Do you ever have your whole house clean and tidy at one time?

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I’ve got a small house, only one dc at home and no work until September so I shouldn’t have any excuse but I can never get my whole house clean and tidy.

Today I have done a general tidy up, made the beds, cleaned around the kitchen, put the food shopping away, done one load of washing, put the dishwasher on and defrosted the freezer. That’s quite a lot for one day around the other things I’ve had to do but I haven’t hoovered or dusted or cleaned the kitchen or bathroom floor so it doesn’t look or feel clean as a whole. I haven’t been in the dc’s room either so that is probably a tip although I can turn a blind eye to that.

I feel like the whole house needs a good scrub and then a hoover and washed floors every day. Do some people do that? Do you enjoy it if you do? I would love to sit down In the evenings to a clean and tidy house but is that achievable?

No

Once, two years ago, when my best friend house/dog sat for us for a week. We came back to a sparkling tidy home that we barely recognised 😂😂

That has literally never happened to me.

We do a 2 hour blitz on a Saturday morning and everyone has their daily chores for during the week so it's generally clean and tidy, But we have three cats and a very hairy puppy so the floors don't stay clean for very long.

Only when children are not home. There is always someone doing something that creates mess, especially since lockdown. Teens constantly making toast, etc. I don't want to spend all day cleaning up.

The secret is hoovering every day. As you have to pick everything up off the floor. Ditto mopping as everything smells clean then. Some houses are dustier than others though. My current one is awful. I can dust and half an hour later it's back.

Nope never. Even if I clean on an evening somehow its magically a mess again when I get up. Mopping floors of an evening makes the biggest difference to the house 'feeling' clean but still my answer is no.

No, I like a certain amount of what some would describe as clutter (pot plants, photos in frames, things the DCs have made, ornaments and keepsakes) and would hate to live in a house where all the surfaces are bare. It does mean cleaning takes longer and therefore isn't done as often but I'm fine with that.

Yes - mine is perfect on Christmas Eve every year.

For 3 months over 10 years ago.
It was immaculate for going travelling. Getting the house into that state was by far the most stressful part of preparing the wedding andgoingtravelling.

These days I have 2DCs. One has dyspraxia and an extensive Lego collection.

Even an In-Law level of deep clean excludes the playroom.

It doesn't help that we have the youngest children of the family so seem to aquire hand-me-downs from umpteen cousins and no-one to pass things on to. We're at peak plastic age as they still play with it and aren't willing to let go.

Yes, every morning by 9am, teens sleep in and thanks to the peri menopause I’m wide awake at 5am, I have a coffee and a look on MN then crack on. Biggest issues in our house is washing up and dog hair, I have a large breed and have started hoovering her, it helps.

For a couple of days after the cleaner has been! She comes Friday it’s okay until about Sunday pm.

Although I always have a large pile of washing to put away; that’s one job the cleaner won’t do and I end up using the clothes before they get back into drawers!

It's always spotless now my DC have left home for their own places. I think I preferred it messy.

Mine is now I've got into a good routine. Hasn't always been like this though.
I blitz the whole house once a week, then just little and often every day.
I find leaving it to build up just adds to my stress levels and everything takes longer to do. Despite the house being cleaner now, I spend less time cleaning now than when I used to leave it. I'd say 10-20 minutes per day cleaning and tidying and about 2-3 hours once a week full clean.