Anonymous
12/06/2023 12:03
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
Floors: Foot mop with towel 1-2x/week
Bathrooms: Just cleaned them (2x week)
Really scrub shower/tubs: I spray tub walls with bleach spray once a week, that keeps them pretty clean
Change bed sheets: once a week, or every other week
Dust: 2x/week
Inside of oven/microwave: oven after holidays when we cook big (win-sum), and microwave when something explodes like a burrito
Windows: we powerwash from the outside every season (we have our own powerwasher, very great investment). wipe down inside of individual windows as needed (we have pets, so)
Mirrors: as needed
Stairways: I vacuum stairs once a week and vacuum stairs every few weeks
Empty out and scrub fridge: 2 times a year full, otherwise just sections as needed (teen's drink leaked, let's do that small section all the way)
Garage floors: hah, no! sweep occasionally. I spend more time on floors in laundry room. Put big mat mat on floor so I can see all lint
Baseboards: as needed, I am wiping someone once a week, small sections
Fans/blinds/light fixtures: wipe fans as needed (I look up for dust, have point at which I wipe); light fixtures 1-2x/year; blinds...wood blinds are easy to wipe, the bendy metals ones? If the dust is that bad, we just buy new ones and replace. They get bent if you clean them.
Bathrooms: Just cleaned them (2x week)
Really scrub shower/tubs: I spray tub walls with bleach spray once a week, that keeps them pretty clean
Change bed sheets: once a week, or every other week
Dust: 2x/week
Inside of oven/microwave: oven after holidays when we cook big (win-sum), and microwave when something explodes like a burrito
Windows: we powerwash from the outside every season (we have our own powerwasher, very great investment). wipe down inside of individual windows as needed (we have pets, so)
Mirrors: as needed
Stairways: I vacuum stairs once a week and vacuum stairs every few weeks
Empty out and scrub fridge: 2 times a year full, otherwise just sections as needed (teen's drink leaked, let's do that small section all the way)
Garage floors: hah, no! sweep occasionally. I spend more time on floors in laundry room. Put big mat mat on floor so I can see all lint
Baseboards: as needed, I am wiping someone once a week, small sections
Fans/blinds/light fixtures: wipe fans as needed (I look up for dust, have point at which I wipe); light fixtures 1-2x/year; blinds...wood blinds are easy to wipe, the bendy metals ones? If the dust is that bad, we just buy new ones and replace. They get bent if you clean them.
Anonymous
12/06/2023 12:03
Subject: Re:If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
I love you OP -- I usually hate cleaning thread on this site because most posters are like "oh I never scrub my toilet" because their maid does it.
Anyway, this is for a 1200 sq ft row house with 2 adults, one elementary age child, and one cat:
Floors: Vacuumed twice weekly (more if it needs it), mopped weekly using Bona spray mop, deep cleaned like every other year. We are a no shoes household and cat is an indoor cat.
Bathrooms: Weekly, sometimes I do a quick midweek clean of the toilets as well.
Really scrub shower/tubs: Monthly
Change bed sheets: Weekly
Dust: Weekly
Inside of oven/microwave: Oven twice a year, microwave on an as-needed basis, probably once every couple weeks
Windows: Yearly, sometimes I get ambitious and do it twice a year but not often
Mirrors: Weekly
Stairways: Same as floors
Empty out and scrub fridge: Twice yearly
Garage floors: No garage
Baseboards: Monthly-ish. Really what happens is that I ignore them until we are hosting people, and then suddenly I'll realize the baseboards are dusty and I will incorporate them into my pre-hosting vacuum.
Fans/blinds/light fixtures: Ugh, I'm the worst at this. Light fixtures in the kitchen get cleaned every few months and I pay attention to how dirty they are. Ceiling fans in bedrooms I probably remember once every three months. But a lot of light fixtures in the house go years and then I'll think "Huh I wonder how bad it is" and friends, it's usually pretty bad. Oops.
Anyway, this is for a 1200 sq ft row house with 2 adults, one elementary age child, and one cat:
Floors: Vacuumed twice weekly (more if it needs it), mopped weekly using Bona spray mop, deep cleaned like every other year. We are a no shoes household and cat is an indoor cat.
Bathrooms: Weekly, sometimes I do a quick midweek clean of the toilets as well.
