How to Clean Your House FAST
It’s easier than you think to learn how to clean your house quickly and efficiently! Follow this step by step tutorial to clean your house in just one hour!
So you have company coming in an hour and the house is a mess? Or maybe you’ve just been putting off those chores and want to get it over with as quickly as possible. So, how do you clean your house fast?
Don’t have a full hour? Use this guide to faking a clean house when you have unexpected guests!
Tricks from a former hotel maid & housekeeper
When I was in college I worked a couple of summers as a hotel maid and in residential house cleaning. I picked up a few tricks and I’m telling you that yes, you can clean an ENTIRE average size house in an hour but it takes hustle and focus!
No getting distracted while gathering up those old magazines, or checking your phone for the latest on Facebook. If you keep moving and follow this guide you’ll have that house sparkling in no time!
Note: We aren’t deep cleaning house right now, this is a surface clean with the most bang for your buck when you’re short on time!
When you have more time be sure to check out my tutorial for cleaning a front load washer, top load washer, dryer, or how to clean a keurig with vinegar.
Tips to Clean a House Fast!
Start at the Top – No matter what room you’re cleaning, clean from the top down so that dirt and dust from higher surfaces falls on lower surfaces that haven’t yet been cleaned. Dust ceiling fans, then furniture wiping dirt directly on the floor. Clean all of the floors as your last step to remove the dirt and dust.
Batch Clean – Clean all bathrooms at once, save the floors of the entire house for the last step of cleaning your house.
Supplies
- Dust spray
- Microfiber Cloth
- Bathroom Cleaner
- Toilet Cleaner
- Paper Towels
- Toilet Brush
- Vacuum
- Glass Cleaner
- Sponge
- Dish Soap
- Hardwood Floor Cleaner
Step by step
Bedroom-6 Minutes per Bedroom
- Strip linens and remake beds. When making beds rather than hunch over tucking bottom sheets under the mattress use one hand to lift the corner while tucking the sheet with the other.
- Clear all clutter, if you’re in a hurry gather clutter in a spare basket or bin for later organization and tuck out of sight in a closet.
- Wipe down furniture with a dusting spray and microfiber cloth, working top to bottom.
Bathrooms-7 Minutes per Bathroom
- I like to clean all of my bathrooms at once-make a quick trip around all the bathrooms in the house to clear counters and spray counters and tubs with cleaner, allow to sit while you clean toilets and wipe down the outer toilet surface.
- Go back and wipe down counters and rinse tub then clean mirrors.
- Come back to clean the floors when cleaning the kitchen floor.
Living/Dining Room-7 Minutes
- Clear all clutter.
- Starting in one corner of the room and working around dust all surfaces top to bottom. (If you have blinds and/or ceiling fans, dust those first.)
- Use an upholstery attachment and vacuum upholstered furniture.
Kitchen-12 Minutes
- Load all dirty dishes in the dishwasher and fill sink with hot soapy water. If your stove top has removable burner pieces that need to be cleaned, place in water as well.
- Clear counters.
- Dunk sponge in hot water and squeeze out excess, wipe down cabinets, counters and other surfaces again working top to bottom. Rinse sponge in hot water as you clean.
- Wipe down appliances.
- Finish cleaning any stove pieces and replace.
Floors-15 Minutes Whole House
- Vacuum carpeted rooms work your way backwards out of the room, moving quickly and without too much overlap to save time.
- Vacuum, don’t sweep hard floors-use an attachment to get corners where dust and pet hair can accumulate.
- Steam mops or Hardwood Floor Cleaners also make cleaning hard surfaces much faster than traditional mops, so I highly recommend investing in one of those to keep your cleaning quick!
Use tricks to make cleaning easier moving forward:
- How to Remove and Prevent Fingerprints on Stainless Steel
- Prevent Water Spots on Chrome
- Clean & Refresh Grout to prevent discoloration
Do you have any additional tips? This is obviously not a deep cleaning your home tutorial but a general day to day surface clean. For deeper cleans check out my Spring Cleaning Checklist and Fall Cleaning Checklist, you can also see my Daily Cleaning Checklist if you prefer to work a little each day!
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Great tips, Melissa – I am absolutely pinning this as our schedule gets busy with ball games and holiday events!
