How often do you deep clean your house all the way through?

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Firstly, AIBU to be totally fed up of cleaning?!
My house is not a tip (I don't think!) but I have just spent 2 whole days cleaning it from top to bottom and it's still not finished. Twice a year I usually deep clean all the way through- things such as touch up paint, clean rugs/sofa/carpet with a professional carpet cleaner, scrub the whites around the windows, pull beds/furniture out and clean behind. I also spent at least an hour cleaning every day without the bigger jobs such as changing beds, cleaning blinds/windows etc. It honestly feels like a complete never ending task. Me and DH have been cleaning for the last two days in preparation for Christmas (last bit of annual leave before we put our tree up). I really wish I had a cleaner.

Never, struggle to get the basics done - I'd never find time let alone the energy for an hour day or 2 solid days of cleaning. Is my house dirty. Probably dirtier than yours, yes but we're all healthy he have clean clothes each day!

I don't need to do big day long cleans because I dedicate a few hours on a Friday for big cleaning jobs plus I do at least an hours cleaning each evening. My main tactic in managing our house is keeping it tidy that way cleaning time is just that for cleaning things.

A deep clean? What is this?

Never!

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You clean your windows daily?!?!
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I feel your pain! I once sat behind two women in a bus and one said to the other “ I feel my house is such a tip, I haven’t even had time to clean the skirting boards this week” I felt like leaning forward and telling her I couldn’t even remember the last time I had even thought of cleaning my skirting boards.

I'm a cleaner. Most clients have me over either once a week or once a fortnight for a 2-3 hour clean and that gets all the basic stuff done (ie I'm not sorting cupboards or doing their laundry)

In my own 5 bed 3 bath home - 6 people, a dog and a cat, I spend an hour a day on laundry, surface cleans/quick vacuum and tidying plus the kitchen is done daily as its small, old and so useless it has to be spotless or you can't use it.

At the weekend I will pick an area to do - so all 3 bathrooms and DH will do the living rooms. The bedrooms get done as and when needed. Bedding changes every 2 weeks. 2 flights of stairs get lumped in as one job as well.

Our place is far from spotless but we keep on top of essentials else it would be a midden pit.

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Get a cleaner, modern women shouldn’t have to clean up for their families. I know cost can be an issue for some, but just make some savings elsewhere and you’ll be surprised.

I spray furniture polish in the air if I’m expecting guests. That’ll do.

Never - life is too short and definitely too short of time. My house is like Groundhog Day any how as whatever I clean the family make it all a mess literally by the end of the day. I just maintain, barely and will accelerate and do a mad clear out clean if someone coming to visit. I grew up in a house where parents were tidy obsessed and it was horrible - couldn’t do anything as home was a show house so I gone the opposite way completely!

@Wooky8

Feeling so relieved reading all these responses! I'd love to keep a cleaner house but young children under 3 means time is short. I do random bits like cleaning skirting boards if I notice them dirty, but don't even manage a full weekly clean (which used to be weekly, now more like monthly!).

OP, your house must be so lovely and pristine! Good for you! :)

Children under 3 are ace at cleaning skirting boards. Its about the only thing they can helpfully clean.

I do a deep clean once a month. About 20 mins daily cleaning bathroom, kitchen, hoovering and mopping. I work full time but I make time for cleaning (as sad as that sounds). I grew up in a house with strict on cleanliness so it's It's rubbed off on me. I genuinely enjoy cleaning though so don't see it as a chore 😂 although I'm currently 33 weeks pregnant with my first so can see this cleaning routine drastically changing!

Ha!

People only clean their kitchen once a week??

I easily spend more than an hour a day cleaning. By the time the beds are made, dishwasher is emptied, bins taken out, breakfast stuff tidied up, kitchen wiped down and a washing load put on, that's easily 30 mins. That's before the nursery run.
I vaguely follow TOMM, do a room a day - tidy, dust inc skirting boards - 10 mins. Do 1 bit of bathrooms per day - 10 mins. Hoover and mop downstairs twice a week - 15 mins. Hoover upstairs probably only 2 or 3 times a month. Hang up washing load, and put dry washing away while getting kids ready for bed - 10 mins, clean the kitchen after dinner - 10 mins. That's well over an hour in 10 min bursts although I am a SAHM. Every Friday, I do 1 room windows Inc surrounds, deeper clean where needed.

When my husband and I both worked full time shift work, I'd share the jobs with my husband. One of us would blitz upstairs, one downstairs on a morning on our day off, once a week. Would only do laundry, dishwasher and wiping down the kitchen daily.

Once a week

I'm not sure what "deep clean" involves but I'm fairly sure it's not something I ever do.

Never here, either.

Never, if a window frame looks dirty I’ll clean it, but I wouldn’t go around cleaning the rest, when it’s dirty I’ll clean it but I don’t do it just because.

I never do this, thank god so many of you don't either. Make me feel normal

I moved house recently and have booked a deep clean from a local cleaning company. It’s £200 and the place better sparkle when it’s finished. Although I am worried they still won’t have enough time to do it all properly.

There is no way I have the time or the patience to properly deep clean a house.

If it’s good I will get it done twice a year.

You need a cleaner. Reclaim that hour a day!

We spend probably at least an hour a day between us cleaning / tidying / filling-emptying dishwasher, laundry, wiping kitchen over.
Once a week I clean the bathroom.
Most weekends I spend a couple of hours dusting and vacuuming the whole house and every other weekend that involves scrubbing the hard floors too.
Once or twice a year I move furniture on a room by room basis to clean behind / underneath.
The other jobs you describe get done when they need doing.
Don't do so much, I would say? Or at least don't feel you have to do it in one go.

Ha, I just bought a new bed & when i moved the old one out yesterday & saw all the dust behind it near the back of the wall, I thought yuck should I be cleaning that bit regularly. Cant actually reach it though so did think maybe I should do once a yr. Probably won't though.

I always figured this is what another coat of magnolia is for.

Team TOMM ran over here.
30 mins per day of focused cleaning five days per week. House never looked better.