Really scrub shower/tubs: Monthly
Change bed sheets: Weekly
Dust: Weekly
Inside of oven/microwave: Oven twice a year, microwave on an as-needed basis, probably once every couple weeks
Windows: Yearly, sometimes I get ambitious and do it twice a year but not often
Mirrors: Weekly
Stairways: Same as floors
Empty out and scrub fridge: Twice yearly
Garage floors: No garage
Baseboards: Monthly-ish. Really what happens is that I ignore them until we are hosting people, and then suddenly I'll realize the baseboards are dusty and I will incorporate them into my pre-hosting vacuum.
Fans/blinds/light fixtures: Ugh, I'm the worst at this. Light fixtures in the kitchen get cleaned every few months and I pay attention to how dirty they are. Ceiling fans in bedrooms I probably remember once every three months. But a lot of light fixtures in the house go years and then I'll think "Huh I wonder how bad it is" and friends, it's usually pretty bad. Oops.
Anonymous
12/06/2023 11:56
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
Floors: Once every two weeks I mop the kitchen floor and vacuum the carpets every week. Unfortunately we have hideous carpets over most of our home. I can't wait to tear them out and replace them with hardwood floors.
Bathrooms: Once a week
Really scrub shower/tubs: Like once a month. Not nearly as often as I should.
Change bed sheets: For me and DH, once every two weeks. For kids, every week.
Dust: LOL. Not often. When I notice things getting really dusty.
Inside of oven/microwave: Oven - never. I don't even know how to clean it. Microwave once every month.
Windows: I windex whenever I see smudges on them from the kids putting their faces up against the window.
Mirrors: Same as above
Stairways: (see floor cleaning schedule)
Empty out and scrub fridge: Once a year. Again, lol.
Garage floors: That's DH's job. Once a year?
Baseboards: Never. Probably need to get on that.
Fans/blinds/light fixtures: When they start looking really dusty - every few months
Bathrooms: Once a week
Really scrub shower/tubs: Like once a month. Not nearly as often as I should.
Change bed sheets: For me and DH, once every two weeks. For kids, every week.
Dust: LOL. Not often. When I notice things getting really dusty.
Inside of oven/microwave: Oven - never. I don't even know how to clean it. Microwave once every month.
Windows: I windex whenever I see smudges on them from the kids putting their faces up against the window.
Mirrors: Same as above
Stairways: (see floor cleaning schedule)
Empty out and scrub fridge: Once a year. Again, lol.
Garage floors: That's DH's job. Once a year?
Baseboards: Never. Probably need to get on that.
Fans/blinds/light fixtures: When they start looking really dusty - every few months
Anonymous
12/06/2023 11:46
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
Anonymous wrote:How often do you clean your house? This will be a confession no judgment zone
Floors:
Bathrooms:
Really scrub shower/tubs:
Change bed sheets:
Dust:
Inside of oven/microwave:
Windows:
Mirrors:
Stairways:
Empty out and scrub fridge:
Garage floors:
Baseboards:
Fans/blinds/light fixtures:
I have cleaners and they do not change bedsheets, clean inside of oven, empty out and scrub fridge, sweep garage floor or dust fans
Anonymous
12/06/2023 11:37
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
As needed! So bathrooms are pretty frequent (weekly) because they get gross, but a very thorough tub scrub is maybe 4-6 weeks. I sweep or vacuum somewhere almost every day, but mopping is, um, almost never? We change bed sheets every 1-2 weeks.
Everything else is when I look at it and say "eww" and then I do it. So, maybe once a year?!
Everything else is when I look at it and say "eww" and then I do it. So, maybe once a year?!
Anonymous
12/06/2023 11:33
Subject: Re:If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
To be fair, I have started to get a house cleaner for random deep cleans (I will have had 2 this year), but I will still answer... 3 bed/2.5 bath house, 2 adults, no kids.
Floors: Vacuum once a week or two, mop maybe once a month or when dirty.
Bathrooms: DH cleans the toilets, I do the floor when I do the other floors. Idk with what frequency he does the toilets, but before people come over for sure lol
Really scrub shower/tubs: Like, never?
Change bed sheets: Whenever we remember... like once a month. This one is the one I want to change the most, and am actually planning to wash everything today lol.
