How often do you...?

[mumat39]

Change DC's bedding ?
Change your own bedding?
Wash towels?
Clean the toilet?
Clean the bath/shower?
Clean/mop the bathroom floor?
Clean/mop the kitchen floor?
Dust?
Vacuum?
Clean kitchen cupboards?
Clean tops of kitchen cupboards?
Clean tops of wardrobes?
Clean doors to rooms?
Clean Balustrades/banisters?
Clean under furniture?
Clean windows inside?
Clean windows outside?

I don't think I do these enough but what is enough?

Many Thanks in advance.

Change DC's bedding ? Weekly
Change your own bedding? Weekly
Wash towels? Twice weekly
Clean the toilet? Every couple of days
Clean the bath/shower? Once a week
Clean/mop the bathroom floor? Once a week
Clean/mop the kitchen floor? Daily in winter (4 dogs), less in summer
Dust? Once a week ish
Vacuum? Living areas daily, bedrooms once a week
Clean kitchen cupboards? Rarely inside, doors every bloody day
Clean tops of kitchen cupboards? Very rarely
Clean tops of wardrobes? N/A
Clean doors to rooms? Every 4-6 weeks ish
Clean Balustrades/banisters? Weekly - dogs
Clean under furniture? Not very often, in theory every month
Clean windows inside? Patio door every week, the rest hardly ever
Clean windows outside? Window cleaner once a month

It depends on how dirty your house is as to how often you need to do things. We have 2 bathrooms and only 2 adults and 1 child so they don't get very dirty, one bathroom and a family of 5 would need to be done more often.

Our floors get dirty with having the dogs and DP, so I have to sweep several times a day and mop every day. If I didn't have the dogs I wouldn't do it anywhere near as often.

Some things are fairly standard though. IMO bedding should be changed weekly, toilets a minimum of weekly but really more than that.

If like me you have dog hair and a toddler dropping crumbs then you do need to run the hoover around every day, but if not then you don't!

When it needs doing.

HTH

Agreed with above but probably clean bath 3 times a week as we are bath people not shower people :-)

Change DC's bedding ? Every few weeks
Change your own bedding? Every few weeks
Wash towels? About once a weekish
Clean the toilet? When it needs it (every couple of days)
Clean the bath/shower? Weeklyish
Clean/mop the bathroom floor? Monthlyish
Clean/mop the kitchen floor? Every couple of weeks
Dust? Occasionally
Vacuum? Weeklyish
Clean kitchen cupboards? Outisde sometimes, insides every few years
Clean tops of kitchen cupboards? Every few years
Clean tops of wardrobes? Er...
Clean doors to rooms? Every few years
Clean Balustrades/banisters? Wave hoover at them when hoovering
Clean under furniture? When it's moved (every few years)
Clean windows inside? Annuallyish
Clean windows outside? Rarely

A lot of these tend to get done at once if we're expecting visitors though.

DISCLAIMER I am a bit lot of a slattern, and only found this thread and section because it was on active threads, and thought I'd give a slattern's perspective to make you all feel better!

Change DC's bedding Once a week, but twice for DS1 as he is sweaty and it stinks otherwise.
Change my own bedding Once a week
Wash towels After every use
Clean toilet Twice daily, upstairs and down, with domestos, once a week the outside/cistern/seat/etc.
Clean bath/shower twice a week
Clean/mop bathroom floor Upstairs once a month, downstairs once a fortnight
Clean/mop kitchen floor sweep floor twice daily, mop once a week
Dust twice a year, dust is a protective covering for furniture...
Clean kitchen cupboards outside wipe spills as the happen, inside once or twice a year
Clean the tops of kitchen cupboards so far, once in 8 years
Tops of wardrobes 3 times in 8 years
Doors to rooms about every 3 months
Banisters twice a year
Under furniture depends on room - front room once a week, kitchen never, my bedroom every 3 months, kids rooms every 6 weeks
Windows inside start of summer each year, so annually
Windows outside start of summer downstairs, never upstairs

Hope that makes you feel better.

The cleaning toilets one - I HAVE to, think my DS's wee is pure limescale!

