Cleaning 4000 sq foot home

[Anonymous]

My house is 4000 sq feet. I can't keep up with the cleaning anymore.

My question: if you have a similar sized home, how long does it take to clean it?
If you have a cleaning service, how long does it take them?

I am thinking even if I can hire out part of it, that would help. We have hardwood everywhere. So if I can find someone to do bathrooms and floors, it would help.

[Anonymous]

I do a bit of cleaning and laundry in 2 15 min bit each day, and big cleaning once a month.
It works.

[Anonymous]

A good cleaning takes me six hours. That assumes you are cleaning and not picking up all the things that should be put away. It also assumes you are doing it at least once a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do a bit of cleaning and laundry in 2 15 min bit each day, and big cleaning once a month.
It works.

I am good with laundry, it's floors and bathrooms. They take HOURS. I can't do them in 15 min.

The big clean: do you find once a month is enough for things like dusting, bathrooms?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A good cleaning takes me six hours. That assumes you are cleaning and not picking up all the things that should be put away. It also assumes you are doing it at least once a week.

Do you actually do that every week? That's a lot.

[Anonymous]

It takes three women 2 hours to clean my house. They charge $130. Just hire a cleaner for the kitchen and baths if you don't want to pay the full amount. It saves so much time.

[Anonymous]

I read somewhere that anything over 3000 sq ft is difficult for one person to clean.

[Anonymous]

I do the kitchen, the main floor bath, and vacuuming high traffic areas as often as needed. Then I break up the other large tasks, 1 every weekend. So like, all bathrooms one weekend, mopping floors and vacuuming low traffic area one weekend, then dusting one weekend.

It's not as clean as I'd like it but its not put of control either.

I have 3300 on the upper two floors and 1300 in the basement. We don't use the basement very much (kids are little) so I let the cleaning slide a little down there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A good cleaning takes me six hours. That assumes you are cleaning and not picking up all the things that should be put away. It also assumes you are doing it at least once a week.

Do you actually do that every week? That's a lot.

What can I say, two stories plus a finished basement, five bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths. If you want the bathrooms cleaned, the floors swept or vacuumed, the baseboards done every so often, counters cleaned, etc. it takes a lot. I suppose you could do it every 2 weeks, but the point is that if you let it go too long, the cleaning gets a lot harder. Dust starts to build up and the showers and baths start taking a lot of elbow grease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A good cleaning takes me six hours. That assumes you are cleaning and not picking up all the things that should be put away. It also assumes you are doing it at least once a week.

Do you actually do that every week? That's a lot.

What can I say, two stories plus a finished basement, five bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths. If you want the bathrooms cleaned, the floors swept or vacuumed, the baseboards done every so often, counters cleaned, etc. it takes a lot. I suppose you could do it every 2 weeks, but the point is that if you let it go too long, the cleaning gets a lot harder. Dust starts to build up and the showers and baths start taking a lot of elbow grease.

I'm 19:15 above. I think we are the only 2 people in the area doing this ourselves!! I don't know anyone who does it themselves besides me!

[Anonymous]

It's a lot of work. Most people don't consider it before moving up to that size of home. We're in 6800 sq ft and there's no way to clean it fully without help. So I have someone come in 2x per week to do the heavy duty stuff. Don't wear yourself down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a lot of work. Most people don't consider it before moving up to that size of home. We're in 6800 sq ft and there's no way to clean it fully without help. So I have someone come in 2x per week to do the heavy duty stuff. Don't wear yourself down.

OP here, yes, I wish I thought more about it, my old house was 3000 sq FT and much easier to clean.

[Anonymous]

Or, you could have bought a home that was manageable. Why the hell do people think they need these crazy homes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My house is 4000 sq feet. I can't keep up with the cleaning anymore.

My question: if you have a similar sized home, how long does it take to clean it?
If you have a cleaning service, how long does it take them?

I am thinking even if I can hire out part of it, that would help. We have hardwood everywhere. So if I can find someone to do bathrooms and floors, it would help.

any kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My house is 4000 sq feet. I can't keep up with the cleaning anymore.

My question: if you have a similar sized home, how long does it take to clean it?
If you have a cleaning service, how long does it take them?

I am thinking even if I can hire out part of it, that would help. We have hardwood everywhere. So if I can find someone to do bathrooms and floors, it would help.

any kids?

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