Post by winecheery on Sept 3, 2015 15:14:42 GMT -5
How often do you housekeeper, for us: 1) clean your toilets weekly 2) clean your showers weekly 3) sweep/vacuum weekly/I do an additional vacuum probably x2 a week 4) mop/wash floors weekly
Post by moopoint17 on Sept 3, 2015 15:32:33 GMT -5
My house is gross! We'll do the bulk of the cleaning if we're expecting guests but I usually clean when I start getting grossed out. I'm trying to get better at this!
1) clean your toilets - biweekly 2) clean your showers - biweekly for the tub my kids use and something like quarterly for the one me and I use. 3) sweep/vacuum - neato runs biweekly downstairs and probably bimonthly upstairs and I sweep as needed 4) mop/wash floors - probably bimonthly
Seriously, I don't even know how to mop. Are you guys taking like buckets and an old school mop or what is happening here? (I'm serious, please explain.) My H got in a habit of doing this for a few weeks but that ended.
We just use a swiffer-like thing (dry one) on the hardwoods.
Tile I like to do by hand with a rag and a bucket so I can scrub hard and get in corners. Hardwoods I use a swiffer with a washable pad and solution.
1) clean your toilets - Main floor bathroom every week or two, other bathrooms every month. 2) clean your showers - Every month, I feel like I should do it more often but it's usually at the bottom of the list. 3) sweep/vacuum - Sweep daily. Roomba vacuums daily and I do a full vacuum every week or two. 4) mop/wash floors - Depends how messy - 1 to 2 weeks.
I'm going to answer before reading everyone else so I'm not shamed into lying....
We have cleaners come monthly that do all of these things, but without them it's rough
How often do you: 1) clean your toilets - probably every two weeks with spot cleaning as needed (quick wipe of the seat, quick swish of the toilet brush) 2) clean your showers - like, every couple of months - this is awful, I know 3) sweep/vacuum - we run the Roomba every couple of days. I vacuum rugs and upstairs every couple of weeks 4) mop/wash floors - as needed, not as often as we should. The Roomba keeps most things under control, I mostly mop when we spill something or when the dogs barf or pee someplace. I'd say every week or so, at least a good chunk of the hard surfaces get mopped.
Tile I like to do by hand with a rag and a bucket so I can scrub hard and get in corners.
Ohhhh I can't do that. I'm not Cinderella!
Lol. I might be a neat freak, I don't know. All I know is that I've gone through three cleaning services over the years and I've finally decided to just do it myself because nothing is more annoying to me than cleaning up after your cleaning lady has just left and hitting all of the spots they missed They all start off really good and go downhill from there.
eta: my kids might also be unusually messy. With two little boys who don't always hit their targets in the toilet...It's gross but you have to clean it up. You can't just leave it there. Sometimes I do make DH do it, lol.
Post by fortnightlily on Sept 3, 2015 16:16:41 GMT -5
1) clean your toilets Every 1-3 weeks 2) clean your showers Once a month-isn 3) sweep/vacuum Once a week 4) mop/wash floors Kitchen/living area wood forms - once a week; bathrooms - once every couple of months; upstairs wood floors - never
How often do you: 1) clean your toilets -typically weekly. Will get a second clean for hosting. Sometimes H will forget and I give him crap until he does it- so a week and a half
2) clean your showers - Maybe monthly. If that. Our's is travertine and doesn't seem to show dirt so it falls off H's radar
3) sweep/vacuum - vacuum a level weekly. So each room gets it bi-weekly. Sweep hardwoods weekly or sooner if they get gross. All of this also happens extra if we are hosting.
4) mop/wash floors - pretty much only when we host an event. Thankfully we try to do this at least twice a month otherwise H would put it off forever.
Seriously, I don't even know how to mop. Are you guys taking like buckets and an old school mop or what is happening here? (I'm serious, please explain.) My H got in a habit of doing this for a few weeks but that ended.
We just use a swiffer-like thing (dry one) on the hardwoods.
I do all of those things at least weekly. We also have a robot vacuum that runs daily but we still do a deep vacuum once a week. I have to clean the bathroom at least a little every day. DS1 and DH are like a tornado in there.
Post by irishbride2 on Sept 3, 2015 20:49:34 GMT -5
How often do you: 1) clean your toilets (Housekeeper once a week) 2) clean your showers (Housekeeper once a week) 3) sweep/vacuum certain spots daily (under the dinning chairs the kids eat at). Others are once a week. 4) mop/wash floors (Housekeeper once a week)
Toilet in my bathroom (the main bathroom), probably once every 1-2 weeks. Toilet in H's bathroom (basement bathroom that I refuse to clean), approximately never, or when I make him clean it for company. But I would die if anyone actually used that bathroom.
Showers...honestly? Maybe once every couple of months?
Vacuum the whole house once a week.
Rarely mop, but we don't have much for wood or tile to worry about.
Eta: I am fantastic at keeping things neat and tidy and in its place at all times. But actual deep cleaning is so not my jam.
Post by dizzycooks on Sept 3, 2015 21:08:17 GMT -5
How often do you: 1) clean your toilets weekly 2) clean your showers biweekly? I hate it. 3) sweep - every other day or so; vacuum twice weekly 4) mop/wash floors once a week
Toilets and showers once a month by cleaning person. We have separate bathrooms. There is a HUGE difference between the grossness levels of our bathrooms at the end of the month so I am ok with this schedule because I do not have to use the gross bathroom.
Dust buster crumbs as they happen with DD, otherwise I will vacuum and mop in the interim 2 weeks before the cleaners return.
Post by asoctoberfalls on Sept 4, 2015 5:37:28 GMT -5
The funny thing is, literally everyone comments on how clean our house is. Our kitchen is always spotless and there is never any clutter anywhere. That being said...
1) toilets - every couple of days, out of necessity. TMI WARNING - my H has diarrhea multiple times every day. (I've tried to tell him that's not normal, but he thinks it is). I clean it whenever I see spots, which is almost every day.
2) shower - every 6 months. We moved into our new house in December and I just cleaned them for the first time a month ago.
3) sweep/vacuum - I sweep the main level (hard floors) every couple of days. I vacuum maybe once every 2 months.
4) mop - I swifter the hard floors every couple months
Post by redpenmama on Sept 4, 2015 15:37:37 GMT -5
1) clean your toilets Weekly 2) clean your showers Weekly 3) sweep/vacuum Sweep the kitchen daily, vaccuum at least 3-4 times a week, but usually more often/whenever someone crushes food into the carpet 4) mop/wash floors 7-10 days
Seriously, I don't even know how to mop. Are you guys taking like buckets and an old school mop or what is happening here? (I'm serious, please explain.) My H got in a habit of doing this for a few weeks but that ended.
We just use a swiffer-like thing (dry one) on the hardwoods.
Reveal mop (or a Bona mop) - works better than a swiffer and just as easy.
Yup, I use Bona hardwood floor cleaner spray and the Bona microfiber mop. Ours is an open layout so the wood floors are continuous through the living room and kitchen. And I have a toddler, which means it's dirty again the second I clean it.