Raise your hand if you’ve seen this happen before.

You get home after a long day at the office and you think to yourself, “I want to de-clutter and have a clean home.”. But a funny thing happens as the week goes by:

You’re too tired to clean your house during the week. And you don’t want to spend your weekend cleaning when you’ve got work on Monday.

As it turns out, you don’t need to be superhuman to have a thriving career, an awesome social life, and a clean house. All you need is a few of our top house cleaning tips. Keep reading to see how you can make your immaculate house the envy of your neighborhood.

1. Don’t Clean Everything at Once

In many professional circles, chunking — or dividing major tasks into smaller and more manageable ones — is known as a productivity-boosting gamechanger. Why? Because it allows you to work towards bigger goals by accomplishing one thing at a time.

Believe it or not, this is a concept that you can apply to your household chores.

For most people, cleaning from top to bottom is a major endeavor. Compared to that, a home cleaning schedule that allows you to do the basement on Monday, the top floor on Wednesday, and the main floor on Saturday is a lot more sustainable and realistic, right?

You don’t have to follow the exact formula we’ve just listed. Maybe you’d rather do the bathrooms, bedrooms, and floors during the week. Or perhaps you’d still prefer to do the heavy cleaning on the weekend, but your Saturday cleanup schedule becomes a lot lighter when the dusting and the mopping have already been done.

Only you can decide what works best for your life. The important thing is that you’re able to break the process down into multiple pieces.

2. Clean Consistently

In some regards, cleaning your house is like getting into shape. When you haven’t so much as walked quickly in years, going up a flight of stairs can feel like climbing Mt. Everest. But for someone who works out regularly and has done so for a long time, jogging up the stairs multiple times is a walk in the park.

The same thing applies to keeping your house clean.

As you wipe things down and pack items up more often, you’ll quickly start to find that there’s less dust accumulating in corners and less grime to wipe off the stove each week. In addition, as you familiarize yourself with the items that are regularly used in your household, you may be able to simplify your cleaning process even more by de-cluttering your home.

Like working out a muscle or starting a healthy diet, cleaning takes time and practice. However, the more you clean, the easier it will become to keep the house clean.

3. Squeeze in Extra Cleaning Time

According to research, the average person spends 12 hours a week doing nothing. And if you sit down and take a look at the time you spend at home waiting for food to heat up or sitting through commercials, you might be surprised at how many little tasks you can accomplish.

Is the coffeemaker heating up? Maybe you can wipe down your counters or load the dishwasher.

Are you enjoying that new show on Netflix or Hulu? Looks like you’ve found an opportunity to do a load of laundry.

During the workweek, many of us have to deal with tiresome commutes, red lights, and office equipment with lengthy processing times. When you have these little moments of dead time at home, don’t think of it as a frustrating delay. Look at it as an opportunity to knock off a few more household chores.

4. Consider Hiring an Outside Service

For some full-time workers, there are times when color-coded chore schedules simply aren’t enough to get the job done. Maybe you’re putting in over 80 hours a week at the office. Or maybe your schedule is super irregular until that next person’s position can be filled.

If a regular deep clean isn’t possible but you still want the peace of mind that comes with living in a neatly organized space, maid services are a resource that’s worth exploring. Contrary to popular belief, professional cleaners aren’t exclusively for filthy rich people. They can do monthly or biweekly deep cleans that you just have to maintain. 

A lot of people will look at a messy house and feel like they have no choice but to clean it up themselves. But with many cleaning companies like ours offering residential cleaning services, you don’t have to go that route. 

5. De-Clutter and Stay Organized

They say that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And nowhere is this more true than when it comes to home cleaning.

When dust is left to accumulate, it becomes harder to remove as the grime sets in. When you make a point of de-cluttering and ensuring that spaces are left clear on a weekly basis, however, it becomes a lot easier to keep the house clean even if you’re in the middle of a crazy month at work.

Consider having more storage space and containers for toys, pantry items, and accessories. Get the rest of your household used to picking up after themselves before bed.

Keeping your books on a shelf or buying a new spice rack might not seem like much. But once you get the hang of it, staying organized becomes a lot easier.

Keeping a Clean Home Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated

After a long day at work followed by a rush-hour commute, most people can barely handle the thought of cooking dinner, taking a shower, and brushing their teeth – never mind cleaning an entire house. 

If that sounds familiar, and the thought of keeping a clean home has always felt like a pipe dream, you’re in luck. It turns out that coming home to a clean and clutter-free environment is a luxury that anyone can have.

However, not everyone is cut out for that homemaking and maintenance lifestyle. And that’s okay. Whether you’re overwhelmed with office and family life or home cleaning just isn’t your forte, you can reach out to us at any time to learn more about our residential cleaning services.

Request your customized home cleaning quote from us today.