Tips on How to clean House In Less Time

When most people are asked if they would like to know the secrets of how to clean house without taking up hours and hours of their lives, they would reply yes in a heartbeat. Especially these days when many households have both parents working, the ability to find the time to clean seems to get harder and harder to attain. However, there are a lot of little tips and tricks for cleaning your house that are quick and simple but can save you a lot of time and energy, not to mention sore muscles, too.

First of all, you cannot effectively clean your house if you do not have a full supply of cleaning solutions in hand. If you have a house with more than one storey, you will want to keep a set of supplies for each floor so that you don’t waste that precious time and energy running from one floor to another just to get the glass cleaner. This also goes for vacuums. Have the most powerful one on the floor where there is the most traffic, and keep a lighter one where there aren’t as many feet and pets running back and forth all day. The same holds true for mops, dusters, and everything else as well.

Once you have a full arsenal of supplies for each floor, pat yourself on the back you are already much better off than you were when you had one can of toilet bowl cleaner for three floors. There is a classic basic list of these cleaning supplies that you should have, and these basics include an all-purpose cleaning spray, bleach, toilet cleaner, a degreaser, scouring powder, paper towels, a nylon-bristle scrub brush with a short handle, window cleaner, newspaper for mirrors and windows, furniture polish, garbage bags, mops, and vacuums or sweepers.

Many people love to listen to music as they clean their houses. This of course makes the cleaning time go more smoothly and it isn’t so dull listening to the same old music for hours! Music can really help to keep you in good spirits, especially when you have been cleaning for hours and the day is wearing on. Another good tip is to make a list of chores that you want to get done that day (it doesn’t have to be the entire house all at once) and mark them off of your list as you finish them so you have some way to actually see the progress that you are making. Also, have a plan. Many people like to begin in one room starting with the closet; others seem to hop around from room to room for the duration of the time that they are cleaning.

You can also request assistance from housemates, life partner, flat mate, children or whoever is around, to help you with the cleaning. When you have assistance, you discover that the house cleaning can be done in less time. You can even make cleaning a more enjoyable task too by dividing your friends into the few rooms and see who completes his or her task first! To make it intriguing keep a small prize for the winner and also put on some music and get the opportunity to work!

One final small tip that can save you a lot of time and frustration: keep gravity in mind while you are working. Work from top to bottom in the rooms, because you don’t want to vacuum only to later wipe off the kitchen table and have crumbs fall all over the carpeting you just cleaned. Likewise, dust top shelves first and work your way down. Vacuuming should always be one of the last things that you do in a room when you are cleaning your house.

Knowing how to clean house offers a wide variety of benefits. First, it makes your house look a lot better and you have an easier time relaxing. Whether or not your house is clean is also one of the first things people will notice when visiting your house; and then there is the matter of health. A clean house is a healthier house than where there is moisture and dirt, bacteria will grow. By cleaning your house regularly, you'll have a healthier, happier and certainly more attractive living environment.