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Over the next weeks we will be giving you cleaning tips for different parts of the house. The areas that we will concentrate on are the living room, kitchen, bathroom, floors and also other general cleaning tips such as getting rid of bad odours.

Making use of these tips can make this most arduous of tasks more bearable if you do the cleaning yourself and do not employ a cleaner to do so. It will also make the cleaner’s life easier.  

Cleaning Tip No 1.

Schedule your house cleaning, from cleaning the oven to taking out the trash.

Everyone has his or her own idea of what ‘clean’ means. If you take a look in a number of different homes, you will probably see different degrees of cleanliness. A person’s house that does not seem to be as clean to you, may seem to be spotless to them or to someone else. Different people tolerate dirt and mess differently.

Once you have an idea of how clean you actually want your house to be, you can decide just how often each task will need to be done. Set realistic deadlines. If you work forty hours a week and take care of a family, you may not be able to wash your floors two or three times a week. Although, the more family members that can contribute to the household tasks, the better your chances of having the clean home you desire. But, having more family members also means having more cleaning to do.

To decide how often you will need to clean, you need to decide how clean your home will be. Do you want it to be tidy, clean or absolutely spotless?

Tidy: Things are picked up and look neat.

Clean: Everything is clean and ready for unexpected guests.

Spotless: You could eat off of the floor.
Next time: The household cleaning schedule in detail.

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