Not all cleaning tasks require the same amount of time or regularity. The following daily cleaning routine checklist will help you focus just the right amount of attention on each cleaning project in your apartment.
Use the following checklists to help you with your daily, weekly, monthly cleaning routine; heck this stuff is so easy to remember you can print it out and use it for spring cleaning this year.
Daily Cleaning Checklist
- Clean food-preparation areas.
- Eliminate pointless clutter (put away clothes, shoes, mail, toys, and bags; pick up any trash and throw it away)
- Make your bed(s)
- Sort and file mail and other paperwork (don’t let mail gather in the kitchen or your office area or you’ll have a garbage dump in no time)
- Unload the dishwasher, washes the dishes, load the dishwasher
- Wipe counters (we recommend a good safe antibacterial spray such as Clorox Anywhere hard surface daily sanitizing spray)
Weekly Cleaning Checklist
- Clean toilets
- Dust all surfaces
- Scrub bathtubs
- Vacuum, sweep, and mop hard floors
- Vacuum rugs and carpets
- Wash clothes
- Wash bed linens
- Wipe down appliances
- Wash sinks
6 and 12 Month Cleaning Checklist
- Clean kitchen appliances thoroughly, including insides (Tip: Pull your refrigerator out and clean the back)
- Cleaning ceilings (Reminder: Clean top to bottom)
- Scrub floors deep-clean carpets (You can usually rent a steam cleaner from your local grocery store or check out uHaul)
- Wash walls (Use warm water with a rag or sponge)
- Wash windows
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