I think I must be the most lazy person ever on mumsnet. I do what I have to do when I have to do it. I grew up with my gran who was forever cleaning cupboards and moving things from one place to another. It used to drive my mum mad. Having seen that and the fact that my gran would get annoyed at me for not feeling the need to do the same I sort of subconciously decided I was never going to lool for work if I didn't have to.

BUT, having read your responses, I'm thinking maybe at 43 I should get over this and so some more stuff around the house. Some things get done every couple of weeks, like making sure DC's beds are changed, and everyday ones like making sure that the loo is clean, but it's all those other jobs that I'm going to have to start doing. I try and live in a clean and tidy way to minimise extra work so do things like take shoes off at front door to not bring bits in.

On average how long per week would you say you spend on these sorts of bloody chores?

Couthy, I think I've just out-slatterned you.:(

Washing your towels daily does not fall under slatternly in my book

Change DC's bedding ? Every Sunday
Change your own bedding? Every Sunday and Wednesday
Wash towels? Nearly Daily
Clean the toilet? A few times a week
Clean the bath/shower? Every day (often twicec)
Clean/mop the bathroom floor? Once a week or more if it looks grim
Clean/mop the kitchen floor? Couple of times a week
Dust? a couple of times a week (I think ) probably when I think it's dusty and needs doing!
Vacuum? kids do it living room twice a week, middle room once every few weeks, stairs, landing hall, bedrooms weekly.
Clean kitchen cupboards?
Clean tops of kitchen cupboards? No tops - have had the cupboards fitted to the ceiling to prevent having to clean the tops
Clean tops of wardrobes? As abover
Clean doors to rooms? when they get a mark on
Clean Balustrades/banisters? As above (which is often as the bannister is toughned glass!)
Clean under furniture? When I remember
Clean windows inside? when they look grubby
Clean windows outside? As above

blimey I seem to do a lot but my house is always a mess!!

"How often is enough" depends on you.

I tend to do o following

DC's beds, well 1 still wets, so that's almost daily plus weekly for the other.
My bed, was weekly but I'm dealing with two puppies so it's kinda fortnightly/three weeks currently
Towels, every day as puppies sleep on them, towels for human use, twice a week
Bathrooms, daily Swish and Swipe (Flylady stylee) and weekly full clean
Kitchen floor, for three weeks leading up to last Saturday, anything up to 20 times a day, puppies were stuck in the kitchen, normally daily plus dealing with spills
Bathroom floor, see Bathrooms above
Dust, every coupele of days, it's really bad here
Vacuum, daily- bleedin' dog hairs
Kitchen cupboards, outside weekly plus any spills. Inside, never do- ishoos
Top of kitchen canbinets, can't reach and besides, we've only been here 4 years
Wardrobes are built in
Doors to rooms, dust a few times a week
Banisters, couple of times a week
Furniture, wood gets dusted & cleaned a couple of times a week. I don't do the sofas because I didn't want white leather. Dusting underneath, I flick a duster under the lounge & dinning room furniture a couple of times a week
Windows, OH does them
Mirrors, a couple of times a week.

Now, back to the question of "enough" what I do is not enough in the eyes of my OH because he's a clean freak. I think I do quite enough considering the house is huge, actually.

Change DC's bedding ? Weekly (always Sunday)
Change your own bedding? On Sunday (but change pillowcases daily)
Wash towels? Twice a week.
Clean the toilet? Every day. We have four bathrooms but two little boys who pee all over the walls, baseboards, floor and bathmat in all bathrooms several times a day. .
Clean the bath/shower? Shower gets cleaned twice a month, kids bath gets done as needed...usually at least once a week depending on use. I never clean our master bath as I almost always shower instead. Must change this.
Clean/mop the bathroom floor? Never When I notice grimy footprints on the tiles.

Clean/mop the kitchen floor? Every bleeding day (2 dogs, three urchins)
Dust? Once or twice a week...usually the latter if we've had the windows open.
Vacuum? Every single day downstairs, once a week upstairs.
Clean kitchen cupboards? As needed...once a week?
Clean tops of kitchen cupboards? Never
Clean tops of wardrobes? We've got closets...I just shut the doors.
Clean doors to rooms? Never
Clean Balustrades/banisters? Every two weeks if they are dusty.
Clean under furniture? Every day when I vacuum downstairs (never upstairs).
Clean windows inside? Back door is glass and main garden entrance for dogs and children gets cleaned every day, as do sidelights near front door. Rest of house as needed.
Clean windows outside? Window cleaner every couple of months.

