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How often do you clean?

46 replies

pinkyponkyplink · 23/11/2025 21:55

I do a full clean bathrooms and house every other day. I really struggle to leave it longer. I find it resets my brain. It’s not a deep clean. Just a whizz round with a duster and straightening up the house. How often do other people clean?

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Soundoftheundergrounds · 23/11/2025 21:57

Every single day full hoover bathroom clean floors mopped never kitchen left dirty all laundry done and put away

PersephoneParlormaid · 23/11/2025 21:57

Weekly. The kitchen sides get wiped down a couple of times a day

Hoppinggreen · 23/11/2025 21:57

I just do bits when I notice
My cleanr retired recently so I am still getting back into the swing of things
I most certainly don't clean bathrooms in full as frequently as you do though

Iwiicit · 23/11/2025 21:59

It depends how big your house is and what other commitments you have surely? There is absolutely no way I could do as much as that presuming I wanted to, which I definitely do not!

LifeBeginsToday · 23/11/2025 22:00

I tidy / wash up and put dishes away multiple times a day but mop and clean the bathrooms once a week. People always comment how clean my house is. It isn't, it's just tidy.

Cosywinter87 · 23/11/2025 22:02

pinkyponkyplink · 23/11/2025 21:55

I do a full clean bathrooms and house every other day. I really struggle to leave it longer. I find it resets my brain. It’s not a deep clean. Just a whizz round with a duster and straightening up the house. How often do other people clean?

Do you have a full time job?

Soundoftheundergrounds · 23/11/2025 22:03

Cosywinter87 · 23/11/2025 22:02

Do you have a full time job?

No but I did similar levels when I did

Soundoftheundergrounds · 23/11/2025 22:04

Oops apologies thought that was posted to me

ChocolateCinderToffee · 23/11/2025 22:05

I spend about three hours, twice a week on cleaning, vacuuming and tidying. I do make an effort not to do housework every day.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 23/11/2025 22:08

I do the bathroom and kitchen every day.
Weekly dusting.

I'm very, very tidy. That helps.
I hoover twice a week.

Bufftailed · 23/11/2025 22:10

About every two weeks. Wipe things down/ sweep in between. Food shopping, cooking and washing enough to be getting on with.

ThePoshUns · 23/11/2025 22:12

The kitchen tops are wiped every day and floor hoovered. Bathrooms at least twice a week.
whole house hoovered and dusted weekly. I don’t have the time or inclination to do it more than that.

MiddleAgedDread · 23/11/2025 22:13

Bathroom once every week or two (but throw bleach round the loo in between!)
dusting and hoovering once a week
what counts as cleaning the kitchen? I clean up after I cook etc but every so often I’ll do the sort of cleaning where I anti-bac all the surfaces and move the toaster etc and wipe down cupboard fronts.

Hohumhuee · 23/11/2025 22:15

I hoover everyday (with pets and children it’s necessary) kitchen is left clean after every meal, bathroom is regularly wiped, toilet bleached etc so it only needs a deep clean once a week or so. Wipe woodwork down probably every couple of weeks. Everywhere is clean and tidy except my bedroom, I don’t know what it is but I struggle with that and it seems to collect piles of books, my dressing table is an abomination

Pavementworrier · 23/11/2025 22:15

Probably once a month

My ambition is to one day be tidy enough to get a cleaner in

Kitchendilemas · 23/11/2025 22:17

Occasionally 🙂

movinghomeadvice · 23/11/2025 22:20

3 very young DC and a full-time job, no pets.
Daily - wipe down kitchen bench, sweep kitchen floor, wipe down dining table, sweep under high chair
Every 2 days - hoover living room, dining room, entryway and kitchen
Weekly - bathroom, change linens
Not often enough: toilets, hoover kids rooms and master bed, dusting, deep clean
I’m barely keeping my head above water with it.
DH and I share cleaning responsibilities. I desperately wish I could afford a cleaner.

HeddaGarbled · 23/11/2025 22:26

Proper clean (hoover, dust, bathrooms, kitchen floor) my H does. Aims for once a week but sometimes slips into two if it looks OK.

But I just keep on top of stuff as I go along: wipe the kitchen counters when I do the dishes; spill something on the floor or hob or wherever, clean it up straight away; quick clean of toilet, sink, shower immediately after use if needed.

RosesAndHellebores · 23/11/2025 22:30

Cleaner cleans bathrooms, dusts, mops hard floors and vacuums weekly. It takes her 4 hours.

I keep the kitchen spotless. Worktops wiped down daily, cupboard doors/tiles wiped weekly, fridge wiped out at the end of each week. The house is always tidy, cushions plumped at bedtime. Everything is put away and has a place.

Inside windows and paintwork cleaned every six months (cleaner does an extra day)

TheSmallAssassin · 23/11/2025 22:33

We have a cleaner once a week. We tidy up and wipe down surfaces every day but rarely do any other cleaning.

Raincurrytomatoes · 23/11/2025 22:39

Kitchen worktops, hob/whatever appliance has been used every time food has been cooked. Whole house and bathrooms cleaned weekly.

RowOfRunners · 23/11/2025 22:39

Cleaner - once a fortnight - does everything.

I change our bed once a week

I clean our bathroom and the downstairs loo and change the towels twice a week. Also hoover throughout twice a week.

The kitchen is wiped down every time it’s used. The living room/ kitchen gets hoovered every day.

SharonEllis · 23/11/2025 22:42

Kitchendilemas · 23/11/2025 22:17

Occasionally 🙂

Very sensible! I can't imagine why anyone would clean every few days, let alone daily, other than doing the dishes and wiping kitchen counters.

Hohumhuee · 23/11/2025 22:45

I think it’s because of different lifestyles, households and standards of cleanliness Sharon.

Quicksilver15 · 23/11/2025 22:52

Wow, maybe our house is too big or something. We manage to hoover maybe every 2 weeks, I probably mop every 2 months. Bathrooms are unfortunately every 2 months too. It’s just with a baby and young child there’s no time!! We keep it tidy though and don’t have much clutter so it looks mostly fine but I guess people might think we’re disgusting if they knew.

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