Dust: Not very often... Like once every 6 mons or something.
Inside of oven/microwave: Oven, rare. Maybe once a year. Inside of microwave doesnt get too dirty, but I clean it about once a month. We dont use a microwave often and always use a little cover.
Windows: Once every few years
Mirrors: Hmm also not often.
Stairways: Nothing special about the stairway except its carpet, so it gets vacuumed with the rest of the floor.
Empty out and scrub fridge: I do a fridge clean out maybe once a month and do a little wipe out. Ive been here for 10 years and only ever "scrubbed" everything down once when the freezer went and we had to pull everything out anyways.
Garage floors: n/a
Baseboards: Basically never, but I did see a fun trick on how to do them easily with a rag and broom.
Fans/blinds/light fixtures: No fans, no blinds (curtains), and I can honestly say I dont know if I've ever "cleaned" the light fixtures, but have dusted them a few times.
I built new, and the house does not get as dusty as my older home. But I recognize I'm pretty slobby in most aspects LOL. One of the reasons I got a professional deep clean was to tackle some of these and try to develop some good habits. My mom was a borderline hoarder and was not clean or tidy, so I never learned some of these basic skills... My husband likes a clean house but his mom did 150% of everything, which I cannot do.
Floors: Vacuum once a week or two, mop maybe once a month or when dirty.
Bathrooms: DH cleans the toilets, I do the floor when I do the other floors. Idk with what frequency he does the toilets, but before people come over for sure lol
Really scrub shower/tubs: Like, never?
Change bed sheets: Whenever we remember... like once a month. This one is the one I want to change the most, and am actually planning to wash everything today lol.
Dust: Not very often... Like once every 6 mons or something.
Inside of oven/microwave: Oven, rare. Maybe once a year. Inside of microwave doesnt get too dirty, but I clean it about once a month. We dont use a microwave often and always use a little cover.
Windows: Once every few years
Mirrors: Hmm also not often.
Stairways: Nothing special about the stairway except its carpet, so it gets vacuumed with the rest of the floor.
Empty out and scrub fridge: I do a fridge clean out maybe once a month and do a little wipe out. Ive been here for 10 years and only ever "scrubbed" everything down once when the freezer went and we had to pull everything out anyways.
Garage floors: n/a
Baseboards: Basically never, but I did see a fun trick on how to do them easily with a rag and broom.
Fans/blinds/light fixtures: No fans, no blinds (curtains), and I can honestly say I dont know if I've ever "cleaned" the light fixtures, but have dusted them a few times.
I built new, and the house does not get as dusty as my older home. But I recognize I'm pretty slobby in most aspects LOL. One of the reasons I got a professional deep clean was to tackle some of these and try to develop some good habits. My mom was a borderline hoarder and was not clean or tidy, so I never learned some of these basic skills... My husband likes a clean house but his mom did 150% of everything, which I cannot do.
Anonymous
12/06/2023 11:26
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
: we only have light fixtures from this list, and about twice a year I take the glass fixtures down and clean themAnonymous wrote:How often do you clean your house? This will be a confession no judgment zone
Floors: sweep/vacuum and swiffer multiple times per week; mop every 1-2 weeks
Bathrooms: once a week
Really scrub shower/tubs: every two weeks
Change bed sheets: once a week
Dust: once a week
Inside of oven/microwave: microwave once a week, oven almost never
Windows: never
Mirrors: once a week
Stairways: in endless cycle with floors
Empty out and scrub fridge: once a month
Garage floors: a couple a times a year (garage is not connected to house)
Baseboards: once a week with dusting
Fans/blinds/light fixtures:
I pay my kids to clean, so it happens every weekend.
Anonymous
12/06/2023 10:51
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
kitchen light fixture every other month, bedroom ceiling fans - when I can see the gunk!Anonymous wrote:How often do you clean your house? This will be a confession no judgment zone
Floors: vacuum carpeted and hardwood floors weekly, kitchen floor I vacuum 2x a week and mop as needed, bathroom floors mopped maybe 1x a month
Bathrooms: showers every other week, vanities 1x a week, toilets as needed
Really scrub shower/tubs: 2x a month
Change bed sheets: weekly
Dust: I *hate* dusting the most! As needed.
