Complete cleaning guide
A Comprehensive Cleaning Guide for a Spotless Home
A spotless home comes from a routine rather than one marathon session: quick daily resets in the kitchen and bathroom, a weekly clean room by room working top to bottom, monthly jobs such as appliances, skirting and glass, and a deeper seasonal clean two or three times a year. This guide sets out what to do in each room, in what order, and what most people miss.
Work in the right order
Always clean top to bottom and dry to wet. Dust high surfaces first, work down to furniture and skirting, and finish with floors. Spray products and let them dwell while you clean elsewhere, then come back and wipe.
Kitchen
Daily: clear and wipe worktops, wash up or load the dishwasher, wipe the hob and sink, sweep the floor. Weekly: cupboard fronts, handles, splashbacks, appliance exteriors, bin, and a proper floor wash. Monthly: inside the microwave and fridge, extractor filter, oven, and the gap beside the cooker.
Bathrooms
Daily: a quick wipe of the basin and a squeegee on the shower screen. Weekly: toilet, basin, bath, shower, taps, tiles, mirror and floor, with a descaler where you have hard water. Monthly: extractor cover, grout lines, behind the toilet and inside cabinets.
Bedrooms
Weekly: change bedding, dust surfaces and lamps, vacuum including under the bed. Monthly: wardrobes and drawers, skirting, door frames, curtains or blinds, and turn or rotate the mattress in line with the manufacturer's guidance.
Living areas
Weekly: dust from high to low, clean screens with a dry microfibre cloth, vacuum upholstery and floors, and tidy cables and remote controls. Monthly: light fittings, radiators, skirting, window sills and internal glass.
Floors
Vacuum high-traffic routes more often than the rest. Use the right method for each surface: minimal water on wood and laminate, a microfibre flat mop on tiles, and hot water extraction for carpets once or twice a year.
The jobs people forget
- Light switches, sockets and door handles
- The tops of doors, frames and kitchen cupboards
- Behind and under the fridge and washing machine
- Bins, inside and out
- Cleaning cloths, sponges and vacuum filters
A realistic routine
Fifteen minutes a day on the kitchen and bathroom, an hour or two a week on the rooms, a short monthly list, and a deep clean two or three times a year. If that is more than your week allows, a regular professional clean keeps the baseline without the weekend disappearing.
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