How often do you deep clean your house ...

[tippingpoint]

Well this is awkward. Basically never

 

[Meangirl815]

Casually following this to see if I'm a slob

I definitely don't deep clean as much as i should. In our house i tend to do the daily day to day cleaning plus fortnightly skirting boards/windows etc plus twice a year 'spring clean'

My husband does the deep cleans and those involve cupboards, fridge, oven etc and they happen every 3 months (ish )

 

[peachhes]

I have never shampooed my carpets or washed the walls. Didn’t even know washing walls was a thing people did. We only moved in in October so I don’t feel the carpets need shampooing any time soon. Every month or so I’ll clean the cupboards etc, every few weeks clean the fridge/oven and bigger appliances. Everything else is properly cleaned every week.

 

[Penelope Strawberry]

I'm sure she does do skirting boards daily. Her home is lovely yes, but you're not allowed to sit on certain chairs or use certain cushions as they're for display purposes only. And yes, I do agree she is obsessive. She works part-time.

Growing up, we had whole ROOMS we weren't allowed to go into, nevermind items of furniture we weren't allowed to sit on!

My sister and I were only allowed in the snug - my mum had a formal sitting room with cream sofas that I don't think even guests were allowed to sit on. Similarly, we were only allowed to eat in the dining room on special occasions like Christmas - for the rest of the year, my sister and I had to eat in the kitchen as the dining room was strictly for entertaining guests.

My mum had set upon set of china, cutlery, glasses that she was too precious to actually ever use.

Safe to say, my sister and I have turned out quite the opposite! I don't have a set of "good" china/a "good" armchair that no one is allowed to sit on /etc. Our homes are lived in, my dog is welcomed on the sofa for cuddles, and I avoid buying things that are so expensive that I'll be afraid to actually use them! I really think a home is to be lived in - you can't actually enjoy any of your belongings if you're always so on edge about them being damaged.

 

[Allypally]

Well this is awkward. Basically never

 

[coconochanel]

Probably move furniture to hoover behind once a year, I don't wipe down the walls but obv if there is a mark on it I will clean it off, I don't shampoo my rugs and I clean out my fridge about every month.

 

[Saddlesoap]

I'm probably a bit of a slob, but I'm cool with that

I've never shampooed my carpets, and I never clean walls (didn't know people did that?)

Move sofas maybe 2-3 times a year. Have never moved our TV unit or bookcase since we moved in 5 years ago

Side note - any bath cleaning tips? Mine winds me up as I don't use it often (maybe twice a month). I clean it once a week, but it's just a massive dust collector?!

 

[JoeBloggs]

I'm sure she does do skirting boards daily. Her home is lovely yes, but you're not allowed to sit on certain chairs or use certain cushions as they're for display purposes only. And yes, I do agree she is obsessive. She works part-time.



Fly / insect poo! Not flying poo

We live in a warm area where there are a lot of flies ... blasted things ...

okay I was wondering why people had there bums out in your house!!

 

[Penelope Strawberry]

I forgot to add, 'clean skirting boards / trims' and 'clean windows - inside and outside' to my original list.

I was curious to see what others do after my catch-up with a friend last weekend got me thinking ... she said that every single day she "has to" follow this list of certain things that need to be done (she lives alone and this is her list that she tells herself that she must follow). Her house is incredible (just an ordinary house but it always smells and FEELS great), so all her hard work is obviously paying off. But she did say that she's finding it hard to visit other peoples' houses due to their lack of hygiene (which made me gulp - although I keep my house clean I probably only deep clean everything every couple of months or so).

I have another friend who pays for a cleaner to do all these things who also follows some sort of regular list but meaning that everything gets deep-cleaned at least weekly. Again, her house is immaculate and just feels so good to be in.

After reading others' responses, I think I fit into the 'normal' category. I'd love to live in an immaculately clean house but with flying pine needles and what-not everywhere (we live in the country), four cats and two hairy, dribbly, dogs, the best I can hope for is "good enough."

I like having a tidy house, where everything has it's place and I know where things are.

But life is just too short to dust the trim above my doorways and the skirting behind my headboard every day!

