It doesn't take long to get organised Ceolas.
On a morning I open the windows in the bedrooms to air them when the kids get up and throw back the bedding to air the beds. They have to tidy their toys away before bedtime (ages 6.5, 5, 2 & 2week old)
I wipe around the sink and counter tops whilst brushing my teeth. I put cleaner down the toilet overnight and check the towels are clean before going to bed. That's the bathrooms sorted for the next day.
My kids are HE but when the eldest went to school I would load the washer the night before (sometimes still do) and load the dishwasher too, then when I get up I switch them on. By the time I got back from school run the clothes and dishes were washed!
Around lunchtime I make the beds.
Meals are planned for the whole week and pinned up so everyone can see what we're having, I take whatever needs it out of the freezer each morning.
I have one day a week for washing bedding and other weekly items. I do 3 washloads a day so each one is hung straight out then ironed when the kids have gone to bed, or in Winter tumble-dried and folded straightaway so I don't have to iron.
I would love a cleaner and probably could afford one but I know I'd tidy up before she came
Windows are done once a month the same day the window cleaner does the outside. Floors are washed when kids go to bed, every other night. Dh does bedtime on these nights. He didn't used to be as hands-on as he is now, but tbh he recognises that 4 is a bit of a nightmare for mess and we would very quickly sink if he didn't pull his weight as well.
I got fab book callled "Confessions of an organised homemaker" which set me on my way