Woohoo! I’m such a nerd for cleaning tips. I’m feeling so inspired to run around cleaning my house right now!
This is not reasonable. Six minutes to clean the bedroom? It takes 10 minutes just to make the bed. I have to see that the top sheet and blankets are even, Also in the kitchen you forgot cleaning the fridge and the microwave oven. It takes a good half hour to clean the kitchen. Also what about the laundry room?
I’m pretty sure this is just a quick clean, not a full, regular cleaning so it seems very reasonable for me.
You’re just slow then.
What a rude comment. No wonder you are anonymous.
Your obviously a dirty pig who doesnt clean proply
Great tips for quick cleaning! I’m a Norwex girl so I prefer to wipe my surfaces with their microfiber cloths, to clean everything off the surfaces. Sponges always get funky fast. Dusting with their tools keeps the dust from flying around, so less to clean up later. The Norwex mop system is great for getting all the dust off your floors and cleaning them quickly with no chemicals! I’d love to share more, but don’t want to hijack your great post.
I’ll have to look that up Paula, I haven’t heard of those before, thanks! ~Melissa
Norwex is fabulous, it’s Swedish, high standard, antibacterial cleaning cloths/products, the cloths actually kill bacteria (silver fibres), you can just get them wet and clean anything, even raw chicken. This post btw is a fabulous guide, thanks so much for sharing these steps!
I had my own cleaning business for years and we used “Spray Away”, it originally came out as a commercial glass shower door cleaning spray used by shower door installers, eventually it became available to the public. It’s a glass cleaner but no ammonia & can be used for cleaning almost any surface, works great with no smears unless the surface is really greasy to begin. Sometimes it takes a few tries to get the old SS cleaners off, but so well worth not using them. I hate SS cleaners. Also, another thing I used is actually furniture polish, mainly on SS sinks. I use a lemon scent endust, a little more expensive then pledge or behold but I use less, smells great, & a shiny finish without the greasy feel. I’ve taken a sink from a move out clean the owner thought he would have to replace, clean it with a magic eraser, takes off crud, stain, brings back the stainless finish, helps with scratches, ect, gets it very clean but still a dull look. Then I dry the sink, spray some endust, not too much, and then with a dry towel/paper towel, shine the sink. It can look like a brand new sink in a few short minutes. My customer could not believe his sink looked almost better then when he first purchased it!
Please let me know your company address?
Hi Melissa, I’m curious to know what your trick is for keeping finger prints off of appliances? I saw that you mentioned it as something to do when you have more time to clean, but didn’t see a link or anything.
Thanks!
Katie
Katie, If you click on the red font it’ll take you to her posting where she talks about cleaning SS appliances! To answer your question, incase it won’t work 4u, she said she cleans 1st with something like Windex, u could use vinegar for hard 2remove smudges) then go back & applies thin coat of Turtle Wax & buffs off & Voilá, Done! 🙂
Woo hoo,sounds great, except try doing this with 4 little boys around. They make mass faster thank you can clean.
That’s why I have to clean so fast Beatri-I have three boys of my own trying to mess things up as fast as I can clean! I use this list when expecting company usually-put on a movie for the kids upstairs and do a fast clean of the house just before guests arrive!
Use pledge it works wonders on stainless steel
I don’t know if my house is bigger or dirtier but I can’t keep your time frames… I only got my master bedroom and one bathroom done in an hour, and that’s with a 1 year old and the floors not done yet…
Hi Keeya, My home is about 3000 sq foot-but like I mentioned in the post to do it in an hour you really have to move out-no distractions. And keep in mind this is a surface clean, not a deep clean, think of what you would do before having guests to make sure your house was tidy and presentable, not spring cleaning. I’m probably faster from having done the same routine numerous times as well!
For surface cleaning you can use pressure washer surface cleaner, it will give you comfort.
Same! And I was moving fast too!
This is not unusual, it takes me 4 hours to clean my 4-bedroom house. My daughter is old enough now to help me so sometimes we break it down between two of us but when I am cleaning it my myself I am trying to be really fast and still it takes at least 4 hours. Hmmm…
That was just so fast! Thanks for making this with a timeline. Now I don’t have to spend more time thinking how many hours I’d spent cleaning my space. It’s soooo much doable with your post.