I really don't mean this in a rude way, but your friend sounds a bit obsessive. I definitely wouldn't assume her standard to be the norm.

 

[Tescogirl]

Every month sometimes I do rooms sometimes if time all.

 

[watermelon sugar]

Never if I notice something needs cleaning I'll just stop and clean it. I do the same cleaning jobs every day like the dishes, hoover, kitchen counters, beds, mirrors and back door (toddler with grubby hands), toilet. If I notice something is looking dirtier than usual that day I'll make sure I'll clean it that day

I've got wooden floors so I don't need to shampoo carpets. I'm glad cos that sounds like effort

 

[1001 others]

I forgot to add, 'clean skirting boards / trims' and 'clean windows - inside and outside' to my original list.

I was curious to see what others do after my catch-up with a friend last weekend got me thinking ... she said that every single day she "has to" follow this list of certain things that need to be done (she lives alone and this is her list that she tells herself that she must follow). Her house is incredible (just an ordinary house but it always smells and FEELS great), so all her hard work is obviously paying off. But she did say that she's finding it hard to visit other peoples' houses due to their lack of hygiene (which made me gulp - although I keep my house clean I probably only deep clean everything every couple of months or so).

I have another friend who pays for a cleaner to do all these things who also follows some sort of regular list but meaning that everything gets deep-cleaned at least weekly. Again, her house is immaculate and just feels so good to be in.

After reading others' responses, I think I fit into the 'normal' category. I'd love to live in an immaculately clean house but with flying pine needles and what-not everywhere (we live in the country), four cats and two hairy, dribbly, dogs, the best I can hope for is "good enough."

 

[JoeBloggs]

Okay not going to lie this thread has made my feel very guilty and I have done a big clean this morning (I have not moved any furniture though). Cleaning walls... I will wipe a mark off etc and dust but nothing more. Why is their flying poo anywhere else but possibly the bathroom?!?

 

[Lanavalentine]

We pay someone to do a proper deep clean twice a year. That’s fully cleaning carpets, deep cleaning every appliance, pulling everything apart etc. It works far better for us than having a regular cleaner.

We tend to do a normal weekly clean once a week (obviously) - so bathroom scrubbed, scrub the kitchen a bit harder, mop hard floors, clean mirrors, that kind of thing. I dust twice a week - once a lighter maintenance dust and one a more hardcore one (including ceilings & skirting boards) when we’re doing the weekly clean.

I hoover almost everyday, at least the two most used floors in our house (it’s four floors total), but do a more thorough hoover when I do those dust sessions. I clean the loos and wipe the sinks daily too, and wipe the shower/bath down after use. Kitchen also gets cleaned daily, often twice as my partner has to clean it up after spiling coffee every morning

We also have the window cleaner come monthly, and the oven gets professionally cleaned every 3 months or so. Partner gets his car cleaned out every couple of months usually but not driving much due to Covid, so hasn’t really bothered lately.

For us, this is the right balance and our home is generally tidy and clean, which is essential for my mental health I find. I don’t judge people who do less or do more - I just concentrate on what I’m happy doing.

 

[Mamacita]

I clean a room a day, and clean the whole thing - windows and frames, light fixtures and switches, all surfaces, skirting boards, doors and frames, the walls if they need marks off them. And I move the sofas in those rooms and Hoover under/behind them on that same day.

So everywhere in the house gets a full clean once a week at least. Bathrooms get wiped down more often, and our bedroom sometimes too as it gets insanely dusty for some reason.

I rarely clean my car out! My husband does sometimes, but the most I do is clear my sweet wrappers out of the door once every 6 months

Your place must be so clean. Dunno how people have time for that tho, or are you just super organised

 

[Saddlesoap]

I forgot to add, 'clean skirting boards / trims' and 'clean windows - inside and outside' to my original list.

I was curious to see what others do after my catch-up with a friend last weekend got me thinking ... she said that every single day she "has to" follow this list of certain things that need to be done (she lives alone and this is her list that she tells herself that she must follow). Her house is incredible (just an ordinary house but it always smells and FEELS great), so all her hard work is obviously paying off. But she did say that she's finding it hard to visit other peoples' houses due to their lack of hygiene (which made me gulp - although I keep my house clean I probably only deep clean everything every couple of months or so).

