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[quote=Anonymous]I clean my own house and here are my top tips:

Have a bunch of microfiber cloths and a bucket for collecting used ones. A mild general cleaner like Mrs Meyers is mostly all you need. Windex is nice for mirrors and stainless appliances. I only use bleach for toilets, mold/mildew and after prepping raw chicken. Keep cleaner and rags on every floor and also trash bags. I have ammonia and barkeepers friend for extreme situations but I almost never use them.

Clean the shower while you’re in it. Before you get in, spray bleach on any pink stuff or mildew and wait five minutes. At the end of your shower, use Dish soap, a nylon scrubby and a cup for rinsing. Works great on glass also, better if you have a squeegee for after. Cleaning the shower/tub with clothes on is oppressive. Don’t let Big Bathroom Cleaner convince you you need anything noxious or extreme to clean the bathroom. Soap is great for cleaning soap scum, weirdly, and a nylon scrubby is plenty abrasive without a powdered cleaner.

Have a weekly schedule. Mine is:
Daily: dishes, counters, quick run with stick vac over highest traffic entry area and sweep kitchen floor, laundry (not everyday but rolling)
Monday: bathrooms
Tuesday: sheets, towels, bedroom vacuuming 
Wednesday: dusting everywhere and wiping surfaces (as needed, doors, light switches etc). I just walk around with a damp microfiber cloth and a swiffer
Thursday: vacuuming everywhere not bedrooma
Friday: kitchen deep clean - mopping wood floors including kitchen, wipe cabinets, spray and wipe appliances.

The downside of using a schedule like this is there’s no moment where you come home to a just cleaned house, but the upside is it’s never really dirty and if you miss a day you can just get it the next week, also you’re forced to tidy a few times and not all at once. Also let’s be honest “coming home” is a thing of the past. [/quote]

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