I am sorry but putting things in a basket to sort later is not cleaning. It is the equivilent to putting all items under your bed as a kid. Put it away!
I agree Joanie but the intent of the post is only having an hour to have your house presentable. I get emails all the time from readers who get overwhelmed by the clutter and can’t get their entire house clean so I offered that option for those that may have more clutter about on a regular basis and just need a presentable home as fast as possible! For more thorough cleaning I have Spring and Fall Cleaning Checklists that are very thorough!
I go thru house with wicker laundry basket and put things in it, if I have someone coming and put basket in my closet. .i sort thru it and put away, throw away later when I have more time! I’m sure this is what she is talking about, remember you have guest coming real soon! Not a complete cleaning!
I do the exact same thing. My 3 kids all have their own basket that I tell them to collect their random toys,homework papers, crayons, sports equipment etc. in and then THEY put it away while I’m cleaning. Keeps them out of my hair.
To be honest though I sometimes don’t get around to those baskets in the closet for weeks. By then I just dump it in the trash if it’s not obviously important.
My husband cleans out his truck the same way, everything gets dumped in a box and stacked in the garage to be sorted later. There are like 20 boxes waiting to be sorted out there lol!!! Heaven forbid you touch one of his boxes though!
At least the truck is clean!! 😉
I was taught to start in each room by thinking, “go left to right”, and like you stated, “top to bottom”. I wonder if I might move even faster if I put a stop watch when cleaning each room? 😉
Funny you said that, alot of times I will set the timer on my stove!;)
Thanks for the tips! My living room and dining room will take longer than 7 minutes, but still … I am short so I always cleaned from the bottom up. I’m going to do it top down now because it makes so much more sense. I feel like it’s a big DUH moment. LOL Thanks again!
Glad it could help Lisa! Have a great weekend!
So.. whats your trick for the kitchen if you DON’T have a dishwasher.. cause I dont. 🙁
Ugh, Ashley, I feel your pain on that one, we didn’t have one when my husband was stationed overseas and I HATE handwashing dishes! For me I had to wash the dishes immediately as they were dirtied…I can’t stand having dirty dishes stacked up so it was just a matter of making myself keep on top of it. :/
Paper Plates?????
Ashley I don’t know if this will help you with the dishes and not having a dishwasher but my Aunt always had a plastic dish pan under her sink to place them in and do them in the evening.
I do the mirrors first in the bathroom because the lights get the mirror hot. If you wipe it hot, it streaks.
Thanks for this….I am so behind on cleaning for a very long time, (2 deaths in the family; months ago, but I can’t seem to “get it together”). I’ve been so overwhelmed that I don’t know where to start. This will do that for me. Blessings to you!
My house is currently a WRECK! I’ll be using these steps to get things back in order tomorrow 🙂
very nice sharing with good techniques and experties. Clean Connect follows such type of method for cleaning services. https://www.cleanconnect.com.au
Excellent article, I’ll be giving this a try, it should save me hours!
Let me know how it goes Rhian! Take care!
Seven minutes would not BEGIN to clear the clutter in my living room! Maybe I’ve let it go too long….
It may take longer the first time you do it Lynn but I promise it will speed up!
helpful ideas, thanks for sharing.
Great article..!
Can’t wait to start cleaning Thanks
You’re welcome Christine! I hope it helps!
Great tips, and ones I will be sure to use! A word on clutter… we’ve lived in the same house for 23 years. Over those years we’ve accumulated LOTS of useless, sentimental clutter. Well, ths past summer I realized no matter how CLEAN my house was it just never LOOKED clean. I rented a medium sized dumpster, had it placed in our back yard, and painfully, systemically, went through bedrooms, closets, the space under the stairs, cupboards and cabinets. If an item wasn’t seasonal or I hadn’t used it within six months, if it was outdated or looking worn… into the bin. It’s an amazing feeling and my house looks wonderful!
Wow-I’m sure that was hard to do Dee! I’m lucky that with our military moves every couple of years we naturally seem to purge extra “stuff” but once my husband retires I’m sure it will be a different story!
I loved the cleaning and de-clutter tips from this article and I only think I’d like to donate rather than discard. (Unless of course its totally gone) but remember one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Find your local donation store and drop it all off where it can be appreciated all over again with a new family.
