How much housework do you do a week- and what?

[purplepeony]

I feel I hardly do any. Have 1 adult DC at home so he does his own cleaning- or not ( bedroom and bathroom) which leaves the rest of the house for me to do.)

Bathroom gets done almost daily ( my en suite anyway.)

Hall hoovered 3-4 times aweek, lounge once a week etc.

Kitchen floor hoovered almost daily ( tiles) and washed once a week.

Bedroom hoovered weekly or fortnightly.

Dusting when I can write my name in it.

Window cleaning, fridge cleaning etc as and when.

"fibilou- exhausted just reading it. I never "get" people who do the same thing on the same day every week."

PP, I have to confess to being very anally retentive and an obsessive list-maker. Thus I have a printed weekly calendar in the kitchen which says what shifts DH is doing, what activities we are doing, the meals for the day and the cleaning jobs to be done. I stick to it religiously - I like order.
And apart from Wednesdays I can get most of my housework done in an hour and a half a day; I know it looks like a lot but when you're in a routine it gets a lot quicker

No, I don't work as I'm on maternity leave at the moment. I suspect it will all come falling down when I go back in October

And no, DH does not appreciate my cleaning, he is always moaning about how I do things. We used to have lots of arguments around the "you do nothing all day but drink coffee" but they stopped when I kept a diary of what I do in a day for a week. Maybe I will print up this thread to show him.

And I would also mention that our house is titchy so hoovering takes no time at all !

Bathroom has a quick swoosh every day. Proper clean once a week.
Kitchen every day.
Hoover at least every other day (I have a big black lab who sheds for england)
Floors downstairs mopped evry time muddy/wet dog prints (ie nearly every chuffin day)
Beds stripped weekly
Dust? Not as often as I should....

I think that because my Mum had a routine and MONDAY was the hideous cleaning day, I have done the complete opposite and do 'as and when' cleaning!

I would love to think a bit more about it and maybe use a Saturday for changing the beds as that is a bit hit and miss esp for the boys' beds!

I clean the sink and loo every other day, hoover when it needs it, clean the kitchen every eve so it looks nice in the morning.

DH is brilliant and empties the dishwasher, cleans the kitchen floor and is a much more deep cleaner than me.

works for us!

not enough it would seem on reading this!

Have only vacuumed upstairs twice in over a year, haven't cleaned windows since moving in (just over year ago). Dust every couple of months, vacuum downstairs once a week, mop kitchen floor once a month. Why do I constantly feel like I'm tidying and cleaning then . Think I spend most of my time just picking stuff (toys, clothes etc.) up off the floor.

I: Wipe down all surfaces every day... kitchen, bathroom, lounge (its like an illness)
Tidy up after DD (5)
Cook

Dp: Washes up
Does clothes washing for he and I.
Changes the beds.

Our cleaner does everything else (hoovers, cleans bathroom and kitchen properly, windows once a month etc etc) In 2 hours a week.

Unless you have a huuuuge house then housework really isnt the big deal people make it out to be.

And I think its down to the appliances and products we have now. I was having a conversation with my gran t'other day as she was asking us how we keep our house so nice when we have children and work long hours..

I reminded her when she was at home with children in the 50s there were no washing machines, irons, fridges, hoovers, limescale removers, furnature polishes, those blue cloth things that remove smudges, sink unblockers, tumble driers, online shopping etc etc..

Theres no need to do anymore than you do OP.

We don't have a dishwasher or microwave, so I probably spend about 45 mins/1 hour a day on cooking and washing up.

Other than that:

Hoover - twice a week downstairs, once a month upstairs!
Bathroom - once a week
Sweep kitchen foor and clean patches a couple of times a day
Mop - once a month!
Dust - do this with a hoover or when passing (I also do the sock trick for skirting as this is the one thing that I see)
Ironing - never iron ds or dh's clothes. Iron mine before leaving for work in the morning but tend to buy things that don't need to be ironed
Tidy - dh just drops things, so I spend most of my housework time picking things up

Things I do instead - bake, play and go out for walks

Daily: Kitchen- dishes, wipe sides and sweep after every meal.
Living/dining room and hallway quick dust and hoover.
Toilet cleaned every morning first thing, bath and sink wiped over in the evening when ds in bed.
One load of laundry.

Every other day:
kitchen and bathroom floors mopped.

Weekly: Wash bedding.
Hoover bedrooms.
Proper scrub of bathroom.
Clean patio doors.
Fully Hoover sofa.
Wipe down fridge and freezer.
Clean inside cooker.

As and when: Dusting in bedrooms
All other windows.

While ds's bath is running in the evening we go round and pick up all his toys and put them back in the tubs in his bedroom. Keeps his room tidy and I get to relax in the evening's without having to look at toys everywhere!
Wipe inside and outkitchen cupboards.

Wipe inside and outkitchen cupboards.

that last line should have gone under 'as and when' lol

I hate cleaning and do as little as possible - which is a shame as I have a springer who sheds everywhere, and an elderly cat who moults.

Can all you fab MN people tell me what sort of a floor mop you use. We have a slate floor in the kitchen and I have yet to find a mop that works successfully without falling to pieces and without smelling - or is DH doing something wrong (I don't mop).

Vac and Mop kitchen twice a week.
bathrooms - every 10 days ish
lounge and playroom vac once a month, mop once a blue moon (wooden floors)
bedrooms, when I can see bits on the floor, even then I take about a week to build up to it!

I hate cleaning and hate the fact even when you've done it, you need to do it again so don't bother too much.

Oh I did hoover my sofa yesterday !!
(first time in about a year though!)

Every day:

Clean and polish dining table (two messy toddlers)
pick up toys
clean worktops in kitchen
hoover/sweep downstairs
clean spills on hob/in oven

Weekly:

deep clean bathroom
wash kitchen floor (spills/muddy footprints when they happen)
Clean livingroom floor with wood floor cleaner
hoover upstairs
clean hob
clean leather sofas/chairs

Dusting, polishing, laundry/ironing, clean bath 2-3 times a week.

Clean oven, windows once a month.

I try so hard to keep a routine, but change it from one big chore a day to all done once a week depending on my energy levels. :)

general pick up and wipe of kitchen sides daily.

bathroom - about once a month

bedroom - whenever...its dh's job

other bedrooms aren't mine so bollocks to that.

the landing rarely gets done.

Bathroon once a month?
Does that mean you don't clean your bath or loo for a month?

I clean the bath every couple of day s and there is only me in in it- except DH has a shower 2x a day ( over bath shower.)

Clean loo, basin about 3x a week and wash floor once week.

Kids are adults but have their own bathroom.