Change DC's bedding - when they moan its dirty
Change your own bedding - when I moan its dirty (DH keeps quiet because he changes beds)
Wash towels - when they are dirty ie every 5 minutes because DD1 leaves them in soggy heaps.
Clean the toilet - when it needs it
Clean the bath/shower, this needs a serious scrub.
Clean/mop the bathroom floor - its tiny it gets vaguly cleaned by DD1s towel habit.
Clean/mop the kitchen floor as little as possible it instantly gets dirty again
Dust?
Vacuum when we're having visitors
Clean kitchen cupboards?
Clean tops of kitchen cupboards - never
Clean tops of wardrobes - most are built in, ours has a tiny gap you can vaguely get a cobweb duster in, so when the spiders look too at home.
Clean doors to rooms - when I see too many dirty marks
Clean Balustrades/banisters - these are self cleaning, people use them.
Clean under furniture - three or four times a year for sofa, under the cushions far more often.
Clean windows inside- I'm not sure I ever have
Clean windows outside - DH bought the kit to do this, I'm still waiting

Dust - every week or two vaguely. Properly if my dust allergic pest of a DSIS is coming to visit.

In truth, I have to invite her and my parents ever few months because I have to clean and hover and tidy if they are coming.

House work is not my thing and DH is even worse.

Couthy that is far from slatternly behaviour!

If limescale is a problem in your toilets you need to switch from domestos to harpic - the black one (heavy duty). That will remove the limescale, bleach just bleaches it white so you can't see it!

mumat I don't spend long, because I really don't have much time I spend my free time here. My mop and brush live out in the kitchen and are given a quick run around while I'm making tea or watching DD play out.

The same with the hoover, that lives behind the sitting room door and when a moment arises I give that a quick run around, it only takes a minute because it gets done every day.

I put one load of washing on every night and hang it up/out/TD in the morning while DD has breakfast.

I clean one type of room a day pretty much when DD goers to bed, tonight will be the 2 bathrooms, tomorrow I will do the bedrooms. By clean I mean dust, hoover and change beds. Bathrooms get mopped, bath, sink, toilet cleaned, change bath mats and wipe over shelves and tiles around sink and at splash level around bath. Will take 40 to do 2 bathrooms really well, 20 mins to give them a lick and a promise.

I don't have time to allocate a 2/3 hour block of time to cleaning anymore which I used to love , between work and my DD and all the bloody animals that need my attention I just can't, so I just do what I can where I can.

My whole house is never 100% clean and tidy (its never tidy), but I keep on top of the dirt and it looks ok, if you squint.

Change DC's bedding ? Weekly
Change your own bedding? At least once a week
Wash towels? Hand towels every other day.
Clean the toilet? Every night
Clean the bath/shower? Every night. Proper clean once a week
Clean/mop the bathroom floor? Every night
Clean/mop the kitchen floor? Every night
Dust? Twice a week ( fire places create dust )
Vacuum? Every night
Clean kitchen cupboards? every couple of months ?
Clean tops of kitchen cupboards? I can't see the top but I did line it.
Clean tops of wardrobes? All are built in
Clean doors to rooms? Every day
Clean Balustrades/banisters? Once a week when I hoover the stairs
Clean under furniture? Every week, not heavy furniture though
Clean windows inside? When the sun shines and they look grubby
Clean windows outside? Window cleaner every other month

Change DC's bedding ? Weekly
Change your own bedding? Weekly
Wash towels? Twice weekly
Clean the toilet? Every two or three days
Clean the bath/shower? Every day pretty much
Clean/mop the bathroom floor? Once a week
Clean/mop the kitchen floor? Once a week
Dust? Varies, one or two times a week
Vacuum? Weekly
Clean kitchen cupboards? Monthly
Clean tops of kitchen cupboards? What? They have tops?
Clean tops of wardrobes? Built in, so never
Clean doors to rooms? Weekly
Clean Balustrades/banisters? Weekly
Clean under furniture? Weekly
Clean windows inside? Couple or three times a year
Clean windows outside? Kitchen ones/French windows weekly, the rest when I can be arsed to