Sorry Melissa, but I don’t buy it.. Cleaning a bedroom in six or seven minutes? There’s no way you can clean a bedroom in that amount of time unless you’re running behind the vacum and doing a lousy job of dusting. I can spend five minutes just changing and making our king size bed!
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I get a lot of non-believers Melody but it can be done! If you’ll note in the post-I don’t count vacuuming in the bedroom step-we do the entire house flooring in a later step all at once-that’s a time saver rather than doing one room at a time! This is my experience and what works for me-we don’t have a lot of knick-knacks or other decorations that might require more extensive dusting, it literally takes me a minute or two to wipe down everything in my bedroom when I’m “in the zone” working quickly!
This is an AWESOME post and has me totally INSPIRED!! I am not in the mood to clean, but I am making myself!! lol.. I can’t take this house another minute.. I work full time 12 hour shifts (graveyard shift too) and I am usually so tired after work, the only thing I can think about is getting some sleep.. But I can’t take this MESSY house! This post has got me ready to get this DONE!
I’m so glad Amy! It’s an intense hour of work but it’s amazing what you can accomplish when you have a plan!!
When I had a smaller home (1700 sq. ft,) I had what I called a “15 minute walk-through”. It involved Windex and paper towels. The bathroom the guests would use came first. Just squirt and wipe. I figure this is the most important room to clean, then the kitchen. Tidy the other rooms, pick up and sling onto your bed. Wipe down the furniture with damp paper towels. Spray upholstery with Febreeze. No time to vacuum in the abbreviated version. Just open the door and smile!
That is VERY similar to what I do with last minute guests Mary! That’s the bare bones version of this plan! Thanks for sharing!
How in the world do you you do all your floors in fifteen minutes? I use a symphony that vacuums and mops simultaneously and it still takes me 20 to 25 to do the main floor and that’s having prepped first. That’s not including the upstairs and downstairs kids rooms vacuuming. Just curious. My main cleaning tip is “if I’m cleaning you’re cleaning”with the kids. Even the two year old can dust and pick up toys. That way there are no fights to break up and all I have to do is the floors that need mopping, tubs, and toilet bowls. You’d be amazed at what a nine, seven, five, and two year old can accomplish in thirty minutes!
After you finish each room, close the door. It is finished.
I think the most full proof way of making sure the house is cleaned quickly is to get help. Not necessarily a cleaning service, although if you can get one, why not, I mean making sure you get help from your kids and significant other. It cuts cleaning time in half. I normally split the chores with my wife and one of us runs through the house picking up clutter while the other follows behind to dust and vacuum. I do really appreciate your tips on cleaning the bathroom and kitchen faster though.
That can’t happen in an hour in a 3000 sq ft, 4 bedroom, 3-1/2 bath house !
Our house is 3000 sq feet, 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath and I *CAN* do it in an hour but I’m sweating my you-know-what off when I’m done! The first few times you’re trying to get the routine down it will take longer but I promise that it can be done (I’ve done it live on twitter before!) But again, this is a quick surface clean not a deep clean-I always tell people this is what you’d do if you found out your inlaws were coming to stay for the weekend and you needed the house clean in an hour!
Melissa, your tips are inspiring! Thank you! Now I just need to follow them……
That’s always the hardest part Jan, even I go through phases where I just don’t feel like it! Routines are the best way I’ve found to keep things up though, it’s easier to make a habit of small actions than try to take on huge tasks every now and then! Take care, ~Melissa
I use a lot of these ideas. Like the spraying down the bathroom one. It makes it so much faster to just let it “soak” as opposed to scrubbing it. Some really good tips here. However what really caught my eye where the check lists. I LOVE them! Thank you.
I live by the “if you don’t touch it once in 365 days get rid of it” rule. So, if I want to keep something, I have to use it, wear it, dust it, wash it, or wipe it at least once a year or it’s history. That way every item in my house is clean because it has to be attended to at least once a year. My other rule is only three items on any flat surface, because that’s all I’m willing to pickup and move when I dust. As for my kitchen I try to organize and clean one thing daily (1 shelf, 1 drawer, etc.) after I clean the kitchen for the day, it only takes a few minutes, and it never seems difficult because you’re only cleaning for a few minutes. One drawer or shelf a day and your kitchen cabinets never get disorganized because you constantly keep on top of it. Same with my pantry, freezer, fridge, one shelf at a time all the time.