I have another friend who pays for a cleaner to do all these things who also follows some sort of regular list but meaning that everything gets deep-cleaned at least weekly. Again, her house is immaculate and just feels so good to be in.

After reading others' responses, I think I fit into the 'normal' category. I'd love to live in an immaculately clean house but with flying pine needles and what-not everywhere (we live in the country), four cats and two hairy, dribbly, dogs, the best I can hope for is "good enough."

So what is she cleaning daily? Surely not her skirting boards.

Life is too short! I'm sure her house is lovely, but to me I think she sounds a little compulsive obsessive. Does she work?

 

[Web30]

We painted the room 2 years ago, i dont think the sofas been moved since for a hoover

I do the downstairs window all the time as the dog likes to sit in it and its always a mess.

I dont deep clean but i keep on top of it as much as i can be botherd

 

[Trixabellee9393]

Wash walls lol! I’d only do that if I moved into a new house and wanted to paint the walls then I probably would wash them first pull out Furniture to vacumn behind... once a year or if I move the room around! I tend to vacumn as much of the floor as I can get too easily an not worry about behind the cabinets and stuff really it’s only a bit of dust Think that’s okay once a year really. Think people can be too clean and use too many chemicals and sprays and I for one get so allergic to stuff it’s horrible wish people wouldn’t use so many scents just plain dettol is fine! & Plain bleach for toilets/sinks. Things that are just dusty then a damp cloth I use plain dettol for kitchen bathroom surfaces etc. Inside cupboards I defo do more , around once a month I’ll wipe the outside cupboard doors down and give inside a wipe an neaten all the stuff inside up and throw anything away I don’t need any more I have two cats so most of my cleaning is getting cat hair of wherever they have left a trail they mault a lot

I forgot to add, 'clean skirting boards / trims' and 'clean windows - inside and outside' to my original list.

I was curious to see what others do after my catch-up with a friend last weekend got me thinking ... she said that every single day she "has to" follow this list of certain things that need to be done (she lives alone and this is her list that she tells herself that she must follow). Her house is incredible (just an ordinary house but it always smells and FEELS great), so all her hard work is obviously paying off. But she did say that she's finding it hard to visit other peoples' houses due to their lack of hygiene (which made me gulp - although I keep my house clean I probably only deep clean everything every couple of months or so).

I have another friend who pays for a cleaner to do all these things who also follows some sort of regular list but meaning that everything gets deep-cleaned at least weekly. Again, her house is immaculate and just feels so good to be in.

After reading others' responses, I think I fit into the 'normal' category. I'd love to live in an immaculately clean house but with flying pine needles and what-not everywhere (we live in the country), four cats and two hairy, dribbly, dogs, the best I can hope for is "good enough."

Sorry your friend seems ocd there’s just no need to do that daily what’s the point waste of time really to live in such a sterile environment she could be doing loads of other things with her time ... no offence just this whole ‘mrs hinch’ fad has made people think there homes can’t look lived in and use so many different sprays and chemicals they don’t really need! Like air fresheners! I just open my window every day for a couple hours xxxx

I clean a room a day, and clean the whole thing - windows and frames, light fixtures and switches, all surfaces, skirting boards, doors and frames, the walls if they need marks off them. And I move the sofas in those rooms and Hoover under/behind them on that same day.

So everywhere in the house gets a full clean once a week at least. Bathrooms get wiped down more often, and our bedroom sometimes too as it gets insanely dusty for some reason.

I rarely clean my car out! My husband does sometimes, but the most I do is clear my sweet wrappers out of the door once every 6 months

Wow that’s crazy! How do you have time! Xxx

 

[Stampolina1]

At Christmas! Before the trimmings go up I do a proper full clean.
I've never cleaned my carpets..... am I a clampit?!?!

 

[Pixipoppy]

Thanks to this thread Ive hoovered behind my furniture. also quick question...how often do you clean out your car?

Once a year before my MOT