Inside of oven/microwave: weekly
Windows: hardly ever!
Mirrors: weekly
Stairways: vacuum the carpet weekly
Empty out and scrub fridge: maybe once every 3 months...but it needs it more often.
Garage floors: DH's problem
Baseboards: 2x a year maybe in high traffic areas.
Fans/blinds/light fixtures:
Anonymous
12/06/2023 10:06
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
I use fly lady as a guide.
Anonymous
12/06/2023 09:59
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
around once a quarter, but always before partiesAnonymous wrote:How often do you clean your house? This will be a confession no judgment zone
Floors: 2-3 times a day. Mop 2-3 times a week.
Bathrooms: weekly
Really scrub shower/tubs: weekly
Change bed sheets: weekly to biweekly.
Dust:as needed- but need to be better at making it weekly.
Inside of oven/microwave: as needed
Windows:as needed
Mirrors:weekly
Stairways: everyday- they are floors
Empty out and scrub fridge: as needed usually monthly or biweekly
Garage floors: never unless the air blower to get out the leaves “cleaning”
Baseboards: around once a quarter
Fans/blinds/light fixtures:
Anonymous
12/06/2023 09:54
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
Anonymous wrote:How often do you clean your house? This will be a confession no judgment zone
I have a 6 yo, 2 yo, and a clingy 6 month old. I’m not great at cleaning and I know it.
Floors: I vacuum where my kids eat daily. The rest of the house…. Mmmm… when I can.
Bathrooms: I clean the toilet pretty often as my kids get poop and pee on it. The sink maybe every 2 weeks. The bathtub… well, it’s been a while and it’s overdue for a cleaning.
Really scrub shower/tubs: it’s been months honestly
Change bed sheets: Monthly or whenever one of my kids throws up on the sheets (which happens more frequently in the winter when they get more colds).
Dust: never really
Inside of oven/microwave: I’ve never cleaned an oven before, but am considering cleaning it one of these days. I just bought this one in May. I clean the microwave when it gets really dirty. If people would use the microwave cover, it wouldn’t be so gross.
Windows: I’ve never cleaned my windows.
Mirrors: I clean them whenever I clean the bathroom sink.
Stairways: my husband vaccums the stairs sometimes. I haven’t in a while.
Empty out and scrub fridge: I haven’t cleaned the fridge since I bought it in May. I try to clean spills as I see them.
Garage floors: n/a
Baseboards: maybe once a year or if it looks really dirty
Fans/blinds/light fixtures:I’ve never cleaned these things
Anonymous
12/06/2023 09:53
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
Anonymous wrote:How often do you clean your house? This will be a confession no judgment zone
Floors: several times a week, shedding dog.
Bathrooms: once a month, with spot-cleaning as needed in between.
Really scrub shower/tubs: once a quarter, husband does that.
Change bed sheets: once every two weeks (everyone showers before bed), unless I forget.
Dust: once a month.
Inside of oven/microwave: only when we spill.
Windows: never.
Mirrors: once a month.
Stairways: several times a week to once a month, again due to dog and which one he uses.
Empty out and scrub fridge: hardly ever, because husband packs it full which is a constant source of frustration!
Garage floors: never. Husband hoards in there.
Baseboards: once a quarter, plus walls that dog likes to brush against.
Fans/blinds/light fixtures: once a quarter, but I forget often.
Anonymous
12/06/2023 09:34
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
I have house cleaners and they dont do baseboards or windows 
Anonymous
12/06/2023 09:33
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
I am way too embarrassed to answer this. Sigh.
Anonymous
12/06/2023 09:04
Subject: If you don't have house cleaners, come on in here!
How often do you clean your house? This will be a confession no judgment zone
Floors:
Bathrooms:
Really scrub shower/tubs:
Change bed sheets:
Dust:
Inside of oven/microwave:
Windows:
Mirrors:
Stairways:
Empty out and scrub fridge:
Garage floors:
Baseboards:
Fans/blinds/light fixtures:
Floors:
Bathrooms:
Really scrub shower/tubs:
Change bed sheets:
Dust:
Inside of oven/microwave:
Windows:
Mirrors:
Stairways:
Empty out and scrub fridge:
Garage floors:
Baseboards:
Fans/blinds/light fixtures: