864 · 01/12/2019 10:05

I try and Hoover downstairs, then upstairs all in one go, or at least all of the downstairs in one go, otherwise you are just walking crumbs/dust back onto clean floors. Other bits I just do as and when. I do my makeup in the downstairs loo in the morning, so will then clean the sink and loo in there before I leave the house.
Kitchen surfaces, table, gets wiped after use. I tend to clean as I go. Washload on every day. Sinks wiped round every day. Clean the baths/showers every few days (I have 2 of each). Kids keep own rooms tidy and make beds. I will dust for them if they haven't done it for a while, due to mountains of homework.
I declutter ruthlessly and regularly, so it's so much easier to clean.
I feel much more in control when the house is tidy. I only work half days though, so have the afternoons to get extra things done.

ysmaem · 01/12/2019 10:15

Usually all of upstairs first then down stairs.

nikkylou · 01/12/2019 10:20

One of us does the kitchen which always looks like a bombs hit it.
The other tends to do the rest as they choose.
I normally start with the bedroom, sorting washing putting away. Then the living room and hall way. Depending how messy everything one or the other does the bathroom. Downstairs is all hard floor so is swept. Upstairs Hoovered.

DisplayPurposesOnly · 01/12/2019 10:53

I only ever do one room at a time. Remove rubbish, take plates etc to kitchen, put away any clothes, tidy, dust or polish, hoover.

Lllot5 · 01/12/2019 10:57

Start upstairs so any washing can be brought down to do, any washing up too. Dust and hoover bedrooms once a week bathroom every couple of days. Hall stairs and landing once a week ( not the same day as bedrooms)
Living, dining, kitchen every couple of days ( again different days than upstairs)
Don’t mind housework🤫 not that there’s much to do now I live alone.

BlindAssassin1 · 01/12/2019 12:46

If I'm not working much I do the TOMM system of a room per day for half an hour and nothing on the weekends.

But as I'm working six days a week at the moment I do a couple hours on Sunday (which is what I'm supposed to be doing now....) and blitz everything in one go.

Collect all rubbish, plates and laundry. Strip beds and put washing on; hover mattresses and upper floors, then do lower floors. Dust too.

Throw chemical shit storm around the bathroom (to keep mould at bay etc) and leave for a bit.

Laundry in tumble. Empty bins, and do recycling. Re-make beds. Scrub bathrooms and toilets. Mop all floors.

Ironing (if I can be arsed/ have time) and food prep.

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