Fantastic method-I love that idea to be constantly working on varying areas to ensure the entire house stays clean and organized, thanks for the tip! ~Melissa
Great tips for cleaning home. Actually I am working women and I have to clean my home as fast as possible. Thank you so much for sharing.
Cleaning your whole house in an hour?! That’s impressive! I guess I get distracted too easily – it’s usually all an-day thing for me. I’ll definitely use these checklists.
I just found this info today as i was in a rush for time and needed to clean my 3bdrm, 3bath, 1500sq ft house in a major hurry! i liked the idea of all the tips, however, it still took me 1hr and 20 min to clean the whole house (1bdrm is a sewing room so just vacuumed,, and a 2nd is the responsibility of my kid, so i don’t clean it). i don’t know what i’m wasting time on, but is there a way to get faster? I have two dogs so i keep up the cleaning all the time (also have OCD tendencies if i’m honest, lol). When i clean I switch all the linens, dust, wipe down all furniture with animal friendly cleaner, windex all glass, clean the bathrooms (excluding tub and shower, hubby does those), vacuum and wash floors. I do a thorough job, but want to find out tips to it better, faster. i don’t have 2hrs to clean each week, i need it down to an hour. Any ideas? from Anyone? Much appreciation for anything! 🙂
Everything has to have a place. This concept works for me and my family. thanks for sharing!
The times given per chore are about as realistic for the average person as the expectation of caramelizing onions in 2 minutes on the “Dinner in 20minute” sites.
garbage article. 1 HR? Liar. This article is bait for views because you are proclaiming a pipe dream. You wouldn’t dare be able to prove that you could do this.
Love the room-by-room checklist. Thanks a lot for the great content! Your site has been added to mine as one of the best.
Really an amazing cleaning tips. One more thing that I want to notify that people should have to pay attention to the management of the stuff, It is as important as cleaning otherwise after cleaning, still your house will look messy. So, make sure to place every stuff on its perfect place. Anyways, thank you for sharing your views with us, Keep up the good work!
great article ,nice tips i’ll follow it,thank you.
Thanks so much Melissa for the print out,it really is invaluable regards barbara
I am the greatest Housewife!
Wow. Amazing, That was just so fast! Thanks for making this with a timeline. Now I don’t have to spend more time thinking how many hours I’d spent cleaning my space. It’s soooo much doable with your post.
Thank you for this! I grew up without a mom in the home, so I’ve had a hard time learning to manage my house with kids. I’m going to go through this list now , and it should be even faster as I got the bathrooms done yesterday
I hope it helped Kake! ~Melissa
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How amazing it is. It work too fast.Now I don’t have to spend more time thinking how many hours I’d spent cleaning my space. I’m going to go through this list now , and it should be even faster as I got the bathrooms done yesterday. Thank you for sharing your views with us, Keep up the good work!
It is amazing what one can get done in such a short amount of time with a concrete plan and goal in mind. This strategy is probably most effective if one’s house is already been deep cleaned, right? Anyway, good post and motivation for those needing an extra push to get their homes shining!
Wow Amazing Tips for Home Cleaning Thanks for sharing today i watch your article and clean my house and my room and when my mother see my room its shocked……
These are some amazing tips! I am very glad to find your post. As a mom, I don’t have lots of time to spend on cleaning that is why I calculate on doing a little bit of cleaning daily so I have a lesser amount of housework for the weekends! These are wonderful and very helpful tips that. Thank you for sharing them!
Thank you for giving these ideas. This is really a big help in cleaning in the fastest way.
Cleaning is not an easy work. It’s a very stressful work. But i found your blog and i reading the blog. I get the great useful tips on this blog. I am happy with this tips. Great Blog!
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So True! these simple tasks will only take a few minutes each day yet will make a really big impact!
These are really great tips and very helpful also. As it is very important to keep our house clean and make it free from any dust particles and garbage. An uncleaned house not only looks bad, but it also attracts pests to our house. Therefore, this gives us another reason to spend our time in cleaning our house.
