My house needs help

[muddledmidget]

I have the day off today and I need to clean and tidy my house, but I don't really know where to start. Every room feels cluttered and a little bit grubby and I have one day in which to sort it. So wise people, can you give me a list of chores to achieve today.

As an idea of size, lounge, kitchen, bathroom, 3 bedrooms, ensuite and 2 hallways. None is terrible but just sliding a little out of control after a couple of weeks of neglect and I'm lacking the motivation to do it myself so need a To Do list!

Thank you

1. get off MN

(Can't help much beyond that, as my house is always a tip too, so you may know better anyhow)

You have one day off, so go outside and enjoy it. Do an hour later on.

Op my house is a state

I will join you

I have 2 x living room, kitchen diner, bathroom, hall, stairs and landings, utility room 3 bedrooms to do

We have more rooms but other people can sort that shit out as it is not my shit and they are big enough

Or

1. round up any laundry and start it off
2. start with hallways. Clear by moving everything there that shouidn't be there to where it should be.
3. di same with bathrooms,then clean them
4. check laundry and have coffee/MNbreak
5. do kitchen
6. break
7. lounge
8. break Bedrooms if you still have time/pnergy.

Finish by hoovering through everywhere that you can see the floor

We have very recently got on top of our pigsty of a house. It took about 3 days and there are still a couple of boxes plus the garage to do.

Ours sounds more extreme than yours though.

Get a bag/basket/box and put everything that doesn't belong in a room in there. Leave outside the room. Put everything that does belong there away/tidy and whizz round with the hoover. I used to go round with a pack of wet wipes to rub marks off before dusting. Also handy as picked up a lot of dust too.

Once you've done that, move on to the next room. Don't touch any of the bags etc until you have done every room. It's much easier to find the place it needs to go once the room is tidy.

When you are sorting the bags, be ruthless. If you don't need it, get rid.

We really were in a state though. The kids had amassed lots of broken and tat toys. I filled a wheelie bin getting rid of them before Xmas. Clothes had piled up because of a broken wardrobe.

Dh and I worked together and we were ruthless. We went from 'oh this is practically new/good condition so we'll sell it' to 'in the donation bag it goes if it's not rubbish'. It was very cathartic and I love how tidy everywhere is now.