When we feel that our home needs an upgrade, it’s exciting to get up, find an aesthetic trimming or utility we want, and apply that with confidence. Yet of course, running a household is not always comprised of investing in it, purchasing new stuff for the space, and repainting all the time. We also need to clean and maintain our homes in order to live in the best conditions, which will also improve your physical and mental wellbeing, alongside that of your family.
Yet for those with mid-to-large size homes, a family to run, and a career to keep up with, cleaning can seem like a giant undertaking. Sure, hiring a cleaner can be tremendously important if you have the funds for it, but what if you’d prefer to achieve this process yourself? In this post, we’ll discuss how you can achieve that, what that process means, and of course, how to save time doing it. Furthermore, we’ll look at the additional elements of cleaning that you might not be able to achieve yourself. This post is geared for those who may be new homeowners, or those who find that cleaning their property is an arduous process (which it can be if you have a larger home or a busy schedule!) Without further ado, let’s get started:
Stock Your Cleaning Cupboard
Stocking your cleaning cupboard is the most essential first step here. Having this completed will help you ensure that not matter when it comes time to clean, you don’t have to feel as though you’re having to make the best with what you have. Anti-bacterial sprays, microfiber clothes, all-purpose cleaners and polish for dusting, floor disinfectant for mopping tiles and laminate, a well-kept vacuum cleaner with an empty bag or compartment, and odor eliminator is a good place to start.
You may also find benefit from purchasing large black garbage bags, a good sponge set, a squeegee, and a dustpan too. Additionally, little afterthoughts you can place around the space, like a small candle for each room can really help a beautiful and renewed space feel even fresher than before.
Exterior Cleaning
It’s good to keep the exterior of our home clean to the degree that we can, too. Mowing the law and keeping the space tidy is good, but we’d also recommend hiring a window cleaner when you can, especially after a dusty summer.
Additionally, As New Again Pressure Washing can make a massive difference in removing the grime from your driveway, garden path, and more. You’d be surprised just how clean an environment can look when the grime has been blasted away. You can purchase pressure washers yourself, but they are complicated to use, and carry a risk of damaging parts of your property that aren’t set up for it (like a tarmac drive), harming yourself due to the concentrated spray of pressured water, or you might have trouble cleaning as uniformly as a professional. This can, then, help you for quite clear reasons.
Keep A Routine
Keeping a cleaning routine can help you take care of it without having to worry about its overarching effect on your day to day life. It might be that on Saturday mornings, you clean your kitchen and bathrooms while listening to podcasts.
Then, every Monday evening, you switch over your bed linens. Maybe you dust just before you sit down to relax in front of the television or before you have company around on a Saturday evening. It’s no one’s schedule but yours, but breaking this up in this kind of way can help you avoid having to spend hours in a row cleaning everything at once, which can be pretty tiring if you don’t feel up for it that day.
Enlist Family Help
If you have a family living with you, or you have a spouse or partner, then it’s a good idea to share the load. Enlist family help. For instance, if your children are now double digits in age, it can be healthy to teach them how to clean their rooms, with your supervision of course, and perhaps leaving certain efforts like dusting to you. This way, you’ll be able to help your children learn the value of responsibility and taking care of their space, which they might not appreciate first and foremost, but this is a lesson that will guide them through life for obvious reasons.
With this advice, you’re sure to clean your home properly and easily.
Mia Guerra
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