Hi I was sent the dessert book instead of the cleaning PDF (How to clean you house in 1 hour). Can you please send this too me. Many thanks
I think I have it sent to you now Jennie, if you still haven’t received it please let me know. ~melissa
This is amazing. This is very useful for a busy person. Thanks!
I really never knew that No matter what room you’re cleaning, clean from the top down. We hired a janitorial service for the office. Thank you for the tips on how to clean your home fast.
Since we’ve been asked too many times for a referral of a house cleaning company. We decided, even though we are pool cleaning company, to add house cleaning into our service list. And let me tell ye, people love it! less of a hassle for them and more opportunities for us. thanks for sharing some really useful techniques, im sure ill find them useful real quick.
I’ve never imagined house cleaning will a lot easier by following the tips and tricks mentioned in this post. Whenever I go for a house cleaning it takes a long time to finish. So, feeling good to find some tips that save time while house cleaning.
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Wow. It’s great tips. It will help me. It will make my work easier. I love it. Thanks for sharing.
Very valuable info. Cleaning is much more efficient if you pick one task (dusting, vacuuming, mopping) and do the same task in every room in the house, rather than cleaning the kitchen, the bathrooms and then the bedrooms. Thank you very much for sharing this nice post.
Thank you so much for this useful information Melissa. I started a housekeeping company in January with my husband and we are always looking for more ways to be efficient and effective with our cleaning process. Your tips have been very helpful!
Glad they could help Brittny! ~Melissa
This is exceptionally detailed, thanks so much, I had fun reading:)
A pretty worked and nice post! I love infographics.
I have always cleaned my house in this way and I felt the curiosity of knowing if I was doing the right thing and I can see that I am not the only one.
Thanks for your blog, keep writing!
Thanks for taking the time to comment Claudia! Glad I’m not the only one that cleans this way! Take care, Melissa
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Wow, Melissa, you have some pretty great tips here on your blog and I will definitely use these in my weekly house cleaning. I have a website about house cleaning and you love it if you could check it out and if you could give me any tips that would be great.
Thanks Melissa for taking the time to write this! It is concise and valuable! We just started a new house cleaning business and came across this article. I have never thought to do all the bathrooms at one time. I usually just work from one side of the house to the other. Great idea for efficiency and saving time!
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This blog is perfect for me not going to lie. I’ve been trying to find content like this for a while because when i clean homes for my job the main difficulty i face is jsut time. Especially being slef-employed, The quicker i can clean the more money i can get paid and this does help. Thanks for writing this content
Great tips for house cleaning! Thank you so much for such an informative blog with us.
Wow you’ve shared some awesome cleaning tips. I like your tip No#5 much.
Great helpful reminders. Thanks for curating a detailed list to remember everything. I just started cleaning houses for cash as a side hustle and it’s important to be wise with time management. I feel confident and organized with these nifty tips.. Keep up the good work I’ll be checking back in for references!
It’s pretty amazing when you break it down into time intervals how quickly you can get everything done! Great job!
We own a window cleaning business in Utah, and after this harsh winter are definitely feeling the spring fever, and ready to scrub, and declutter everything for us as well as our clients! Cheers to Spring!
Thanks for all the info & happy cleaning!
6 minutes, 7 minutes segmantion in this way – it helps me lots.
Great cleaning house blog. You did a great job on everything.
Great article! I own a cleaning company in my area and it is great to see other people find passion in cleaing
We recently started a house cleaning business, and came across this article.
Really appreciate you taking the time to write this. there are a lot of handy tips and tricks.
This information definitely helps to expedite the process of tidying up a house
Hey there! Thanks for all these tips, I’m just getting a cleaning business rocking and rolling and it’s nice to get some validation and some stuff to speed it up!
This advice helps do a good job and do it quickly 🙂 cheers everyone! and happy dirt&dust hunting. I’m out in Vermont and there’s lots of winter filth that creeps in!
Great tips! I must say you have a very good management skills. The way you manage the time for cleaning is superb. Really appreciated. As I have a very busy schedule so this time management will surely help me for my home cleaning, Thank you for posting this life saving articles for us. keep up the good work!
I love your beginning statement! If you get distracted by the phone or those pictures you’ve been meaning to hang up, you will not get the house done in an hour! Put your phone away and make a mental note of any side trail you come along so you can come back to it later. Good post!
So nice article. As a mom of 2, I need to clean the house every day (sometimes even twice per day, ha). Sure, it is extremely important to keep your home fresh, clean and organized. But, as for me, the health of my family is a main goal. So, I use only green cleaning products, cause they are chemical free and safe for children and pets. You can make your own cleaning products at home for all purposes. The top ingredient are backing soda, vinegar, essential oils. I love lemon, lavender and orange essential oils, but you can add whateever you want, really, Vinegar can clean everything, I swear 🙂
Who is also a fan of green cleaning products? 🙂
Thanks so much for posting this. Cleaning our house seems like a fairly self-explanatory task, but when we sit down to think about it, you might realize that you have a lot of questions.
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I love such a post. Here is an excellent discussion of all point about house cleaning. Basically, I was looking for some information dishwasher cleaning. My dishwasher is dirty and I can’t clean properly. But I found your blog. Your tips are very helpful. Thanks for sharing the beautiful post. Next time, I will follow your technique.
Please help it takes me longer .
Thanks for these tips! Cleaning the house is a great way for one to get more responsible and have the place looking nice and clean. I am delighted to have this!
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Awesome tips. Maybe it’s because I have a big house, I can never finish chores within the hour.
I’d be trying the tips. Thanks lots.
I read through your blog post here. I did have a question though I think you could answer. Is there a good way to get burns out of vinyl countertops? I had a party over the weekend and my kitchen is a mess… Haha! Thanks for the post, and I look forward to seeing your reply.
Saved my life
I tried this. GAH thank you for making it more simple. I started with a timer because I have adhd and it’s hard to do without motivation. It took 3 hours for my kitchen, living room, and there bathrooms. I’m thankful to have it done.
*three bathrooms*
We’re military and move a lot and it takes me time each time we move to get the routine down to an hour…plus obviously the more often you do it the less intense the clean is and faster it gets. I hope the post was helpful even though it took longer the first time you tried!
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This is very helpful for me! I really need advice, Im a busy person, and I dont have enough time to clean mess. So I will follow your tips to clean my condo. Thank you for sharing!
I really wanted to clean my own unit even if Im kinda busy person. I just dont like others to clean it. Thank you for sharing this, I can apply this to my home.
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This is really an amazing article, well written and containing detailed information on deep cleaning your house. Now I will try these tips to get things done by myself 🙂
Keep up the good work and keep sharing.
We recently started our own house cleaning business and found this article extremely helpful! Loved the top to bottom cleaning method, it makes cleaning so much more efficient. Thanks for your amazing content – we definitely will be referring back to your blog for more cleaning tips!
Glad it was helpful!
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Thanks for the awesome tips. I never thought of using a vacuum instead of a broom to get corners, really helpful tip and will help save a bunch of time. We recently started our own company for house cleaning and will definitely use these tips for our benefit.
Wow. Thank you for putting your time into creating this excellent house cleaning checklist
This is great info Melissa! We own and operate a small house cleaning company in Waterbury, CT and these tips will be useful for our staff to organize better and use the time more effectively. I hope that not everyone will follow your advice because then we would be out of business 🙂
Great Article ! Will definitely need this . Will save it for future reference .
Thank you so much !!
This is a great article, Melissa! Having a plan and being orgainzed is key to completing tasks correctly. Great advice on cleaning from top to bottom.
This is a very informative blog, thanks for sharing about these 4 tips for cleaning carpet. It will help a lot; these types of content should get appreciated. I will bookmark your site; I hope to read more such informative contents in future… great post!!
Great information, Melissa! Thank you for sharing. I love how you provide the minutes each room/area should take. Being organized is key!
Thanks for posting informational article its solve my big problem i am busy person but now I clean my house within mints thanks
Great tools, especially for families that have their hands full raising children!
Very informative article! The detail and the step-by-step, and minute breakout of each room is a treasure! Thanks!
So glad you found it helpful Roberta!
What a great idea! This is very encouraging and helpful for busy people everywhere who want neater, cleaner houses. Thanks for sharing!
Well, It took much longer than 6 minutes per bedroom so far. But I guess it’s because I also put laundry away.
How long did it end up taking you total? Putting laundry away would definitely add to the time!